Isuzu Yamada, a prominent star of screen and stage, Japan's most recognized in the West for his chilling portrayal of the role of Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's "Throne of Blood", died on 9 July in Tokyo. He was 95 years.
His death was widely distributed by the Japanese media that his office cited as the source.
Ms. Yamada has worked with many great directors from the golden age of Japanese cinema as Kurosawa and Kenji Mizoguchi, the two more clearly modeled her character on the screen. He maintained a lifetime commitment to the theater and in his later years was also a staple of Japanese television.
A versatile actress, classically trained, Mrs. Yamada played a wide range of characters. But if it is a victim or villain, a rebellious young woman or a "woman fall", as many of his early papers came to be called, has brought a balance to support the signature and tenacity.
Mitsu Yamada was born in Osaka, 05 February 1917. His father was a theater actor onnagata, a male actor specializing in female roles. He studied traditional dance and music since childhood and at 13 joined the Nikkatsu studio, especially when they appeared in period dramas.
While still a teenager, Mrs. Yamada began his association with Mizoguchi, the films have been devoted largely to the condition of women, most often the geisha and prostitutes, a company created by the operation. Many of her heroines are models of self-sacrifice, but Ms. Yamada was his muse when he began to introduce women to cut and bent over in his work.
Ms. Yamada had the starring role in the film by Mizoguchi 1935 "Oyuki the Virgin" and "The Fall of Osen" in both films playing oppressed young women forced into prostitution.
In the next year, "Osaka Elegy", his character, a receptionist, suffered a similar downward spiral, becoming master of his head while striving to maintain his family. But there is a unique challenge in making closure, in which Mrs. Yamada walking directly towards the camera, taking the audience a look that seems to put it in doubt. That same year, "Sisters of Gion", played the most opportunistic of the two geisha sisters affected men determined to exploit this advantage.
After World War II, joined Mrs. Yamada stakeholders in conducting a strike against the studios Toho, your employer during the war. He was placed as a result and has appeared on screen only sporadically in late 1940, but remained active in the scene and helped theater companies are in the 40 and 50.
He has seen a resurgence in the mid 1950's, in collaboration with Kurosawa, as his international reputation is cresting. He played a stingy hostess in "Call any door" (1957) and an intriguing woman in "Yojimbo" (1961). The Lady Washizu is in "Throne of Blood" (1957), a film inspired by the minimalist style of Noh theater, a show was widely praised for his control and technique.
Ms. Yamada has also excelled in more subtle and natural logs, in films such as "Tokyo Twilight" Yasujiro Ozu (1957), as a woman who returns to the family left, Mikio Naruse and the "Current "(1956), as the beleaguered lady a traditional geisha house, a previous version and not the happiest of his characters in the films of Mizoguchi 30 years.
In the 60 years Ms. Yamada diverted his attention from cinema to theater and television. His most famous role was delayed a long time in the television series "Hissatsu". In 2000 he became the first actress to receive the Imperial Order of Culture, the highest honor the country's cultural.
Ms. Yamada has been married six times, most recently with actor Tsutomu Shimomoto, who died in 2000. He was a son of the actress Michiko Saga, with her first husband, actor Ichiro Tsukida. Ms. Saga died in 1992.
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