
Mariko Okada
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mariko Okada (岡田 茉莉子, Okada Mariko, born 11 January 1933) is a Japanese stage and film actress who starred in films of directors Mikio Naruse, Yasujirō Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita and others. She was married to film director Yoshishige Yoshida. Okada was born the daughter of silent film actor Tokihiko Okada (real name Eiichi Takahashi), who died the year following her birth, and raised by her mother's sister in her early childhood. She gave her film debut in Mikio Naruse's 1951 Dancing Girl, for whom she worked again in Husband and Wife, Floating Clouds and Nagareru. Unsatisfied with the roles she was assigned to, she left Toho studios after her contract expired, and signed with Shochiku. In the following years, she starred in Yasujirō Ozu's Late Autumn and An Autumn Afternoon, Keisuke Kinoshita's Spring Dreams and The Scent of Incense, and Heinosuke Gosho's Hunting Rifle. Between 1965 and 1971, she starred in all of Yoshida's films, independently produced melodramas narrated in an avant-garde fashion. In later years, she appeared in films like Juzo Itami's Tampopo and Shinji Aoyama's My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? (2005), her last film role to date. She also regularly performed on stage and on television. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mariko Okada, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits

Tampopo (1985)
as Spaghetti Teacher

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
as Akemi

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)
as Akemi

An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
as Akiko

The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
as Riku Ohishi

Late Autumn (1960)
as Yuriko Sasaki

Proof of the Man (1977)
as Kyoko Yasugi

Appassionata (1984)
as Sei Shimamura

Floating Clouds (1955)
as Sei Mukai

A Taxing Woman (1987)
as Mitsuko Sugiura

The Geisha House (1999)
as Hanaman's owner

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
as Akemi

Akitsu Hot Springs (1962)
as Shinko

My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? (2005)
as Navi

Eros + Massacre (1969)
as Noe Ito / Mako Ito

Yagyu Secret Scrolls (1957)
as Rika

1750 Days of Turbulence (1990)
Actor

I Am a Cat (1975)
as Hanako

Flowing (1956)
as Nanako

Heroic Purgatory (1970)
as Nanako Shoda

Confessions Among Actresses (1971)
as Kyoko Ichimori

Frozen River (1976)
Actor

Escape from Hell (1963)
as Kumi

Spring Dreams (1960)
as Chizuko Okudaira

Wedding Season (1954)
Actor

Rainy Night Duel (1956)
as Kikuko Kamo

The Affair (1967)
as Oriko

Farewell Rabaul (1954)
as Sumiko Komatsu

A Story Written with Water (1965)
as Shizuka Matsutani

Woman of the Lake (1966)
as Miyako Mizuki

Sing, Young People! (1963)
as Mariko Okada

Japanese Humanity and Justice (1977)
Actor

The Radish and the Carrot (1965)
Actor

No Time for Tears (1955)
as Michiko

Two Wives (1967)
Actor

Yakuza bayashi (1954)
Actor

A Man Among Men (1955)
as Michiko

The Time of Reckoning (1968)
Actor

Talkative Company President (1957)
as Mayumi Shoji

The Woman Who Touched the Legs (1952)
as Yasukichi's niece

Rebels on the High Sea (1956)
as Miki

Cross-Currents (1972)
as Fujie Kaizuka

Husband and Wife (1953)
as Kumiko, Shigekichi's sister

Zoku aizen katsura (1962)
Actor

The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi (1979)
as Kyoko Yasugi

Ai to kanashimi to (1962)
Actor

Retirement of a Train Engineer (1965)
Actor

Morishige, where are you going? (1956)
as Michiyo

My Wonderful Yellow Car (1953)
as The young woman

A Roaring Trade (1962)
Actor

Bot-chan (1953)
as Madonna

Girls in the Orchard (1953)
Actor

The End of the Night (1953)
Actor

Eavesdropping Woman (1986)
Actor

The Lone Journey (1955)
as Otaka

Hakuro no Shibijin (2004)
as Kazuko Izawa

Price of Life (1971)
Actor

House of Many Pleasures (1955)
as Suzuyo

Women of Tokyo (1961)
as Eiko Kurita

This Year's Love (1962)
Actor

Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker? (2008)
as Self

Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree (1955)
as Saeko

Shirai Gonpachi (1956)
as Komurasaki

Double Wedding (1963)
as Natsuko

Uzu (1961)
Actor

The Scent of Incense (1964)
as Tomoko

Dancing Girl (1951)
as Shinako

Tokyo Omnibus (1959)
Actor

Women in the Mirror (2003)
as Ai Kawase

Futari dake no toride (1963)
Actor

I Lived, But... (1983)
as Self

Flower in a Storm (1962)
Actor

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl (1952)
Actor

A Woman’s Uphill Slope (1960)
as Akie Tsugawa

White Fish (1953)
as Kuniko

Umi no Chizu (1959)
as Akiko

Runaway Bride (1956)
Actor

An Edoite Judge (1953)
as Koto

Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi (1958)
as Yuri Ebihara

Waterfront Blues (1970)
as Maki Kamijo
The Young Mistress Plays Detective in the Spa Murder (1998)
as Asakura Takako

Tale of Scarlet Love (1963)
Actor

Bridge (1959)
Actor
Young Madam's Interference in a Homicide (2000)
as Tokiko Matsuzaki

Love's Family Tree (1961)
Actor

Netsuai sha (1961)
as Yoriko Tsushima

Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II (1958)
as Rika

Illusion of Blood (1965)
as Oiwa

Scoundrel (1956)
Actor

The Adorable Trio (1957)
as Michiko Saeki

Records of loyal vassals (1962)
as Okatsu

ある落日 (1959)
Actor

The Days of Evil Women (1958)
Actor

Kiriko no unmei (1962)
Actor

Adolescence (1952)
as Mayumi Nishida

Impasse (1967)
as Tatsuko Ibuki

Hunting Rifle (1961)
as Midori Misugi

The Whisper of Spring (1952)
Actor

Gendai Mushuku (1958)
as Rie Kitami
Enraptured (1961)
as Senya

Women in Prison (1956)
as Kazuko Hirai, prisoner

Okinawa Interlude (1959)
Actor

Family of Women (1967)
as 真山紀子

Hibi no haishin (1958)
Actor

The Estuary (1961)
Actor

Ai no Noutan (1959)
Actor

Domineering (1982)
as Hiroko Tadokoro

When It Rains, It Pours (1957)
as Matsuko Abe

Affair in the Snow (1968)
as Yuriko Anzai

Shūkin ryokō (1957)
Actor

Newlywed of the First Section (1956)
Actor
Love Express (1954)
Actor

Niizuma no shitatari (1976)
Actor

All Sold Out (1956)
Actor

Lovetide (1955)
as Sonoko

Banana (1960)
Actor

Her Hoodlum Lover (1957)
as Ruiko Miyahara

A Song of Little Men (1953)
Actor

Geisha Konatsu (1954)
as Natsuko

Hot Corner Murder (1960)
as Aiko

To Love and Forgive (1955)
Actor

The Face (1957)
as Akiko Mizuhara

The Lovers (1953)
as Yoshi

The Stronger Sex (1967)
Actor

Arashi no naka no hōyō: Omokage wa Harukanari (1957)
Actor

Farewell to the Summer Light (1968)
as Naoko Toba

Young Love Conquers All (1955)
Actor

Ninjō misui (1957)
Actor

Town of Seven Colors (1952)
Actor

Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri (1967)
as Kyoko Otaguro

Turtledove (1957)
Actor

Beyond The Stars (1956)
as Kosuzu

The Luckiest Dai (1957)
Actor

Whirlpool of Flowers (1958)
Actor

Tatakai sunde higa kurete (1970)
Actor

Doronko tengoku (1958)
Actor

Mama's Diary (1954)
Actor

Hanayome no o noroke (1958)
as Eiko Abe

A Meeting of Youths (1952)
as Sadako Takagi

Kiri aru jyoji (1959)
Actor

New Tengu Kurama: Tengu Appears (1954)
Actor

People Waiting for Spring (1959)
as Junko Murai

The House Where Flowers Bloom (1963)
Actor

Grease Paint Serenade (1952)
as Matsuko Takasuna

Monkey Business (1957)
as Chie Katsura

A Guide to Marriage (1952)
Actor





