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Isuzu Yamada

Isuzu Yamada was a Japanese actress best known for her roles in classic films such as Throne of Blood and Yojimbo. She was known for her versatility and ability to portray strong, complex female characters. Yamada passed away in 2012 at the age of 95.

Titles credited to Isuzu Yamada

Yojimbo

用心棒

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1961 IMDB Rating: 8.2

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabata...

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Tokyo Twilight

東京暮色

Film Age rating: 4 Year: 1957 IMDB Rating: 8.1

Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child.

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Throne of Blood

蜘蛛巣城

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1957 IMDB Rating: 8.1

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife...

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Hiroshima

ひろしま

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1953 IMDB Rating: 7.5

The film shows the bombing of Hiroshima and the horrific aftermath following the detonation of an atomic bomb on humans for the first time in history.

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Osaka Elegy

浪華悲歌

Film Age rating: 3 Year: 1936 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss so she can pay her father's debt and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement.

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The Lower Depths

どん底

Film Age rating: 5 Year: 1957 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that turns violent. When amoral thief Sutekichi breaks off...

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