Sumiko Sakamoto
View on IMDb ↗From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sumiko Sakamoto was born on November 26, 1936 in Osaka, Japan. Sakamoto is a singer and award-winning actress whose heartfelt performances made her a favorite of the late film director Shohei Imamura. Imamura cast her in three of his films, among them "The Ballad of Narayama," winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival, in which her brilliant portrayal of an elderly mother not only earned her a kiss from Orson Welles, but also the Japanese Best Actress Award from Nihon Academy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sumiko Sakamoto, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Young Boss: Leader's Flesh
Legends of Honor
Clamouring Canines
My Father's Dragon
Quick-Draw Dog
The Silent Gun
Trigger Happy Romeo
The Ballad of Narayama
The Stairway to the Distant Past
The PornographersFilmography (31)
- 2005
The Buried ForestTomie - 2001
Warm Water Under a Red BridgeMasako Yamada - 1997
My Father's DragonLioness (voice) - 1996
Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin - 1995
The Stairway to the Distant PastMinato Mary - 1993
Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands - 1990
The Great White TowerYoshie Sasaki - 1986Be Free!Mutsuko's mother
- 1983
The Ballad of NarayamaOrin - 1981
Precious Moments - 1978
Sometimes... Like a ProstituteWoman in Reception - 1978
Watashi wa umi石沢松子 - 1978
Onna Bengoshi Asabuki Riyako - 1967
Young Boss: Leader's Flesh - 1967
Quick-Draw Dog - 1967
The Silent GunTamako Tamamura - 1967
The Shogun and His MistressesTami - 1966
The PornographersHaru Matsuda - 1966
Stray Dog - 1966
Silence Has No Wings - 1966
Return of Gun Dog - 1966
Fearless Comrades - 1965
Trigger Happy RomeoTsuruko - 1965
Rampaging Dog - 1964
Clamouring CaninesMachiko - 1964The Call of Flesh
- 1964
Homeless Dog - 1964
Escape from JapanMitsuko - 1963
Legends of Honor - 1963
Tenamonya Sandogasa - 1961
Travel with GhostOsumi