Sumiko Sakamoto

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

1.1697

Gender

Female

Birthday

25-Nov-1936

Age

(90 years old)

Place of Birth

Osaka, Japan

Also Known As
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Sumiko Sakamoto

Biography

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.


Credits

とべない沈黙 とべない沈黙 (1966) Character: N/A
After a young boy captures a rare butterfly in Nagasaki, a caterpillar begins a relay-trip toward the northern tip of Hokkaido, serving as a silent witness to a series of vignettes featuring people struggling with the psychological and social scars of post-war Japan.
女体 女体 (1964) Character: N/A
A young woman (Dan) who worked as a prostitute in the days following World War II finds herself sexually dissatisfied with her husband and contemplates returning to an old lover who comes back into her life.
大奥(秘)物語 大奥(秘)物語 (1967) Character: Tami
Three tales of women that resided in the Shogun's harem (o-oku) during the Edo period.
BE FREE! BE FREE! (1986) Character: Mutsuko's mother
Adventures of a young high school teacher and his oddball students.
勝負犬 勝負犬 (1967) Character: Tamako Tamamura
A series of murders has been committed by someone with a new model gun, a Mord-Gessel X 38. Indeed, Daisuke himself is almost killed while investigating the case. This occurred while he was with Ritsuko, daughter of a company president. Detective Kimura thinks that the president himself, returned to Japan after an absence of fifteen years, might be the killer, or at least the man who supplied the gun. Ritsuko's father limps and though she explains this as the result of a traffic accident, Kimura remembers a narcotics smuggler named Suginami who shot himself in the ankle and then escaped from the hospital. He believes that the company president and the drug peddler are the same.
早射ち犬 早射ち犬 (1967) Character: N/A
Quick Drawer Dog (早射ち犬 Hayauchi inu) is a 1967 film directed by Tetsutarō Murano. It is the eighth film in the Inu series.
野良犬 野良犬 (1966) Character: N/A
Stray Dog is a 1966 film directed by Yoshio Inoue. It is the seventh film in the Inu series.
サラリーマン専科 単身赴任 サラリーマン専科 単身赴任 (1996) Character: N/A
Based on the long running manga of the same name by Sadao Shouji.
暴れ犬 暴れ犬 (1965) Character: N/A
Abare inu is a 1965 action-comedy film directed by Kazuo Mori. It is the fourth film in the series.
鉄砲犬 鉄砲犬 (1965) Character: Tsuruko
Fifth film in the "Inu" series.
宿無し犬 宿無し犬 (1964) Character: N/A
First movie of the Inu series directed by Tokuzō Tanaka
続鉄砲犬 続鉄砲犬 (1966) Character: N/A
Zoku teppō inu (続鉄砲犬) is a 1966 film directed by Mitsuo Murayama. It is the sixth film in the Inu series.
エルマーの冒険 エルマーの冒険 (1997) Character: Lioness (voice)
Elmer is told by a traveling cat about a baby dragon who is being held captive and mistreated on the scary Wild Island. Elmer decides to investigate and battles tigers, crocodiles and gorillas in order to rescue the little dragon.
てなもんや三度笠 てなもんや三度笠 (1963) Character: N/A
The Tokaido highway is crowded with people heading for Shimizu Port with the dream of defeating Jirocho of Shimizu and becoming the strongest in Japan. Tokijiro is a fallen yakuza who is trying to make his mark by heading for Shimizu Port with his partner, Chinen.
楢山節考 楢山節考 (1983) Character: Orin
In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.
喧嘩犬 喧嘩犬 (1964) Character: Machiko
The second film in the "Inu" series.
「エロ事師たち」より 人類学入門 「エロ事師たち」より 人類学入門 (1966) Character: Haru Masuda
Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society, and he uses the money to support his landlady, Haru, and her family. From time to time, Haru shares her bed with Subu, though she believes her dead husband, reincarnated as a carp, disapproves. Director Shohei Imamura has always delighted in the kinky exploits of lowlifes, and in this 1966 classic, he finds subversive humor in the bizarre dynamics of Haru, her Oedipal son, and her daughter, the true object of her pornographer-boyfriend’s obsession. Imamura’s comic treatment of such taboos as voyeurism and incest sparked controversy when the film was released, but The Pornographers has outlasted its critics, and now seems frankly ahead of its time.
日本脱出 日本脱出 (1964) Character: Mitsuko
As Japan is preparing to host the Olympics, a gang member wanting to go to America is sought after by the police after helping his friend conduct a robbery.
不敵なあいつ 不敵なあいつ (1966) Character: N/A
The first film in the Fearless Guy series. Kosuke was part of a huge organized crime group, but decided to leave after his best friend died a brutal death at the hands of the gang leader. He goes on a trip with a guitar in his hand and ends up in Yokohama. The guitar he plays at the bar in the evening was given to him by his late best friend. At the bar, Kosuke meets Kumagoro. Kosuke saves Kumagoro from bandits. Kumagoro is a funny man, he came to this city to reunite with the woman he swore to marry. Kosuke decides to settle in this city and help him find his beloved, but the future of this city is not cloudless either, because the cruel Yakuza is in power in the city, and soon Kosuke will have to fight with him...
遙かな時代の階段を 遙かな時代の階段を (1995) Character: Minato Mary
Broke, with his vintage Nash convertible repossessed, private eye Mike Hama is reduced to combing the mean streets of the Yokohama waterfront on a borrowed bicycle. But when Lily, a beautiful stripper from out of Hama's past, returns to town, the fuse is lit on a criminal powder keg set to blow the lid off the Yokohama underworld.
幽霊五十三次 幽霊五十三次 (1961) Character: Osumi
Ghost comedy film.
昭和侠客伝 昭和侠客伝 (1963) Character: N/A
First ninkyo yakuza picture at Toei directed by Teruo Ishii
埋もれ木 埋もれ木 (2005) Character: Granny
Three high school girls living out in the country build stories out from their local environment, mountainous and bordered by an unkempt buried forest.
赤い橋の下のぬるい水 赤い橋の下のぬるい水 (2001) Character: Masako Yamada
A down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual powers.
時には娼婦のように 時には娼婦のように (1978) Character: Woman in Reception
A man with a medical condition and a guilty past becomes obsessed with a simple minded girl he finds in a park. His wife is not thrilled when he brings her home.



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