
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

Hunting Rifle (1961)
as Midori Misugi

Scoundrel (1956)
Actor

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

Women in Prison (1956)
as Kazuko Hirai, prisoner

Tampopo (1985)
as Spaghetti Teacher

The Days of Evil Women (1958)
Actor

An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
as Akiko

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
as Akemi

Mama's Diary (1954)
Actor

Ninjō misui (1957)
Actor

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

Turtledove (1957)
Actor

Doronko tengoku (1958)
Actor

The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
as Riku Ohishi

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

Monkey Business (1957)
as Chie Katsura
Enraptured (1961)
as Senya

New Tengu Kurama: Tengu Appears (1954)
Actor

Domineering (1982)
as Hiroko Tadokoro

The House Where Flowers Bloom (1963)
Actor

Banana (1960)
Actor

All Sold Out (1956)
Actor

A Guide to Marriage (1952)
Actor

To Love and Forgive (1955)
Actor

Newlywed of the First Section (1956)
Actor

Her Hoodlum Lover (1957)
as Ruiko Miyahara

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

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

Late Autumn (1960)
as Yuriko Sasaki

The Luckiest Dai (1957)
Actor

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

Kiri aru jyoji (1959)
Actor

Beyond The Stars (1956)
as Kosuzu

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

A Song of Little Men (1953)
Actor

Grease Paint Serenade (1952)
as Matsuko Takasuna

A Taxing Woman (1987)
as Mitsuko Sugiura

Proof of the Man (1977)
as Kyoko Yasugi

Whirlpool of Flowers (1958)
Actor

Town of Seven Colors (1952)
Actor

Young Love Conquers All (1955)
Actor

Geisha Konatsu (1954)
as Natsuko

Hanayome no o noroke (1958)
as Eiko Abe

Appassionata (1984)
as Sei Shimamura

Gendai Mushuku (1958)
as Rie Kitami

The Geisha House (1999)
as Hanaman's owner

Flowing (1956)
as Nanako

A Meeting of Youths (1952)
as Sadako Takagi
Love Express (1954)
Actor

Illusion of Blood (1965)
as Oiwa

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

A Story Written with Water (1965)
as Shizuka Matsutani

Tatakai sunde higa kurete (1970)
Actor

Floating Clouds (1955)
as Sei Mukai

Yagyu Secret Scrolls (1957)
as Rika

Woman of the Lake (1966)
as Miyako Mizuki

Akitsu Hot Springs (1962)
as Shinko

The Face (1957)
as Akiko Mizuhara

The Lovers (1953)
as Yoshi

Sing, Young People! (1963)
as Mariko Okada

I Am a Cat (1975)
as Hanako

Farewell to the Summer Light (1968)
as Naoko Toba

I Lived, But... (1983)
as Self
Young Madam's Interference in a Homicide (2000)
as Tokiko Matsuzaki

The Affair (1967)
as Oriko

Confessions Among Actresses (1971)
as Kyoko Ichimori

Heroic Purgatory (1970)
as Nanako Shoda

Rebels on the High Sea (1956)
as Miki

Women in the Mirror (2003)
as Ai Kawase

The Radish and the Carrot (1965)
Actor

The Scent of Incense (1964)
as Tomoko

Affair in the Snow (1968)
as Yuriko Anzai

The Time of Reckoning (1968)
as Michiko Asai

Spring Dreams (1960)
as Chizuko Okudaira

The End of the Night (1953)
Actor

Netsuai sha (1961)
as Yoriko Tsushima

Eavesdropping Woman (1986)
Actor

The Lone Journey (1955)
as Otaka

1750 Days of Turbulence (1990)
Actor

Dancing Girl (1951)
as Shinako

My Wonderful Yellow Car (1953)
as The young woman

Farewell Rabaul (1954)
as Sumiko Komatsu

Two Wives (1967)
Actor

Talkative Company President (1957)
as Mayumi Shoji

Retirement of a Train Engineer (1965)
Actor

A Roaring Trade (1962)
Actor

Ai to kanashimi to (1962)
Actor

Cross-Currents (1972)
as Fujie Kaizuka

This Year's Love (1962)
Actor

No Time for Tears (1955)
as Michiko

Hakuro no Shibijin (2004)
as Kazuko Izawa

Okinawa Interlude (1959)
Actor

Love's Family Tree (1961)
Actor

Lovetide (1955)
as Sonoko

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

Rainy Night Duel (1956)
as Kikuko Kamo

Japanese Humanity and Justice (1977)
Actor

Tale of Scarlet Love (1963)
Actor

White Fish (1953)
as Kuniko

Bot-chan (1953)
as Madonna

The Estuary (1961)
Actor

The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi (1979)
as Kyoko Yasugi

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

Frozen River (1976)
Actor

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

Double Wedding (1963)
as Natsuko

Price of Life (1971)
Actor

Wedding Season (1954)
Actor

Tokyo Omnibus (1959)
Actor

Umi no Chizu (1959)
as Akiko

People Waiting for Spring (1959)
as Junko Murai

Women of Tokyo (1961)
as Eiko Kurita

House of Many Pleasures (1955)
as Suzuyo

Shirai Gonpachi (1956)
as Komurasaki

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl (1952)
Actor

Uzu (1961)
Actor

Waterfront Blues (1970)
as Maki Kamijo

Futari dake no toride (1963)
Actor

Records of loyal vassals (1962)
as Okatsu

Adolescence (1952)
as Mayumi Nishida

Escape from Hell (1963)
as Kumi

A Man Among Men (1955)
as Michiko

ある落日 (1959)
Actor

Impasse (1967)
as Tatsuko Ibuki

Hibi no haishin (1958)
Actor

Family of Women (1967)
as 真山紀子

An Edoite Judge (1953)
as Koto

Niizuma no shitatari (1976)
Actor

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

Shūkin ryokō (1957)
Actor

Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree (1955)
as Saeko
The Young Mistress Plays Detective in the Spa Murder (1998)
as Asakura Takako

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

Runaway Bride (1956)
Actor

The Stronger Sex (1967)
Actor

Bridge (1959)
Actor

Ai no Noutan (1959)
Actor

The Whisper of Spring (1952)
Actor

Hot Corner Murder (1960)
as Aiko

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

Yakuza bayashi (1954)
Actor

Zoku aizen katsura (1962)
Actor

Flower in a Storm (1962)
Actor

Kiriko no unmei (1962)
Actor

Girls in the Orchard (1953)
Actor

The Adorable Trio (1957)
as Michiko Saeki





