Sumiko Sakamoto

from Osaka, Japan

Artwork for Tenamonya Sandogasa

Biography

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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.

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Timeline

2005Aged 69

  • Poster for The Buried Forest

    Tomie

2001Aged 65

  • Poster for Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

    Masako Yamada

1997Aged 61

  • Poster for My Father's Dragon

    Lioness (voice)

1996Aged 60

  • Poster for Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin

    (Unknown)

1995Aged 59

  • Poster for The Stairway to the Distant Past

    Minato Mary

1986Aged 50

  • Poster for Be Free!

    Mutsuko's mother

1983Aged 47

  • Poster for The Ballad of Narayama

    Orin

1978Aged 42

  • Poster for Sometimes... Like a Prostitute

    Woman in Reception

1967Aged 31

  • Poster for Quick-Draw Dog

    Tamako

  • Poster for The Shogun and His Mistresses

    Tami

  • Poster for The Silent Gun

    Tamako Tamamura

  • Poster for Young Boss: Leader's Flesh

    (Unknown)

1966Aged 30

  • Poster for Silence Has No Wings

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Pornographers

    Haru Matsuda

  • Poster for Return of Gun Dog

    Tamako Tamamura

  • Poster for Fearless Comrades

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Stray Dog

    Tamako Tamamura

1965Aged 29

  • Poster for The Dedicated Gunman

    Tamako

  • Poster for Rampaging Dog

    Tamako

  • Poster for Trigger Happy Romeo

    Tsuruko

1964Aged 28

1963Aged 27

  • Poster for Tenamonya Sandogasa

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Legends of Honor

    (Unknown)

1961Aged 25

  • Poster for Travel with Ghost

    Osumi