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Mariko Okada
Actor

Mariko Okada

11 Jan 1933Born
93Age
156Credits
Tokyo, JapanBirthplace

Biography

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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.

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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.

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Known for

Filmography

The 80 most recent of 156 credits.

  1. TBADowntown StorySeries (13 episodes)
  2. 2005My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?Film: Navi
  3. 2004Hakuro no ShibijinFilm: Kazuko Izawa
  4. 2003Women in the MirrorFilm: Ai Kawase
  5. 2000Young Madam's Interference in a HomicideFilm: Tokiko Matsuzaki
  6. 1999The Geisha HouseFilm: Hanaman's owner
  7. 1998The Young Mistress Plays Detective in the Spa MurderFilm: Asakura Takako
  8. 19901750 Days of TurbulenceFilm
  9. 1990The Inugami FamilyFilm
  10. 1988丹後・宮津殺人岬Series (1 episode)
  11. 1987A Taxing WomanFilm: Mitsuko Sugiura
  12. 1986Eavesdropping WomanFilm
  13. 1985TampopoFilm: Spaghetti Teacher
  14. 1984AppassionataFilm: Sei Shimamura
  15. 1983Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke SeriesSeries: Teruko Momiji, Kazuko Izawa (1 episode)
  16. 1982DomineeringFilm: Hiroko Tadokoro
  17. 1979鮮やかな完全犯罪・女相続人Series (1 episode)
  18. 1979The Adventures of Kosuke KindaichiFilm: Kyoko Yasugi
  19. 1978The Fall of Ako CastleFilm: Riku Ohishi
  20. 1977Proof of the ManFilm: Kyoko Yasugi
  21. 1977Japanese Humanity and JusticeFilm
  22. 1976Niizuma no shitatariFilm
  23. 1976Frozen RiverFilm
  24. 1975I Am a CatFilm: Hanako
  25. 1975Genroku TaiheikiSeries: Riku (52 episodes)
  26. 1972Cross-CurrentsFilm: Fujie Kaizuka
  27. 1971Confessions Among ActressesFilm: Kyoko Ichimori
  28. 1971Price of LifeFilm
  29. 1970Waterfront BluesFilm: Maki Kamijo
  30. 1970Heroic PurgatoryFilm: Nanako Shoda
  31. 1970Tatakai sunde higa kureteFilm
  32. 1969Eros + MassacreFilm: Noe Ito / Mako Ito
  33. 1968Farewell to the Summer LightFilm: Naoko Toba
  34. 1968The Time of ReckoningFilm: Michiko Asai
  35. 1968Affair in the SnowFilm: Yuriko Anzai
  36. 1967ImpasseFilm: Tatsuko Ibuki
  37. 1967The Stronger SexFilm
  38. 1967Family of WomenFilm: 真山紀子
  39. 1967The AffairFilm: Oriko
  40. 1967Two WivesFilm
  41. 1967Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: KamakiriFilm: Kyoko Otaguro
  42. 1967Three SistersSeries: Nagai Mura (52 episodes)
  43. 1966Woman of the LakeFilm: Miyako Mizuki
  44. 1965A Story Written with WaterFilm: Shizuka Matsutani
  45. 1965Retirement of a Train EngineerFilm
  46. 1965A Monk in the Big City of EdoFilm
  47. 1965Illusion of BloodFilm: Oiwa
  48. 1965The Radish and the CarrotFilm
  49. 1964The Scent of IncenseFilm: Tomoko
  50. 1963Tale of Scarlet LoveFilm
  51. 1963Double WeddingFilm: Natsuko
  52. 1963The House Where Flowers BloomFilm
  53. 1963Futari dake no torideFilm
  54. 1963Escape from HellFilm: Kumi
  55. 1963Sing, Young People!Film: Mariko Okada
  56. 1962An Autumn AfternoonFilm: Akiko
  57. 1962Zoku aizen katsuraFilm
  58. 1962Records of loyal vassalsFilm: Okatsu
  59. 1962Ai to kanashimi toFilm
  60. 1962Akitsu Hot SpringsFilm: Shinko
  61. 1962Kiriko no unmeiFilm
  62. 1962Flower in a StormFilm
  63. 1962This Year's LoveFilm
  64. 1962A Roaring TradeFilm
  65. 1961Love's Family TreeFilm
  66. 1961Netsuai shaFilm: Yoriko Tsushima
  67. 1961The EstuaryFilm
  68. 1961EnrapturedFilm: Senya
  69. 1961Mizu tamariFilm
  70. 1961Women of TokyoFilm: Eiko Kurita
  71. 1961UzuFilm
  72. 1961Hunting RifleFilm: Midori Misugi
  73. 1960Late AutumnFilm: Yuriko Sasaki
  74. 1960A Woman’s Uphill SlopeFilm: Akie Tsugawa
  75. 1960BananaFilm
  76. 1960Hot Corner MurderFilm: Aiko
  77. 1960Spring DreamsFilm: Chizuko Okudaira
  78. 1959Kiri aru jyojiFilm
  79. 1959Tokyo OmnibusFilm
  80. 1959Okinawa InterludeFilm

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