Sumiko Sakamoto
Japanese actress and singer (1936–2021)
Sumiko Sakamoto (坂本スミ子, Sakamoto Sumiko, 25 November 1936 – 23 January 2021) was a Japanese singer and award-winning actress, born in Osaka, whose heartfelt performances made her a favorite of the late film director Shohei Imamura. Imamura cast her in three of his films: The Pornographers, Warm Water Under a Red Bridge, and The Ballad of Narayama,[1] winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. She won the award for Japanese Best Actress from Nihon Academy for her performance in The Ballad of Narayama, as well as a kiss from Orson Welles.[2]
She died of a stroke.[3]
References
- ^ Festival de Cannes : Film details 1983 Festival de Cannes Retrieved August 2, 2008
- ^ Kawaguchi, Judit. "Sumiko Sakamoto". Japan Times. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
Imamura cast her in three of his films, among them 'The Ballad of Narayama,' winner of the 1983 Palm d'Or at the 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.
- ^ 坂本スミ子さん死去 「楢山節考」「夢であいましょう」出演 (in Japanese)
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- Akiko Tamura (1951)
- Chieko Nakakita (1952)
- Haruko Sugimura (1953)
- Yoshiko Kuga (1954)
- Sachiko Hidari (1955)
- Sadako Sawamura (1956)
- Kinuyo Tanaka (1957)
- Mariko Okada (1958)
- Kazuko Yoshiyuki (1959)
- Kinuyo Tanaka (1960)
- Michiyo Aratama (1961)
- Kyōko Kishida (1962)
- Tamao Nakamura (1963)
- Yuko Kusunoki (1964)
- Tomoko Naraoka (1965)
- Sumiko Sakamoto (1966)
- Sachiko Hidari (1967)
- Hisano Yamaoka (1968)
- Akiko Koyama (1969)
- Tomoko Naraoka (1970)
- Saori Yuki (1983)
- Yoshiko Mita (1984)
- Mariko Fuji (1985)
- Sachiko Murase (1986)
- Eri Ishida (1987)
- Kumiko Akiyoshi (1988)
- Haruko Sagara (1989)
- Miho Tsumiki (1990)
- Jun Fubuki (1991)
- Nobuko Otowa (1992)
- Junko Sakurada (1993)
- Shigeru Muroi (1994)
- Haruko Wanibuchi (1995)
- Reiko Kusamura (1996)
- Mitsuko Baisho (1997)
- Kimiko Yo (1998)
- Hijiri Kojima (1999)
- Keiko Matsuzaka (2000)
- Keiko Oginome (2001)
- Rie Miyazawa (2002)
- Michiyo Ōkusu (2003)
- Tomoko Tabata (2004)
- Yuka Itaya (2005)
- Yū Aoi (2006)
- Keiko Takahashi (2007)
- Keiko Matsuzaka (2008)
- Kaoru Yachigusa (2009)
- Yui Natsukawa (2010)
- Hiromi Nagasaku (2011)
- Sakura Ando (2012)
- Yuriko Yoshitaka (2013)
- Chizuru Ikewaki (2014)
- Masami Nagasawa (2015)
- Mikako Ichikawa (2016)
- Rena Tanaka (2017)
- Kirin Kiki (2018)
- Chizuru Ikewaki (2019)
- Aju Makita (2020)
- Kaya Kiyohara (2021)
- Aoi Itō (2022)
- Suzu Hirose (2023)
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