Sumiko Sakamoto
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.
Known for
- Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands (1993)
- Watashi wa umi (1978)
- The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
- Precious Moments (1981)
- Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)
- The Great White Tower (1990)
- The Pornographers (1966)
- Sometimes... Like a Prostitute (1978)
- Onna Bengoshi Asabuki Riyako (1978)
- My Father's Dragon (1997)
- The Stairway to the Distant Past (1995)
- Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin (1996)
- Silence Has No Wings (1966)
- The Shogun and His Mistresses (1967)
- The Buried Forest (2005)
- Travel with Ghost (1961)
- Escape from Japan (1964)
- Stray Dog (1966)
- Rampaging Dog (1965)
- The Silent Gun (1967)