
Mariko Okada
- Date of Birth: 1933-01-11
- Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Biography
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, Yasuj... 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.

Two Wives
Drama • 1967 April

The Geisha House
Drama • 1999 January

Proof of the Man
Drama, Crime, Mystery • 1977 October

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, History • 1956 January

My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
Science Fiction, Drama, Music • 2005 May

The Scent of Incense
Drama • 1964 May

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Drama, Action, Adventure • 1955 July

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Drama, Action, Adventure • 1954 September

Flowing
Drama • 1956 November

Japanese Humanity and Justice
Drama, Crime • 1977 May