Mariko Okada

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

127

Gender

Female

Birthday

1933-01-11 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Mariko Okada

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, 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.

Known For

  • Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series

    Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series

  • Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series

    Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series

  • Enraptured

    Enraptured

  • Lovetide

    Lovetide

  • When It Rains, It Pours

    When It Rains, It Pours

  • To Love and Forgive

    To Love and Forgive

  • Three Sisters

    Three Sisters

  • Tampopo

    Tampopo

  • Scoundrel

    Scoundrel

  • 1750 Days of Turbulence

    1750 Days of Turbulence

  • Genroku Taiheiki

    Genroku Taiheiki

  • Young Madam's Interference in a Homicide

    Young Madam's Interference in a Homicide

  • Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

    Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

  • The Lovers

    The Lovers

  • Domineering

    Domineering

  • Late Autumn

    Late Autumn

  • Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

    Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

  • An Autumn Afternoon

    An Autumn Afternoon

  • Downtown Story

    Downtown Story

  • Floating Clouds

    Floating Clouds

  • Young Love Conquers All

    Young Love Conquers All

  • A Taxing Woman

    A Taxing Woman

  • Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

    Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

  • Proof of the Man

    Proof of the Man

  • The Geisha House

    The Geisha House

  • A Story Written with Water

    A Story Written with Water

  • The Fall of Ako Castle

    The Fall of Ako Castle

  • Akitsu Hot Springs

    Akitsu Hot Springs

  • Farewell Rabaul

    Farewell Rabaul

  • Escape from Hell

    Escape from Hell

  • Flowing

    Flowing

  • Eros + Massacre

    Eros + Massacre

  • Hakuro no Shibijin

    Hakuro no Shibijin

  • Sing, Young People!

    Sing, Young People!

  • Dancing Girl

    Dancing Girl

  • My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?

    My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?

  • Appassionata

    Appassionata

  • Tokyo Omnibus

    Tokyo Omnibus

  • Zoku aizen katsura

    Zoku aizen katsura

  • Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

    Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

  • The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

    The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

  • Japanese Humanity and Justice

    Japanese Humanity and Justice

  • Talkative Company President

    Talkative Company President

  • Yagyu Secret Scrolls

    Yagyu Secret Scrolls

  • Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree

    Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree

  • Two Wives

    Two Wives

  • Hanayome no o noroke

    Hanayome no o noroke

  • I Lived, But...

    I Lived, But...

  • Women of Tokyo

    Women of Tokyo

  • Heroic Purgatory

    Heroic Purgatory

  • Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II

    Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II

  • The Woman Who Touched the Legs

    The Woman Who Touched the Legs

  • Confessions Among Actresses

    Confessions Among Actresses

  • No Time for Tears

    No Time for Tears

  • Price of Life

    Price of Life

  • Cross-Currents

    Cross-Currents

  • I Am a Cat

    I Am a Cat

  • Impasse

    Impasse

  • 喜劇 各駅停車

    喜劇 各駅停車

  • Spring Dreams

    Spring Dreams

  • Runaway Bride

    Runaway Bride

  • Yakuza bayashi

    Yakuza bayashi

  • Futari dake no toride

    Futari dake no toride

  • The Radish and the Carrot

    The Radish and the Carrot

  • The Lone Journey

    The Lone Journey

  • 丹後・宮津殺人岬

    丹後・宮津殺人岬

  • The Scent of Incense

    The Scent of Incense

  • A Roaring Trade

    A Roaring Trade

  • Frozen River

    Frozen River

  • A Man Among Men

    A Man Among Men

  • A Woman’s Uphill Slope

    A Woman’s Uphill Slope

  • The Whisper of Spring

    The Whisper of Spring

  • Affair in the Snow

    Affair in the Snow

  • The Affair

    The Affair

  • Ai to kanashimi to

    Ai to kanashimi to

  • My Wonderful Yellow Car

    My Wonderful Yellow Car

  • Hot Corner Murder

    Hot Corner Murder

  • Husband and Wife

    Husband and Wife

  • The Time of Reckoning

    The Time of Reckoning

  • White Fish

    White Fish

  • Flower in a Storm

    Flower in a Storm

  • Netsuai sha

    Netsuai sha

  • Rebels on the High Sea

    Rebels on the High Sea

  • Adolescence

    Adolescence

  • 鮮やかな完全犯罪・女相続人

    鮮やかな完全犯罪・女相続人

  • An Edoite Judge

    An Edoite Judge

  • Double Wedding

    Double Wedding

  • Ai no Noutan

    Ai no Noutan

  • Wedding Season

    Wedding Season

  • Rainy Night Duel

    Rainy Night Duel

  • Records of loyal vassals

    Records of loyal vassals

  • The Adorable Trio

    The Adorable Trio

  • The End of the Night

    The End of the Night

  • Morishige, where are you going?

    Morishige, where are you going?

  • Illusion of Blood

    Illusion of Blood

  • Tale of Scarlet Love

    Tale of Scarlet Love

  • Kiriko no unmei

    Kiriko no unmei

  • Women in Prison

    Women in Prison

  • Bot-chan

    Bot-chan

  • Women in the Mirror

    Women in the Mirror

  • Bridge

    Bridge

  • Woman of the Lake

    Woman of the Lake

  • Shirai Gonpachi

    Shirai Gonpachi

  • Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi

    Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi

  • (Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home

    (Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home

  • Hunting Rifle

    Hunting Rifle

  • Hibi no haishin

    Hibi no haishin

  • Shūkin ryokō

    Shūkin ryokō

  • Uzu

    Uzu

  • Umi no Chizu

    Umi no Chizu

  • Waterfront Blues

    Waterfront Blues

  • Eavesdropping Woman

    Eavesdropping Woman

  • This Year's Love

    This Year's Love

  • ある落日

    ある落日

  • The Stronger Sex

    The Stronger Sex

  • Girls in the Orchard

    Girls in the Orchard

  • The Estuary

    The Estuary

  • The Face

    The Face

  • The Young Mistress Plays Detective in the Spa Murder

    The Young Mistress Plays Detective in the Spa Murder

  • Farewell to the Summer Light

    Farewell to the Summer Light

  • 女たちの庭

    女たちの庭

  • The Days of Evil Women

    The Days of Evil Women

  • Love's Family Tree

    Love's Family Tree

  • Niizuma no shitatari

    Niizuma no shitatari

  • Okinawa Interlude

    Okinawa Interlude

  • Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker?

    Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker?

  • People Waiting for Spring

    People Waiting for Spring