Mariko Okada

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

127

Gender

Female

Birthday

1933-01-11 (92 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

  • Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker?

    Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker?

  • Two Wives

    Two Wives

  • Yagyu Secret Scrolls

    Yagyu Secret Scrolls

  • Tampopo

    Tampopo

  • Escape from Hell

    Escape from Hell

  • The Lone Journey

    The Lone Journey

  • Hibi no haishin

    Hibi no haishin

  • Sing, Young People!

    Sing, Young People!

  • Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

    Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

  • An Autumn Afternoon

    An Autumn Afternoon

  • Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

    Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

  • Hot Corner Murder

    Hot Corner Murder

  • Late Autumn

    Late Autumn

  • Women in the Mirror

    Women in the Mirror

  • Enraptured

    Enraptured

  • The Scent of Incense

    The Scent of Incense

  • Proof of the Man

    Proof of the Man

  • Eros + Massacre

    Eros + Massacre

  • Flowing

    Flowing

  • Floating Clouds

    Floating Clouds

  • Spring Dreams

    Spring Dreams

  • The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

    The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

  • Tale of Scarlet Love

    Tale of Scarlet Love

  • I Lived, But...

    I Lived, But...

  • Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

    Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

  • Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II

    Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II

  • Runaway Bride

    Runaway Bride

  • Woman of the Lake

    Woman of the Lake

  • Genroku Taiheiki

    Genroku Taiheiki

  • The Face

    The Face

  • This Year's Love

    This Year's Love

  • Appassionata

    Appassionata

  • Illusion of Blood

    Illusion of Blood

  • Dancing Girl

    Dancing Girl

  • Eavesdropping Woman

    Eavesdropping Woman

  • No Time for Tears

    No Time for Tears

  • Heroic Purgatory

    Heroic Purgatory

  • The Affair

    The Affair

  • Akitsu Hot Springs

    Akitsu Hot Springs

  • Impasse

    Impasse

  • Price of Life

    Price of Life

  • The Fall of Ako Castle

    The Fall of Ako Castle

  • The Estuary

    The Estuary

  • My Wonderful Yellow Car

    My Wonderful Yellow Car

  • Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi

    Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi

  • A Taxing Woman

    A Taxing Woman

  • Futari dake no toride

    Futari dake no toride

  • Hunting Rifle

    Hunting Rifle

  • The Radish and the Carrot

    The Radish and the Carrot

  • The Lovers

    The Lovers

  • White Fish

    White Fish

  • The Adorable Trio

    The Adorable Trio

  • Uzu

    Uzu

  • I Am a Cat

    I Am a Cat

  • Confessions Among Actresses

    Confessions Among Actresses

  • Kiriko no unmei

    Kiriko no unmei

  • Women of Tokyo

    Women of Tokyo

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

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

  • When It Rains, It Pours

    When It Rains, It Pours

  • Zoku aizen katsura

    Zoku aizen katsura

  • Girls in the Orchard

    Girls in the Orchard

  • The Whisper of Spring

    The Whisper of Spring

  • Records of loyal vassals

    Records of loyal vassals

  • Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

    Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

  • 女たちの庭

    女たちの庭

  • Yakuza bayashi

    Yakuza bayashi

  • Ai no Noutan

    Ai no Noutan

  • Women in Prison

    Women in Prison

  • Japanese Humanity and Justice

    Japanese Humanity and Justice

  • A Story Written with Water

    A Story Written with Water

  • Rainy Night Duel

    Rainy Night Duel

  • Frozen River

    Frozen River

  • Cross-Currents

    Cross-Currents

  • The Days of Evil Women

    The Days of Evil Women

  • Double Wedding

    Double Wedding

  • Ai to kanashimi to

    Ai to kanashimi to

  • Affair in the Snow

    Affair in the Snow

  • Farewell Rabaul

    Farewell Rabaul

  • The Time of Reckoning

    The Time of Reckoning

  • Netsuai sha

    Netsuai sha

  • The Geisha House

    The Geisha House

  • ある落日

    ある落日

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

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

  • Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree

    Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree

  • The End of the Night

    The End of the Night

  • Talkative Company President

    Talkative Company President

  • Bridge

    Bridge

  • 1750 Days of Turbulence

    1750 Days of Turbulence

  • Hakuro no Shibijin

    Hakuro no Shibijin

  • Morishige, where are you going?

    Morishige, where are you going?

  • The Woman Who Touched the Legs

    The Woman Who Touched the Legs

  • A Woman’s Uphill Slope

    A Woman’s Uphill Slope

  • To Love and Forgive

    To Love and Forgive

  • Wedding Season

    Wedding Season

  • Scoundrel

    Scoundrel

  • Umi no Chizu

    Umi no Chizu

  • A Man Among Men

    A Man Among Men

  • Love's Family Tree

    Love's Family Tree

  • Bot-chan

    Bot-chan

  • Shirai Gonpachi

    Shirai Gonpachi

  • Young Madam's Interference in a Homicide

    Young Madam's Interference in a Homicide

  • Domineering

    Domineering

  • A Roaring Trade

    A Roaring Trade

  • Adolescence

    Adolescence

  • Lovetide

    Lovetide

  • Rebels on the High Sea

    Rebels on the High Sea

  • Okinawa Interlude

    Okinawa Interlude

  • 喜劇 各駅停車

    喜劇 各駅停車

  • Husband and Wife

    Husband and Wife

  • Young Love Conquers All

    Young Love Conquers All

  • Flower in a Storm

    Flower in a Storm

  • An Edoite Judge

    An Edoite Judge

  • Three Sisters

    Three Sisters

  • Farewell to the Summer Light

    Farewell to the Summer Light

  • The Stronger Sex

    The Stronger Sex

  • Niizuma no shitatari

    Niizuma no shitatari

  • Waterfront Blues

    Waterfront Blues

  • Downtown Story

    Downtown Story

  • Hanayome no o noroke

    Hanayome no o noroke

  • 鮮やかな完全犯罪・女相続人

    鮮やかな完全犯罪・女相続人

  • Tokyo Omnibus

    Tokyo Omnibus

  • 丹後・宮津殺人岬

    丹後・宮津殺人岬

  • The Young Mistress Plays Detective in the Spa Murder

    The Young Mistress Plays Detective in the Spa Murder

  • People Waiting for Spring

    People Waiting for Spring

  • Shūkin ryokō

    Shūkin ryokō