Mariko Okada

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

124

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

  • Tampopo

    Tampopo

  • Three Sisters

    Three Sisters

  • 女たちの庭

    女たちの庭

  • Late Autumn

    Late Autumn

  • Heroic Purgatory

    Heroic Purgatory

  • Farewell to the Summer Light

    Farewell to the Summer Light

  • The Stronger Sex

    The Stronger Sex

  • Hibi no haishin

    Hibi no haishin

  • Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker?

    Kijû Yoshida: What Is a Filmmaker?

  • Proof of the Man

    Proof of the Man

  • Affair in the Snow

    Affair in the Snow

  • When It Rains, It Pours

    When It Rains, It Pours

  • Waterfront Blues

    Waterfront Blues

  • Niizuma no shitatari

    Niizuma no shitatari

  • The End of the Night

    The End of the Night

  • Eros + Massacre

    Eros + Massacre

  • Shirai Gonpachi

    Shirai Gonpachi

  • Confessions Among Actresses

    Confessions Among Actresses

  • Nigetekita hanayome

    Nigetekita hanayome

  • Futari dake no toride

    Futari dake no toride

  • Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

    Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

  • Talkative Company President

    Talkative Company President

  • Okinawa Interlude

    Okinawa Interlude

  • Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

    Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

  • Wedding Season

    Wedding Season

  • Frozen River

    Frozen River

  • The Adorable Trio

    The Adorable Trio

  • The Scent of Incense

    The Scent of Incense

  • Impasse

    Impasse

  • Spring Dreams

    Spring Dreams

  • ある落日

    ある落日

  • Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

    Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

  • Zoku aizen katsura

    Zoku aizen katsura

  • A Woman’s Uphill Slope

    A Woman’s Uphill Slope

  • The Lovers

    The Lovers

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

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

  • Ai no Noutan

    Ai no Noutan

  • Women in the Mirror

    Women in the Mirror

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

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

  • Netsuai sha

    Netsuai sha

  • Ai to kanashimi to

    Ai to kanashimi to

  • Domineering

    Domineering

  • I Lived, But...

    I Lived, But...

  • The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

    The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

  • Price of Life

    Price of Life

  • This Year's Love

    This Year's Love

  • Enraptured

    Enraptured

  • Records of loyal vassals

    Records of loyal vassals

  • Woman of the Lake

    Woman of the Lake

  • Bot-chan

    Bot-chan

  • Lovetide

    Lovetide

  • An Edoite Judge

    An Edoite Judge

  • Yagyu Secret Scrolls

    Yagyu Secret Scrolls

  • Flower in a Storm

    Flower in a Storm

  • Love's Family Tree

    Love's Family Tree

  • Akitsu Hot Springs

    Akitsu Hot Springs

  • Uzu

    Uzu

  • Women of Tokyo

    Women of Tokyo

  • Sing, Young People!

    Sing, Young People!

  • Rebels on the High Sea

    Rebels on the High Sea

  • Girls in the Orchard

    Girls in the Orchard

  • Hunting Rifle

    Hunting Rifle

  • Floating Clouds

    Floating Clouds

  • Hot Corner Murder

    Hot Corner Murder

  • Flowing

    Flowing

  • The Woman Who Touched the Legs

    The Woman Who Touched the Legs

  • Japanese Humanity and Justice

    Japanese Humanity and Justice

  • Hakuro no Shibijin

    Hakuro no Shibijin

  • Umi no Chizu

    Umi no Chizu

  • Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi

    Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi

  • Scoundrel

    Scoundrel

  • 喜劇 各駅停車

    喜劇 各駅停車

  • The Affair

    The Affair

  • Adolescence

    Adolescence

  • A Taxing Woman

    A Taxing Woman

  • Escape from Hell

    Escape from Hell

  • The Days of Evil Women

    The Days of Evil Women

  • The Whisper of Spring

    The Whisper of Spring

  • The Estuary

    The Estuary

  • I Am a Cat

    I Am a Cat

  • The Geisha House

    The Geisha House

  • Illusion of Blood

    Illusion of Blood

  • Bridge

    Bridge

  • 1750 Days of Turbulence

    1750 Days of Turbulence

  • Appassionata

    Appassionata

  • The Lone Journey

    The Lone Journey

  • To Love and Forgive

    To Love and Forgive

  • The Time of Reckoning

    The Time of Reckoning

  • White Fish

    White Fish

  • Farewell Rabaul

    Farewell Rabaul

  • Yakuza bayashi

    Yakuza bayashi

  • Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II

    Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II

  • Women in Prison

    Women in Prison

  • Eavesdropping Woman

    Eavesdropping Woman

  • Rainy Night Duel

    Rainy Night Duel

  • Dancing Girl

    Dancing Girl

  • Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree

    Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree

  • Cross-Currents

    Cross-Currents

  • A Man Among Men

    A Man Among Men

  • Morishige, where are you going?

    Morishige, where are you going?

  • Kiriko no unmei

    Kiriko no unmei

  • Husband and Wife

    Husband and Wife

  • No Time for Tears

    No Time for Tears

  • The Radish and the Carrot

    The Radish and the Carrot

  • Double Wedding

    Double Wedding

  • A Roaring Trade

    A Roaring Trade

  • The Face

    The Face

  • Tale of Scarlet Love

    Tale of Scarlet Love

  • My Wonderful Yellow Car

    My Wonderful Yellow Car

  • Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

    Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

  • Young Madam's Interference in a Homicide

    Young Madam's Interference in a Homicide

  • Two Wives

    Two Wives

  • The Fall of Ako Castle

    The Fall of Ako Castle

  • Genroku Taiheiki

    Genroku Taiheiki

  • An Autumn Afternoon

    An Autumn Afternoon

  • Downtown Story

    Downtown Story

  • 鮮やかな完全犯罪・女相続人

    鮮やかな完全犯罪・女相続人

  • 丹後・宮津殺人岬

    丹後・宮津殺人岬

  • A Story Written with Water

    A Story Written with Water

  • Shūkin ryokō

    Shūkin ryokō

  • Tokyo Omnibus

    Tokyo Omnibus

  • The Young Mistress Plays Detective in the Spa Murder

    The Young Mistress Plays Detective in the Spa Murder