Mariko Okada

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 mothers sister in her early childhood She gave her film debut in Mikio Naruses 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 Ozus Late Autumn and An Autumn Afternoon Keisuke Kinoshitas Spring Dreams and The Scent of Incense and Heinosuke Goshos Hunting Rifle Between 1965 and 1971 she starred in all of Yoshidas films independently produced melodramas narrated in an avantgarde fashion In later years she appeared in films like Juzo Itamis Tampopo and Shinji Aoyamas 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia