Sumiko Sakamoto

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Nov 25, 1936 (88 years old)
Death date
Jan 23, 2021

Sumiko Sakamoto

Known For

The Buried Forest
1h 33m
Movie 2005

The Buried Forest

Three high school girls living out in the country build stories out from their local environment, mountainous and bordered by an unkempt buried forest.

Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin
1h 36m
Movie 1996

Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin

Based on the long running manga of the same name by Sadao Shouji.

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sumiko Sakamoto was born on November 26, 1936 in Osaka, Japan. Sakamoto is a singer and award-winning actress whose heartfelt performances made her a favorite of the late film director Shohei Imamura. Imamura cast her in three of his films, among them "The Ballad of Narayama," winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival, in which her brilliant portrayal of an elderly mother not only earned her a kiss from Orson Welles, but also the Japanese Best Actress Award from Nihon Academy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sumiko Sakamoto, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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