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Naomi Fujiyama

ふじやま なおみ

Fujiyama Naomi

Pen Names: Naomi FujiyamaStage name / professional name, Naoko InagakiLegal name (birth name)

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1958-12-28 (Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Osaka City (Minami-Horie, Shinmachi) → Yamashina-ku, Kyoto City (Yamashina)

Career

Occupations
Actress, Stage actress
Active Years
1962-
Influenced By
Fujiyama Kanbi (father, comic actor), Mitsuko Mori (senior actress, theatrical lineage)
Influenced

Education

Kyoto Women's High School
Country: Japan
Graduated from high school

Awards

Yokohama Film Festival — Best Actress
2001
Work: Face
Category: 主演女優賞
Organization: Yokohama Film Festival
Result: Winner
Shanghai International Film Festival — Best Actress
2016
Work: Danchi (Apartment Complex)
Category: 最優秀女優賞
Organization: Shanghai International Film Festival
Result: Winner
Art Encouragement Prize of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Theatre)
2019
Work: Omoroi Onna (stage)
Category: 演劇部門
Organization: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology / Art Encouragement Prize
Result: Winner
55th Mainichi Film Awards — Best Actress
2001
Work: Face
Category: 女優主演賞
Organization: Mainichi Film Awards
Result: Winner
Kikuta Kazuo Drama Award — Grand Prize
2013
Work: Eekara Kagen (stage)
Category: 演劇大賞
Organization: Kikuta Kazuo Drama Award
Result: Winner
Medal with Purple Ribbon
2020
Organization: Cabinet Office (Spring Decorations)
Result: Recipient
Yomiuri Theatre Awards — Best Actress (Excellence)
2019
Work: Omoroi Onna (stage)
Category: 優秀女優賞
Organization: Yomiuri Theatre Awards
Result: Winner
Kinema Junpo — Best Actress
2000
Work: Face
Category: 主演女優賞
Organization: Kinema Junpo
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Omoroi Onna

1965 Stage play / Drama

A representative stage work associated with Mitsuko Mori; Fujiyama performed the lead in revival productions depicting the life of a female theatrical entrepreneur and other dramatic scenes.

Showa-era theatreLife of a female theatrical producerGenerational succession

Face

2000 Film

A 2000 film starring Fujiyama. Her performance earned her multiple domestic awards for Best Actress.

Inner life of charactersFamily and community

Danchi

2016 Film (social drama)

A 2016 film co-starring Takumi Saito. Fujiyama's performance won her Best Actress at the Shanghai International Film Festival.

Community life in apartment complexesSubtleties of human relationships

Imo Tako Nankin

2006 TV (Asadora / serial)

A 2006 NHK morning drama in which she played the heroine (Hanaoka Machiko), noted as one of the oldest solo heroines in the history of Asadora series.

Local historyWomen's life choices

Bibliography

  • Watashi, Hende sho? (2002)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Strong stage presence with comic timingNaturalistic acting styleUse of Kansai dialect in delivery
Recurring Motifs
Regional identity (Osaka/Kyoto)Strong maternal / bold female charactersShowa-era theatrical and human drama

Health

  • Cancer (announced)
    2017年
    Cancellation of some 2017 performances (cancellation of part of 'Omoroi Onna' run)

Legacy

A versatile and accomplished actress active on stage, film and television. Recipient of many theatrical and film awards, awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon; regarded as an important inheritor of Showa-era theatrical tradition.

Academic Societies

  • Agency for Cultural Affairs Arts Festival (awardee)
  • Kikuta Kazuo Drama Award (awardee)

In Popular Culture

  • Served as a judge at the 57th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen

Quotes

  • There has never been a man I felt so much sexiness from.
    Source: Statement in a women's magazine (about Junji Sawada)

Trivia

  • A big fan of Sadaharu Oh and a devoted supporter of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.
  • Avid fan of Takajin Yashiki; had a close personal friendship though not married.
  • 'Omoroi Onna' has deep ties to her family — her father played a role in earlier versions.
  • Served as a judge on the 57th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen.