# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sumiko-sakamoto
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:49:20.066Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sumiko-sakamoto"
name: "Sumiko Sakamoto"
slug: "sumiko-sakamoto"
description: "Sumiko Sakamoto  was a Japanese singer and award-winning actress, born in Osaka, whose heartfelt performances made her a favorite of the late film director Shohei Imamura. Imamura cast her in three of his films: The Pornographers, Warm Water Under a Red Bridge, and The Ballad of Narayama, winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. She won the award for Japanese Best Actress from Nihon Academy for her performance in The Ballad of Narayama, as well as a kiss from Orson Welles."
tagline: "Japanese singer and actress (1936–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sumiko_Sakamoto.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1936-11-25"
deathDate: "2021-01-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.95
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.493749333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0757102/"
    handle:    "nm0757102"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4die2auqCLB6TCKuinWDVe"
    handle:    "4die2auqCLB6TCKuinWDVe"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3491610"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "سوميكو ساكاموتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumiko_Sakamoto"
    title: "Sumiko Sakamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9D%82%E6%9C%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9F%E5%AD%90"
    title: "坂本スミ子"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%82%AC%EC%B9%B4%EB%AA%A8%ED%86%A0_%EC%8A%A4%EB%AF%B8%EC%BD%94"
    title: "사카모토 스미코"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%2C_%D0%A1%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE"
    title: "Сакамото, Сумико"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumiko_Sakamoto"
    title: "Sumiko Sakamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumiko_Sakamoto"
    title: "Sumiko Sakamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/45b002cc-68c0-42a6-88ad-756a679f0174"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7637116"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/142451"
    title: "Sumiko Sakamoto"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump