Shizue Tatsuta

Shizue Tatsuta was born in 1903 in Kaminoyama, Yamagata — a snowy mountain town in the Tohoku region — right at the tail end of the Meiji era, which tells you everything about the world she was stepping into. The fact that she chose acting as a path in that time and place? That alone takes guts I can only imagine. She lived through the most turbulent stretch of modern Japanese history: two world wars, the collapse and reinvention of an entire society, the birth of sound film, the golden age of postwar cinema. Fifty-eight years, all of it. I don't know her specific films or roles, and honestly the historical record on her seems thin, but there's something about an Aquarius woman from the frozen northeast who quietly carved out a life on stage and screen during all that chaos — I find that genuinely moving. A quiet flame, as they say.

Shizue Tatsuta (February 11, 1903 – January 21, 1962) was a Japanese actor born in Kaminoyama, Yamagata Prefecture. She worked through the prewar and postwar eras of Japanese film and stage, living to the age of 58. Detailed records of her works, agency, and personal life are not publicly available.

Name (English)

Shizue Tatsuta

Name (Japanese)

龍田静枝

Reading

たつた しずえ

Born

February 11, 1903 – January 21, 1962

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / 卯 (Rabbit)

Origin

Kaminoyama, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Actor

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BE%8D%E7%94%B0%E9%9D%99%E6%9E%9D

Tags

• From Yamagata Prefecture
• Actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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