 She became one of Daiei's top actresses.Yamamoto was considered one of Japan's most beautiful women, with "noble" features that represented the classic ideal of Japanese beauty.As such, she was well-suited for costumed parts in the era's popular period dramas, with her less-frequent modern roles (in films like Ozu's "Equinox Flower" and Ichikawa's "Being Two Isn't Easy") often shot in "movie star" closeups that placed her apart from the films' contemporary storytelling.