Mitsuko Mito

Mitsuko Mito
Born
Mitsuko Sekiba[1]

(1919-03-23)23 March 1919
Sakaino, Niitsuru, Fukushima, Japan[1]
Died5 April 1981(1981-04-05) (aged 62)
OccupationActress
Years active1935-1973

Mitsuko Mito (水戸光子, Mito Mitsuko, 23 March 1919 – 5 April 1981) was a Japanese actress.[2] She appeared in more than 150 films between 1935 and 1973[3] under the direction of filmmakers like Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujirō Ozu and Kaneto Shindō.

Selected filmography

  • Wakadanna haru ranman (1935) – Girl student
  • Sendō kawaiya (1935)
  • Mr. Thank You (1936)
  • Hanayome karuta (1937) – Emako
  • Kōjō no tsuki (1937) – Keiko
  • Okusama ni shirasu bekarazu (1937) – Ohatsu
  • Koi mo wasurete (1937) – Woman at hotel
  • Suigō jōka – Kojō no reikon (1937) – Machiko
  • Hanagata senshu (1937) – Girl at hiking
  • Shingun no uta (1937)
  • Haha to ko (1938)
  • Aizen katsura (1938) – Kimura's Wife / Kimura's child
  • Minamikaze (1939) – Keiko Kita
  • Imōto no haregi (1939) – Kiyoko Sudō
  • Zoku aizen katsura (1939) – Kimura's wife / Kimura's child
  • Shin josei mondo (1939)
  • Kuwa no mi wa akai (1939)
  • Aizen katsura – Kanketsu-hen (1939) – Kimura's wife / Kimura's child
  • Danryũ Part 1 and 2 (1939) – Gin Ishiwata
  • Aizen tsubaki (1940)
  • Kinuyo no hatsukoi (1940) – Onobu
  • Hana wa itsuwarazu (1941) – Sumiko
  • Sakura no kuni (1941)
  • Soshu no yoru (1941)
  • There Was a Father (1942) – Fumiko Hirata
  • Kanchō imada shisezu (1942)
  • Minami no kaze mizue no maki (1942)
  • Hana saku minato (1943) – O-haru
  • Hiwa Normanton jiken: Kamen no butō (1943) – Chie, Jun'nosuke's sister
  • Kaigun (1943)
  • Fuchinkan gekichin (1944)
  • Suihei-san (1944)
  • Kanko no machi (1944)
  • Gekiryu (1944)
  • Kimi koso tsugi no arawashi da (1944)
  • Omitsu no endan (1946) – Omitsu
  • Jōen (1947)
  • Onnadake no yoru (1947)
  • Woman (1948) – Toshiko
  • Ōshō (1948) – Koharu
  • Korosu ga gotoku (1948)
  • Flame of My Love (1949) – Chiyo
  • Watashi no na wa jofu (1949)
  • Senka no hate (1950)
  • Ai to nikushimi no kanata e (1951)
  • Joshu Garasu (1951)
  • Meigetsu somato (1951)
  • Hibari no komoriuta (1951)
  • The Tale of Genji (1951) – Aoi no ue
  • Avalanche (1952) – Tokie Kijima
  • Dedication of the Great Buddha (1952) – Sakuyako Tachibana
  • Shino machi o nogarete (1952) – Asako Shimamura
  • Ushiwakamaru (1952) – Tokiwa
  • Ano te kono te (1952)
  • Kaidan Fukagawa jowa(1952)
  • Ugetsu (1953) – Ohama
  • Yokubo (1953) – Sakie Kajiwara
  • Tange Sazen (1953) – Ofuji
  • Zoku Tange Sazen (1953) – Ofuji
  • Konjiki yasha (1954) – Akagashi
  • An Inn at Osaka (1954)
  • Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) – Oko, Matahachi's wife
  • Shiode Kushima Binan Kenpo (1954)
  • Shinsengumi Oni Taicho (1954)
  • Onikiri wakasama (1955)
  • Wataridori itsu kaeru (1955) – Chiyoko
  • Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) – Oko, Akemi's mother
  • Mune yori mune ni (1955) – Yuko Uemura
  • Shin shokoku mongatari: Otena no tō – Zempen (1955) – Yũzomeni
  • Shin shokoku mongatari: Otena no tō – Kōhen (1956) – Yũzomeni
  • Gogo 8 ji 13 pun (1956) – Mitsue Kashimura
  • I Will Buy You (1956) - Ryuko
  • The Treasure of Gen. Yamashita (1956)
  • Akuma no kao (1957) – Hama Kojima
  • Morishige no Boku wa biyōshi (1957) – Chiyono
  • Kuroi kafun (1958) – Okin
  • Sorrow is Only for Women (1958) – Harue
  • Ukiyo buro (1958) – O-riku
  • Hana no yukyo-den (1958)
  • Mayonaka no kao (1958)
  • Haru o matsu hitobito (1959)
  • Ballad of the Cart (1959) – Natsuno
  • Hashi (1959) – Okiku
  • Bōfũken (1959) – Shizue Tashiro
  • Ningen no kabe (1959)
  • The Wandering Princess (1960) – Izumi
  • Arashi o yobu gakudan (1960) – Yukie Maki
  • Koi ni inochi o (1961) – Teruyo Fuji
  • Shin Genji monogatari (1961)
  • Tsuma ari ko ari tomo arite (1961) – Takiyo Sugawa
  • Senkyaku banrai (1962)
  • Onnakeizu (1962) – Mrs. Kono
  • Yatchaba no onna (1962)
  • Gan (1966) – Osan
  • Ohana han Part 1 and 2 (1966) – Teru Asao
  • Daraku suru onna (1967) – Makiko
  • Gekiryu (1967) – Chito Asuka
  • Rikugun chōhō 33 (1968) – Tamiko Yamamoto
  • Men and War (1970–73) – Otaki

References

  1. ^ a b "水戸光子 (Mitsuko Mito)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Mitsuko Mito". First Century of Cinema 1895–1999. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  3. ^ "水戸光子 (Mitsuko Mito)". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 July 2021.


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