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Mitsuko Mito

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Mitsuko Mito

Born March 23, 1919 in Onuma District, Fukushima Prefecture, JapanDied April 5, 1981132 films

Mitsuko Mito (水戸光子 Mito Mitsuko, 23 March 1919 – 5 April 1981) was a Japanese actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1935 and 1973. Her real name was Mitsuko Sekiba.

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In 1934, the year after she dropped out of Okazaki Municipal Girls' High School (now Aichi Prefectural Okazaki Kita High School), she moved from the Manpei Hotel in Nagoya to the Manpei Hotel in Atami where she was working. There, she was scouted by Shochiku director Isaburo Inoue, who happened to be staying at the hotel, and joined the Shochiku Kamata Studios .

In 1945, she married actor Morikawa Shin. She retired from acting and had a child, but divorced the following year. She returned to the big screen early in Omitsu no Endan, released in October of the same year. While she played cheerful, down-to-earth characters, after leaving Shochiku she also broadened her acting range by taking on dirty roles in films such as Woman, Osho, Outcome of War, Ugetsu Monogatari, and An Inn at Osaka.

She died of a liver tumor on April 5, 1981 at the age of 62.

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto poster7.2Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto1954Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple poster7.2Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple1955Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island poster7.2Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island1956There Was a Father poster7.0There Was a Father1942

Filmography

132 films as actor
  1. 1973Men and War III: The Final ChapterOtaki
  2. 1971Men and War II: Land of Love and SorrowOtaki
  3. 1970Men and War I: Prelude to DestinyOtaki
  4. 1970The Sunset is Calling Me
  5. 1968Woman Gambler Is Coming
  6. 1968Army IntelligenceTamiko Yamamoto
  7. 1967Swift Current
  8. 1967A Fallen WomanMakiko
  9. 1967Rebellion of Japan
  10. 1966Ohana han: Dai ni buTeru Asao
  11. 1966Ohana hanTeru Asao
  12. 1966Wild Geese
  13. 1964Modern Gentleman
  14. 1962Red Love, Green Love
  15. 1962Her Hidden PastMrs. Kono
  16. 1962Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
  17. 1962A Full LifeHarumi's mother-in-law
  18. 1962A Roaring Trade
  19. 1961With Wife, Children, and FriendsTakiyo Sugawa
  20. 1961The Radiant PrinceLady Kokiden
  21. 1961Love and LifeTeruyo Fuji
  22. 1960I Will Never Forget
  23. 1960Only She Knows
  24. 1960The Wandering PrincessIzumi
  25. 1959Tokyo Omnibus
  26. 1959The Human Wall
  27. 1959A Storm ZoneShizue Tashiro
  28. 1959Bridge
  29. 1959The Song of the Cart
  30. 1959Ai no Noutan
  31. 1959People Waiting for SpringRitsu Yamamura
  32. 1958Face in the DarkTomie
  33. 1958Hana no yukyo-den
  34. 1958Ukiyo buroO-riku
  35. 1957The Beauty Expert
  36. 1957Akuma no kao
  37. 1957The Adventures of ChujiOtsugi
  38. 1957Haha to ko no mado
  39. 1957The Detective Denshichi Case Files: The Beautiful Bat
  40. 1957Hakuji no hitoSagako Kuroki
  41. 1956New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune
  42. 1956I Will Buy You
  43. 19568:13 PM
  44. 1956Zoku tenshi mo otoshi goro
  45. 1956Tenshi mo otoshi goro
  46. 1956Studio wa ōsawagi
  47. 1956Asashio yushio
  48. 1956Asataro the Crow
  49. 1956Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 2
  50. 1956Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu IslandOko (uncredited)
  51. 1955Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 1
  52. 1955Mune yori mune niYûko Uemura
  53. 1955Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji TempleOko
  54. 1955House of Many PleasuresChiyoko
  55. 1955The Young Lord
  56. 1954The Young Swordsman
  57. 1954Fall of the Shogun's MilitiaOren
  58. 1954Samurai I: Musashi MiyamotoOko
  59. 1954An Inn at OsakaOrika
  60. 1954The Golden DemonAkagashi
  61. 1954Kokoro no nichigetsu
  62. 1953Zoku suna-e jubaku: Yukijorō
  63. 1953Suna-e jubaku
  64. 1953Zoku Tange Sazen
  65. 1953Tange Sazen
  66. 1953Desire
  67. 1953UgetsuOhama
  68. 1952This Way, That Way
  69. 1952Dedication of the Great Buddha
  70. 1952UshiwakamaruTokiwa
  71. 1952Ghost Story: Passion in Fukagawa
  72. 1952Escape from the City of Death
  73. 1952AvalancheTokie Kijima
  74. 1951The Man from the Moon
  75. 1951Hibari no komoriuta
  76. 1951Lantern Under a Full Moon
  77. 1951The Tale of GenjiAoi no ue
  78. 1951Jushu karasu
  79. 1951Doro ni mamirete
  80. 1951Yukiwarisō
  81. 1951Beyond Love and HateMasae Sakata
  82. 1950The Scarlet Bat
  83. 1950The End of the War
  84. 1950Minami no bara
  85. 1950Confessions of a Gynecologist
  86. 1950The Sea of Beauty
  87. 1950Tsuma mo koisu
  88. 1949A Woman's Face
  89. 1949Aizenso
  90. 1949My Name Is Mistress
  91. 1949Hakuchō wa kanashikarazuya
  92. 1949Doburoku no Tatsu
  93. 1949Three Mothers
  94. 1949Flame of My LoveChiyo
  95. 1948Shin Aizen Katsura
  96. 1948The Grand MasterKoharu
  97. 1948As If To Kill
  98. 1948Komadori fujin
  99. 1948WomanToshiko
  100. 1948Doyō fujinYōko Nakaseko
  101. 1947Onna dake no yoru
  102. 1945Otome no iru kichi
  103. 1944You Are the Next Eagle
  104. 1944Jubilation StreetTakako
  105. 1944Sailor
  106. 1944Sinking the Unsinkable
  107. 1943Navy
  108. 1943Dancing with a MaskChie, sister
  109. 1943Port of FlowersOharu
  110. 1943Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home
  111. 1942South Wind 2
  112. 1942South Wind
  113. 1942The Spy Has Not Died Yet
  114. 1942There Was a FatherFumi
  115. 1941Suzhou Nights
  116. 1941The Flower is not False
  117. 1940KateikyōshiYayoi Kajikawa
  118. 1940Utsukushiki Rinjin
  119. 1940Kinuyo's First Love
  120. 1939Warm CurrentGin Ishiwata