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Mitsuko Baisho

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Mitsuko Baisho

Born November 22, 1946 in Ibaraki, Japan94 films

Mitsuko Baisho (born 22 November 1946 in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan) is a noted Japanese actress, whose most internationally known work has been for director Shohei Imamura, from 1979 up to the director's final film in 2002. Baisho has also been in films of Akira Kurosawa.

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She also won the awards for best actress at the 10th Hochi Film Award for Love Letter and Ikiteru uchi ga hana nano yo shindara sore made yo to sengen.She also won the award for best supporting actress at the 8th Hochi Film Award for The Geisha and at the 22nd Hochi Film Award for Tokyo Lullaby. Her sister is actress-singer Chieko Baisho.

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Kagemusha posterFirst watchKagemusha19807.8as OyunokataAkira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Dreams poster7.7Dreams1990Tales from Earthsea poster6.5Tales from Earthsea2006The Ballad of Narayama poster7.5The Ballad of Narayama1983Vengeance Is Mine poster7.6Vengeance Is Mine1979The Eel poster6.9The Eel1997September 11 poster6.4September 112002Warm Water Under a Red Bridge poster6.6Warm Water Under a Red Bridge2001

Filmography

94 films as actor
  1. 2026UNDERGIRL
  2. 2025Brighter DaysSae Yukino
  3. 202452-Hertz WhalesSachie Muranaka
  4. 2023友情 ～平尾誠二と山中伸弥 『最後の一年』～
  5. 2022Offbeat CopsSachiko Naruse
  6. 2021In the WakeKei Tōshima
  7. 2020Threads - Our Tapestry of LoveSetsuko Murata
  8. 2019When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her AshesAkiko
  9. 2018Akuma ga Kitarite Fue wo Fuku
  10. 2018Cinema FightersMiyuki
  11. 2018SnowmanMiyuki (old)
  12. 2017An Emblem Dedicated To YouTakajo Waka
  13. 2016Bōkyō(segment "Mikan no hana")
  14. 2016Sing My LifeKatsu Seyama
  15. 2016Big & LittleMasako
  16. 2015Mr. Love Chemistry 2
  17. 2015Risking it All: The Spirit of the Men in Orange
  18. 2014Time Never StopsIku Hamaguchi
  19. 2013The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying UpHarue Fujishima
  20. 2012Blazing FamigliaDonbaa
  21. 2012Shichou Shisu
  22. 2011Rock: Wanko no Shima
  23. 2011DenderaMasari Shiina
  24. 2010PostcardChiyo Morikawa, the Mother-in-Law
  25. 2010The Lady Shogun and Her MenYorinobu Mizuno
  26. 2009Noriben - The Recipe for FortuneFumiyo Hara
  27. 2009CounterfeitKageko Sada
  28. 2008最後の戦犯
  29. 2008All Around UsNamiko Yoshida
  30. 2006Tales from EarthseaThe Mistress (voice)
  31. 2006Haru, Bânîzu de
  32. 2005Shining Boy & Little RandyAsako Fujisawa
  33. 2004Chicken Is Barefoot
  34. 2004Locomotive Teacher
  35. 2002OutYoshie 'Sensei' Azuma
  36. 2002September 11Kayo Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
  37. 2002Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHSMasae Murakami
  38. 2001Warm Water Under a Red BridgeMitsu Aizawa
  39. 2001TurnMori Satoko
  40. 2001A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River
  41. 2000By Player
  42. 1998The Hidden Festival
  43. 1998Love Letter
  44. 1998Solitude PointYukie
  45. 1997The Girl Who Leapt Through TimeYukiko Yoshiyama
  46. 1997Tokyo LullabyHisako Hamanaka
  47. 1997The EelMisako Nakajima
  48. 1995A Last NoteNaoko Yazawa
  49. 1990DreamsMother of 'I'
  50. 1989My PhoenixTakako Demachi
  51. 1989SenseiShota's mother
  52. 1987Sure Death 4Ofuku
  53. 1987ZegenShiho
  54. 1986Women Who Do Not Divorce
  55. 1986CabaretMegumi Nanbu
  56. 1985Love LetterKyoko Takehara
  57. 1985Let Him Rest in PeaceShima Akai
  58. 1985Nuclear Gypsies
  59. 1984Curtain CallHaruko Nakamichi
  60. 1984The Crazy FamilySaeko Kobayashi
  61. 1983The GeishaOsodé
  62. 1983The Ballad of NarayamaOei
  63. 1983P. P. RiderIkuko
  64. 1981Flames of BloodOrin
  65. 1981EijanaikaOko
  66. 1980KagemushaOyunokata
  67. 1980Wings of Icarus' Flight
  68. 1979Vengeance Is MineKazuko Enokizu
  69. 1978Bandits vs. Samurai SquadronOmatsu
  70. 1978Winter's FlowerMary
  71. 1977The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
  72. 1977A Scream from NowhereSumiko Miyajima - The Actress
  73. 1977The Life of ChikuzanChikuzan's 2nd wife
  74. 1976The Three Ginza Rascals
  75. 1976Love Is a HunterMichiko Matsumoto
  76. 1976ManhuntOtsuki Kyoko
  77. 1973The Shinano River
  78. 1973Daddy on a Rocking Boat
  79. 1973Miyamoto MusashiAkemi
  80. 1973Flower and Dragon
  81. 1972Theater of Life
  82. 1972Chase That Man
  83. 1971The Instant Services Bureau
  84. 1971Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
  85. 1971Challenge at Dawn
  86. 1971Follow the Girls
  87. 1970Fun on the RunPonta
  88. 1970Charming MenHaruko
  89. 1970Duel at Fort EzoAka Shu
  90. 1969Our Miyo-chanMiyo
  91. 1969Women Can't Be BeatenAiko
  92. 1969Tenchu!Onimo
  93. 1968The Million Dollar Pursuit
  94. 1967Lover's DuetYachiyo Kawada