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Mie Kitahara

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Mie Kitahara

Born July 23, 1933 in Tokyo, Japan52 films

Mie Kitahara (北原三枝, Kitahara Mie, born 23 July 1933) is a Japanese actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1952 and 1960. She is best known for co-starring in a series of films with Yujiro Ishihara, one of postwar Japan's most famous stars, starting with Crazed Fruit in 1956. They married in 1960 and she retired from acting, assuming her married name, Makiko Ishihara (石原まき子).

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Essential films

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Crazed Fruit poster6.9Crazed Fruit1956

Filmography

52 films as actor
  1. 1984Again
  2. 1960Man at the Bullfight
  3. 1960Yakuza sensei
  4. 1960The Day of Youth
  5. 1960The Cards Will Tell
  6. 1959The Sky Is Mine
  7. 1959The Wild ReporterMiki Kojima
  8. 1959Windy StreetKeiko Takeshima
  9. 1959The Echo of Love
  10. 1959A Man Explodes
  11. 1959We Live Today
  12. 1959The Stream of Youth
  13. 1958Showdown in the Storm
  14. 1958Red PierKeiko Sugita
  15. 1958The Man Who Rode the TyphoonKyoko Taki
  16. 1958That Wonderful GuyYōko
  17. 1958Tomorrow is Another DayKeiko Ejima
  18. 1958A Slope in the SunTakako Kuramoto
  19. 1958Rusty KnifeKeiko Nishida
  20. 1957Man Who Causes a StormMiyako Fukushima
  21. 1957I Am WaitingSaeko
  22. 1957This Day's Life
  23. 1957The ChampionMari Shiraki
  24. 1957危険な関係
  25. 1957Dancing Sisters
  26. 1956Wakanohana: The Story of the Devil of the DohyōKayoko Wakanohana
  27. 1956Kanshō fujin
  28. 1956Summer StormRyoko Asai
  29. 1956GyakukōsenReiko Yoshida
  30. 1956Crazed FruitEri
  31. 1956Wandering Shore
  32. 1956PhoenixActress Kitahara
  33. 1956Confession
  34. 1956The BalloonMikiko Mikihara
  35. 1955A Hole of My Own Making
  36. 1955Tales of GinzaYukino Nakamachi
  37. 1955The Beautiful Nuns
  38. 1955The Green Music BoxDancer
  39. 1955Ghost Story of YouthChiharu Okumura
  40. 1955Women of Ginza
  41. 1955Burden of LoveSaeko Godai
  42. 1955Striving to Live
  43. 1955Jirochô yûkyôden: Akiba no himatsuri
  44. 1955The Moon Has RisenSetsuko
  45. 1954Women's House
  46. 1954Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the Green Grass
  47. 1954Kyūkon sannin musume
  48. 1953Always in My Heart Part 2
  49. 1953Tôkyô madamu to Ôsaka fujinMomoko
  50. 1953New Tokyo March
  51. 1952Carmen's Innocent Love
  52. 1952The Flavor of Green Tea Over RiceWaitress