Mitsuko Mito

Mitsuko Mito
Born	Mitsuko Sekiba (1919-03-23)23 March 1919 Sakaino, Niitsuru, Fukushima, Japan
Died	5 April 1981(1981-04-05) (aged 62)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1935-1973

Mitsuko Mito (水戸光子, Mito Mitsuko, 23 March 1919 – 5 April 1981) was a Japanese actress. She appeared in more than 150 films between 1935 and 1973 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

External links

• Mitsuko Mito at IMDb
• "水戸光子 (Mitsuko Mito)". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 July 2021.