Mitsuko Mito
Biography
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. 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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Movies (50)
Men and War III: The Final Chapter
as Otaki
1973
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
as Otaki
1971
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
as Otaki
1970
The Sunset is Calling Me
1970
Woman Gambler Is Coming
1968
Army Intelligence
as Tamiko Yamamoto
1968
Swift Current
1967
A Fallen Woman
as Makiko
1967
Rebellion of Japan
1967
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
as Teru Asao
1966
Ohana han
as Teru Asao
1966
Wild Geese
1966
Red Love, Green Love
1962
Her Hidden Past
as Mrs. Kono
1962
Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
1962
A Full Life
as Harumi's mother-in-law
1962
A Roaring Trade
1962
With Wife, Children, and Friends
as Takiyo Sugawa
1961
The Radiant Prince
as Lady Kokiden
1961
Love and Life
as Teruyo Fuji
1961
Only She Knows
1960
The Wandering Princess
as Izumi
1960
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
The Human Wall
1959
A Storm Zone
as Shizue Tashiro
1959
Bridge
1959
The Song of the Cart
1959
Ai no Noutan
1959
People Waiting for Spring
as Ritsu Yamamura
1959
Face in the Dark
as Tomie
1958
Hana no yukyo-den
1958
Ukiyo buro
as O-riku
1958
The Beauty Expert
1957
悪魔の顔
1957
The Adventures of Chuji
as Otsugi
1957
The Detective Denshichi Case Files: The Beautiful Bat
1957
白磁の人
1957
I Will Buy You
1956
Asataro the Crow
1956
Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 2
1956
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Oko (uncredited)
1956
Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 1
1955
Mune yori mune ni
as Yûko Uemura
1955
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
as Oko
1955
(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
as Chiyoko
1955
The Young Lord
1955
The Young Swordsman
1954
Fall of the Shogun's Militia
as Oren
1954
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
as Oko
1954
An Inn at Osaka
1954