Mitsuko Mito

Mitsuko Mito (62)

1919-03-23 - 1981-04-05 | Onuma District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

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.

On Movies

  • Men and War III: The Final Chapter
  • Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
  • Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
  • The Sunset is Calling Me
  • Woman Gambler Is Coming
  • Army Intelligence
  • A Fallen Woman
  • Rebellion of Japan
  • Ohana han: Dai ni bu
  • Ohana han
  • Her Hidden Past
  • A Full Life
  • With Wife, Children, and Friends
  • The Radiant Prince
  • The Wandering Princess
  • The Human Wall
  • Bridge
  • The Song of the Cart
  • Face in the Dark
  • Den nana torimono jō bijo koumori
  • I Will Buy You
  • Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
  • Mune yori mune ni
  • Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
  • Fall of the Shogun's Militia
  • Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
  • An Inn at Osaka
  • The Golden Demon
  • Tange Sazen
  • Ugetsu
  • This Way, That Way
  • Ghost Story: Passion in Fukagawa
  • Shi no machi wo nogarete
  • Dedication of the Great Buddha
  • The Man from the Moon
  • Hibari no komoriuta
  • The Tale of Genji
  • Beyond Love and Hate
  • Confessions of a Gynecologist
  • A Woman's Face
  • Flame of My Love
  • The Grand Master
  • Woman
  • You Are the Next Eagle
  • Jubilation Street
  • Sailor
  • Sinking the Unsinkable
  • Navy
  • Dancing with a Mask
  • Port of Flowers
  • Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home
  • South Wind 2
  • South Wind
  • There Was a Father
  • Suzhou Nights
  • Kinuyo's First Love
  • Warm Current
  • New Woman Question and Answer
  • The Tree of Love
  • Mother and Child
  • Marching Song
  • Forget Love for Now
  • Don't Tell Your Wife About It
  • A Star Athlete
  • Moon Over the Ruins
  • Mr. Thank You

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