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.
Known For
0Chiba Shusaku: Kendo Masshigura
1970
Ugetsu
1953
0Chūzaisho nikki
1957
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
0Tenshi mo otoshi goro
1956
Studio wa ōsawagi
1956
Zoku tenshi mo otoshi goro
1956
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954
08:13 PM
1956
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
There Was a Father
1942
0Asashio yushio
1956
Filmography
Chiba Shusaku: Kendo Masshigura
as Kiku · 1970
Ugetsu
as Ohama · 1953
Chūzaisho nikki
· 1957
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Oko (uncredited) · 1956
Tenshi mo otoshi goro
· 1956
Studio wa ōsawagi
· 1956
Zoku tenshi mo otoshi goro
· 1956
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
as Oko · 1954
8:13 PM
· 1956
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
as Oko · 1955
There Was a Father
as Fumi · 1942
Asashio yushio
· 1956
Desire
· 1953
Suna-e jubaku
· 1953
The Sea of Beauty
· 1950
Jubilation Street
as Takako · 1944
Zoku suna-e jubaku: Yukijorō
· 1953
New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune
· 1956
The Wandering Princess
as Izumi · 1960
The End of the War
· 1950
Ohana han
as Teru Asao · 1966
Doburoku no Tatsu
· 1949
Men and War III: The Final Chapter
as Otaki · 1973
The Radiant Prince
as Lady Kokiden · 1961
The Tale of Genji
as Aoi no ue · 1951
Avalanche
as Tokie Kijima · 1952
Mr. Thank You
· 1936
Hana no yukyo-den
· 1958
Tokyo Omnibus
· 1959
South Wind 2
· 1942
An Inn at Osaka
as Orika · 1954
Three Mothers
· 1949
The Human Wall
· 1959
As If To Kill
· 1948
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
as Otaki · 1971
Flame of My Love
as Chiyo · 1949
Army Intelligence
as Tamiko Yamamoto · 1968
Otome no iru kichi
· 1945
My Name Is Mistress
· 1949
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
as Otaki · 1970
Tsuma mo koisu
· 1950
Port of Flowers
as Oharu · 1943
The Scarlet Bat
· 1950
Rebellion of Japan
· 1967
Doyō fujin
as Yōko Nakaseko · 1948
Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
· 1962
House of Many Pleasures
as Chiyoko · 1955
Zoku aizen katsura
· 1939
The Golden Demon
as Akagashi · 1954
Minami no bara
· 1950
Face in the Dark
as Tomie · 1958
With Wife, Children, and Friends
as Takiyo Sugawa · 1961
Sinking the Unsinkable
· 1944
Doro ni mamirete
· 1951
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
as Teru Asao · 1966
Kokoro no nichigetsu
· 1954
Navy
· 1943
The Song of the Cart
· 1959
Sorrow Is Only for Women
· 1958
Aizenso
· 1949
Hibari no komoriuta
· 1951
I Will Buy You
· 1956
Fall of the Shogun's Militia
as Oren · 1954
Her Hidden Past
as Mrs. Kono · 1962
New Woman Question and Answer
· 1939
Komadori fujin
· 1948
The Grand Master
as Koharu · 1948
A Roaring Trade
· 1962
Warm Current
as Gin Ishiwata · 1939
Kinuyo's First Love
· 1940
Beyond Love and Hate
as Masae Sakata · 1951
Woman
as Toshiko · 1948
Onna dake no yoru
· 1947
Modern Gentleman
· 1964
Red Love, Green Love
· 1962
A Storm Zone
as Shizue Tashiro · 1959
Dedication of the Great Buddha
· 1952
This Way, That Way
· 1952
Ukiyo buro
as O-riku · 1958
Haha to ko no mado
· 1957
The Beauty Expert
· 1957
A Fallen Woman
as Makiko · 1967
The Young Swordsman
· 1954
Hakuchō wa kanashikarazuya
· 1949
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
· 1942
People Waiting for Spring
as Ritsu Yamamura · 1959
Jushu karasu
· 1951
Wild Geese
· 1966
Only She Knows
· 1960
Akuma no kao
· 1957
Tange Sazen
· 1953
Mune yori mune ni
as Yûko Uemura · 1955
A Star Athlete
· 1937
The Adventures of Chuji
as Otsugi · 1957
Utsukushiki Rinjin
· 1940
Moon Over the Ruins
as Keiko · 1937
The Detective Denshichi Case Files: The Beautiful Bat
· 1957
Zoku Tange Sazen
· 1953
A Full Life
as Harumi's mother-in-law · 1962
Dancing with a Mask
as Chie, sister · 1943
Hakuji no hito
as Sagako Kuroki · 1957
A Woman's Face
· 1949
Confessions of a Gynecologist
· 1950
Ai no Noutan
· 1959
Shin Aizen Katsura
· 1948
The Sunset is Calling Me
· 1970
Asataro the Crow
· 1956
Mother and Child
as Shigeko · 1938
Marching Song
· 1937
Forget Love for Now
as Woman at Hotel · 1937
Lantern Under a Full Moon
· 1951
Bridge
· 1959
Swift Current
· 1967
Love and Life
as Teruyo Fuji · 1961
The Flower is not False
· 1941
Escape from the City of Death
· 1952
South Wind
· 1942
Woman Gambler Is Coming
· 1968
Ushiwakamaru
as Tokiwa · 1952
You Are the Next Eagle
· 1944
I Will Never Forget
· 1960
Goodbye to the Front
· 1937
Don't Tell Your Wife About It
as Ohatsu · 1937
Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 2
· 1956
Southern Wind
· 1939
Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 1
· 1955
Sailor
· 1944
Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home
· 1943
The Man from the Moon
· 1951
Yukiwarisō
· 1951
Ghost Story: Passion in Fukagawa
· 1952
Suzhou Nights
· 1941
The Young Lord
· 1955
The Tree of Love
· 1938
Kateikyōshi
as Yayoi Kajikawa · 1940