Mitsuko Mito

Known for ActingBorn 1919-03-23Died 1981-04-05Onuma 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.Read more

Movies & web series

A Full Life

The Adventures of Chuji

The Detective Denshichi Case Files: The Beautiful Bat

Asataro the Crow

Mune yori mune ni

Zoku Tange Sazen

Dedication of the Great Buddha

Suzhou Nights

Love and Life

House of Many Pleasures

The Golden Demon

Yokubo

Ghost Story: Passion in Fukagawa

The Grand Master

This Way, That Way

Rebellion of Japan

Hana no yukyo-den

Ugetsu

Shi no machi wo nogarete

Lantern Under a Full Moon

Navy

Zoku aizen katsura

The Radiant Prince

An Inn at Osaka

Kinuyo's First Love

A Star Athlete

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

I Will Buy You

Army Intelligence

Woman Gambler Is Coming

Her Hidden Past

Fall of the Shogun's Militia

Tange Sazen

Beyond Love and Hate

The Song of the Cart

Port of Flowers

Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny

There Was a Father

Mr. Thank You

The Wandering Princess

The Tree of Love

Forget Love for Now

Wild Geese

Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow

Moon Over the Ruins

Men and War III: The Final Chapter