Mitsuko Mito
Acting
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.
Movies(107)
Men and War III: The Final Chapter
Otaki
1973
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
Otaki
1971
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
Otaki
1970
The Sunset is Calling Me
1970
Woman Gambler Is Coming
1968
Army Intelligence
Tamiko Yamamoto
1968
Swift Current
1967
A Fallen Woman
Makiko
1967
Rebellion of Japan
1967
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
Teru Asao
1966
Ohana han
Teru Asao
1966
Wild Geese
1966
Red Love, Green Love
1962
Her Hidden Past
Mrs. Kono
1962
Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
1962
A Full Life
Harumi's mother-in-law
1962
A Roaring Trade
1962
With Wife, Children, and Friends
Takiyo Sugawa
1961
The Radiant Prince
Lady Kokiden
1961
Love and Life
Teruyo Fuji
1961
Only She Knows
1960
The Wandering Princess
Izumi
1960
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
The Human Wall
1959
A Storm Zone
Shizue Tashiro
1959
Bridge
1959
The Song of the Cart
1959
Ai no Noutan
1959
People Waiting for Spring
Ritsu Yamamura
1959
Face in the Dark
Tomie
1958
Hana no yukyo-den
1958
Ukiyo buro
O-riku
1958
The Beauty Expert
1957
Akuma no kao
1957
The Adventures of Chuji
Otsugi
1957
Haha to ko no mado
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
Oko (uncredited)
1956
Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 1
1955
Mune yori mune ni
Yûko Uemura
1955
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Oko
1955
House of Many Pleasures
Chiyoko
1955
The Young Lord
1955
The Young Swordsman
1954
Fall of the Shogun's Militia
Oren
1954
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Oko
1954
An Inn at Osaka
Orika
1954
The Golden Demon
Akagashi
1954
Kokoro no nichigetsu
1954
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953
Tange Sazen
1953
Yokubo
1953
Ugetsu
Ohama
1953
This Way, That Way
1952
Ushiwakamaru
Tokiwa
1952
Ghost Story: Passion in Fukagawa
1952
Shi no machi wo nogarete
1952
Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952
The Man from the Moon
1951
Hibari no komoriuta
1951
Lantern Under a Full Moon
1951
The Tale of Genji
Aoi no ue
1951
上州鴉
1951
Yukiwarisō
1951
Beyond Love and Hate
Masae Sakata
1951
Confessions of a Gynecologist
1950
The Sea of Beauty
1950
A Woman's Face
1949
Flame of My Love
Chiyo
1949
Shin Aizen Katsura
1948
The Grand Master
Koharu
1948
Woman
Toshiko
1948
Otome no iru kichi
1945
You Are the Next Eagle
1944
Jubilation Street
Takako
1944
Sailor
1944
Sinking the Unsinkable
1944
Navy
1943
Dancing with a Mask
Chie, sister
1943
Port of Flowers
Oharu
1943
Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home
1943
South Wind 2
1942
South Wind
1942
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
1942
There Was a Father
Fumi
1942
Suzhou Nights
1941
The Flower is not False
1941
Kateikyōshi
Yayoi Kajikawa
1940
Utsukushiki Rinjin
1940
Kinuyo's First Love
1940
Warm Current
Gin Ishiwata
1939
New Woman Question and Answer
1939
Zoku aizen katsura
1939
Southern Wind
1939
The Tree of Love
1938
Mother and Child
Shigeko
1938
Marching Song
1937
Goodbye to the Front
1937
Forget Love for Now
Woman at Hotel
1937
Don't Tell Your Wife About It
Ohatsu
1937
A Star Athlete
1937
Moon Over the Ruins
Keiko
1937
Mr. Thank You
1936