Mitsuko Mito
Known for: Acting
Born: March 23, 1919
Died: April 5, 1981
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
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6.1
Men and War III: The Final Chapter
1973
6.4
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
1971
6.8
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
1970
NR
The Sunset is Calling Me
1970
7.0
Woman Gambler Is Coming
1968
7.0
Army Intelligence
1968
NR
Swift Current
1967NR
A Fallen Woman
1967
8.0
Rebellion of Japan
1967
NR
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
1966
NR
Ohana han
1966
6.7
Wild Geese
1966
NR
Modern Gentleman
1964
NR
Red Love, Green Love
1962
7.0
Her Hidden Past
1962
NR
Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
1962
10.0
A Full Life
1962
NR
A Roaring Trade
1962
NR
With Wife, Children, and Friends
1961
7.0
The Radiant Prince
1961
9.0
Love and Life
1961
NR
I Will Never Forget
1960
NR
Only She Knows
1960
6.5
The Wandering Princess
1960
NR
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
6.3
The Human Wall
1959
NR
A Storm Zone
1959
NR
Bridge
1959
6.9
The Song of the Cart
1959
NR
Ai no Noutan
1959
NR
People Waiting for Spring
1959
NR
Face in the Dark
1958
8.0
Hana no yukyo-den
1958
NR
Ukiyo buro
1958
NR
The Beauty Expert
1957
NR
Akuma no kao
1957
10.0
The Adventures of Chuji
1957
NR
Haha to ko no mado
1957
10.0
The Detective Denshichi Case Files: The Beautiful Bat
1957
NR
Hakuji no hito
1957
7.1
I Will Buy You
1956
NR
Asashio yushio
195610.0
Asataro the Crow
1956
NR
Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 2
1956
7.2
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
NR
Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 1
1955
10.0
Mune yori mune ni
1955
7.2
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
9.0
House of Many Pleasures
1955NR
The Young Lord
1955
NR
The Young Swordsman
1954
7.0
Fall of the Shogun's Militia
1954
7.2
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954
7.5
An Inn at Osaka
1954
9.0
The Golden Demon
1954
NR
Kokoro no nichigetsu
1954
NR
Zoku suna-e jubaku: Yukijorō
1953NR
Suna-e jubaku
1953
10.0
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953
7.0
Tange Sazen
1953
9.0
Desire
1953
8.0
Ugetsu
1953
8.5
This Way, That Way
1952
10.0
Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952
NR
Ushiwakamaru
1952
9.0
Ghost Story: Passion in Fukagawa
1952
8.0
Escape from the City of Death
1952NR
Avalanche
1952
NR
The Man from the Moon
1951
6.0
Hibari no komoriuta
1951
8.0
Lantern Under a Full Moon
1951
6.0
The Tale of Genji
1951
NR
Jushu karasu
1951NR
Doro ni mamirete
1951
NR
Yukiwarisō
1951
7.0
Beyond Love and Hate
1951
NR
The Scarlet Bat
1950
NR
The End of the War
1950
NR
Minami no bara
1950
NR
Confessions of a Gynecologist
1950
NR
The Sea of Beauty
1950NR
Tsuma mo koisu
1950
NR
A Woman's Face
1949NR
Aizenso
1949NR
My Name Is Mistress
1949
NR
Hakuchō wa kanashikarazuya
1949
NR
Doburoku no Tatsu
1949
NR
Three Mothers
1949
5.6
Flame of My Love
1949
NR
Shin Aizen Katsura
1948
9.0
The Grand Master
1948
NR
As If To Kill
1948
NR
Komadori fujin
1948
6.1
Woman
1948
NR
Doyō fujin
1948NR
Onna dake no yoru
1947
NR
Otome no iru kichi
1945
NR
You Are the Next Eagle
1944
6.1
Jubilation Street
1944
NR
Sailor
1944
NR
Sinking the Unsinkable
1944
8.0
Navy
1943
NR
Dancing with a Mask
1943
7.0
Port of Flowers
1943
NR
Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home
1943
NR
South Wind 2
1942
NR
South Wind
1942
NR
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
1942
7.0
There Was a Father
1942
10.0
Suzhou Nights
1941
4.5
The Flower is not False
1941
NR
Kateikyōshi
1940
NR
Utsukushiki Rinjin
1940
7.5
Kinuyo's First Love
1940
5.3
Warm Current
1939
6.0
New Woman Question and Answer
1939
8.0
Zoku aizen katsura
1939
NR
Southern Wind
1939
7.0
The Tree of Love
1938
NR
Mother and Child
1938
NR
Marching Song
1937NR
Goodbye to the Front
1937
7.0
Forget Love for Now
19376.0
Don't Tell Your Wife About It
1937
7.5
A Star Athlete
19376.7
Moon Over the Ruins
1937
7.1
Mr. Thank You
1936