Mitsuko Baisho
Known for: Acting
Born: November 22, 1946
Place of birth: Ibaraki, Japan
Mitsuko Baisho (born 22 November 1946 in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan) is a noted Japanese actress, whose most internationally known work has been for director Shohei Imamura, from 1979 up to the director's final film in 2002. Baisho has also been in films of Akira Kurosawa. She also won the awards for best actress at the 10th Hochi Film Award for Love Letter and Ikiteru uchi ga hana nano yo shindara sore made yo to sengen.She also won the award for best supporting actress at the 8th Hochi Film Award for The Geisha and at the 22nd Hochi Film Award for Tokyo Lullaby. Her sister is actress-singer Chieko Baisho.
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Filmography
94 movies · 29 TV shows, newest first
NR
Brighter Days
2025
8.2
52-Hertz Whales
2024NR
友情 ～平尾誠二と山中伸弥 『最後の一年』～
2023
8.0
The Inugami Family
2023
7.7
Gannibal
2022
6.5
Offbeat Cops
2022
6.7
Roppongi Class
2022
6.6
Involvement in Family Affairs
2022
7.1
In the Wake
2021
6.5
Kawa no Hotori de
2021
NR
Request to the Angel
2020
7.0
Threads - Our Tapestry of Love
2020
7.7
Two Weeks
2019
7.0
Detective Akechi Kogoro
2019
7.0
When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes
2019
6.0
Akuma ga Kitarite Fue wo Fuku
2018
7.6
Black Pean
2018
NR
Cinema Fighters
2018
NR
Snowman
2018
4.5
An Emblem Dedicated To You
2017
9.0
Bōkyō
2016
7.0
Sing My Life
2016
6.5
Big & Little
2016
7.9
Shitamachi Rocket
2015
NR
Mr. Love Chemistry 2
2015
8.0
Risking it All: The Spirit of the Men in Orange
2015
7.3
Miyamoto Musashi
2014
10.0
Time Never Stops
2014
5.5
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
2013
8.3
Hanzawa Naoki
2013
7.0
Take Five: Should we Steal for Love?
2013
7.8
Late Blooming Sunflower My Life Renewed
2012
7.5
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
2012
NR
Blazing Famiglia
2012
8.0
Blackboard
2012
NR
Shichou Shisu
2012
8.0
Umechan Sensei
2012
7.0
Rock: Wanko no Shima
2011
9.3
Dendera
2011
5.8
Postcard
2010
6.1
The Lady Shogun and Her Men
2010
9.1
Ryōmaden
2010
4.7
Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune
2009
NR
Counterfeit
2009
NR
最後の戦犯
2008
7.4
All Around Us
2008
6.8
Last Friends
2008
8.3
Tokyo Tower
2007
6.5
Tales from Earthsea
2006
NR
Haru, Bânîzu de
2006
5.3
Shining Boy & Little Randy
2005
9.0
Ruri's Island
2005
7.2
Chicken Is Barefoot
2004
10.0
Locomotive Teacher
2004
5.6
Out
2002
6.4
September 11
2002
8.0
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
2002
6.6
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
2001
6.8
Turn
2001
7.5
A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River
2001
8.5
By Player
2000
8.5
Suzuran
19997.0
The Hidden Festival
1998
8.0
Love Letter
19989.0
Solitude Point
1998
7.5
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1997
6.7
Tokyo Lullaby
1997
6.9
The Eel
1997
6.0
Gift
1997
7.1
A Last Note
1995
NR
Haru yo koi
1994
7.7
Dreams
1990
10.0
My Phoenix
1989
8.0
Sensei
1989
NR
An Early Autumn
1987
7.0
Sure Death 4
1987
6.4
Zegen
1987
4.6
Women Who Do Not Divorce
1986
4.8
Cabaret
1986
7.8
Love Letter
1985
8.0
Let Him Rest in Peace
1985
6.7
Nuclear Gypsies
1985
6.0
Curtain Call
1984
7.1
The Crazy Family
1984
5.6
The Geisha
1983
7.5
The Ballad of Narayama
1983
6.0
P. P. Rider
1983
8.0
Flames of Blood
1981
6.2
Eijanaika
1981
NR
Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai
1980
7.8
Kagemusha
1980
NR
Wings of Icarus' Flight
1980
7.0
Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B
1979
7.0
Detective Story
1979
7.6
Vengeance Is Mine
1979
6.1
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978
6.0
The Blind Swordsman
1978
6.5
Winter's Flower
1978
8.2
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1977
6.7
A Scream from Nowhere
1977
8.2
The Life of Chikuzan
1977
10.0
The Three Ginza Rascals
1976
NR
Love Is a Hunter
1976
6.2
Manhunt
1976
NR
The Shinano River
1973
7.0
Daddy on a Rocking Boat
1973
NR
Kao de Waratte
1973
7.3
Miyamoto Musashi
1973
10.0
Flower and Dragon
1973
10.0
Theater of Life
1972
NR
Chase That Man
1972
9.0
The Instant Services Bureau
1971
9.0
Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
1971
NR
Challenge at Dawn
1971
8.0
Follow the Girls
1971
NR
Fun on the Run
1970
9.0
Charming Men
1970
5.8
Duel at Fort Ezo
1970
NR
Our Miyo-chan
1969
7.5
Women Can't Be Beaten
1969
7.0
Tenchu!
1969
7.3
The Million Dollar Pursuit
1968
NR
Lover's Duet
1967