Mitsuko Mito
Acting · Born 1919-03-23 · age 62 at death · 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.
Titles
Ugetsu
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
There Was a Father
Mr. Thank You
I Will Buy You
An Inn at Osaka
Port of Flowers
Flame of My Love
The Wandering Princess
The Song of the Cart
Woman
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
Jubilation Street
Men and War III: The Final Chapter
The Tale of Genji
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
The Human Wall
Warm Current
Moon Over the Ruins
Her Hidden Past
The Tree of Love
Wild Geese
Forget Love for Now
The Radiant Prince
This Way, That Way
A Star Athlete
Kinuyo's First Love
Lantern Under a Full Moon
The Adventures of Chuji
Asataro the Crow
Zoku aizen katsura
The Flower is not False
Navy
Mune yori mune ni
House of Many Pleasures
The Grand Master
Hana no yukyo-den
Rebellion of Japan
Army Intelligence
The Golden Demon
Don't Tell Your Wife About It
A Full Life
Suzhou Nights
Beyond Love and Hate
Woman Gambler Is Coming
Fall of the Shogun's Militia
Shi no machi wo nogarete
Hibari no komoriuta
Ghost Story: Passion in Fukagawa
Dedication of the Great Buddha
Yokubo
New Woman Question and Answer
Love and Life
The Detective Denshichi Case Files: The Beautiful Bat
Zoku Tange Sazen
Tange Sazen
Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
Shin Aizen Katsura