Mitsuko Mito
Acting
1919-03-23 · 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.
Filmography
Men and War III: The Final Chapter
1973 · Movie
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
1971 · Movie
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
1970 · Movie
The Sunset is Calling Me
1970 · Movie
Woman Gambler Is Coming
1968 · Movie
Army Intelligence
1968 · Movie
Swift Current
1967 · Movie
A Fallen Woman
1967 · Movie
Rebellion of Japan
1967 · Movie
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
1966 · Movie
Ohana han
1966 · Movie
Wild Geese
1966 · Movie
Red Love, Green Love
1962 · Movie
Her Hidden Past
1962 · Movie
A Full Life
1962 · Movie
Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
1962 · Movie
A Roaring Trade
1962 · Movie
With Wife, Children, and Friends
1961 · Movie
The Radiant Prince
1961 · Movie
Love and Life
1961 · Movie
I Will Never Forget
1960 · Movie
Only She Knows
1960 · Movie
The Wandering Princess
1960 · Movie
Tokyo Omnibus
1959 · Movie
The Human Wall
1959 · Movie
A Storm Zone
1959 · Movie
Bridge
1959 · Movie
The Song of the Cart
1959 · Movie
Ai no Noutan
1959 · Movie
People Waiting for Spring
1959 · Movie
Face in the Dark
1958 · Movie
Hana no yukyo-den
1958 · Movie
Ukiyo buro
1958 · Movie
The Beauty Expert
1957 · Movie
Akuma no kao
1957 · Movie
The Adventures of Chuji
1957 · Movie
Haha to ko no mado
1957 · Movie
The Detective Denshichi Case Files: The Beautiful Bat
1957 · Movie
Hakuji no hito
1957 · Movie
I Will Buy You
1956 · Movie
Asashio yushio
1956 · Movie
Asataro the Crow
1956 · Movie
Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 2
1956 · Movie
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956 · Movie
Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 1
1955 · Movie
Mune yori mune ni
1955 · Movie
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955 · Movie
House of Many Pleasures
1955 · Movie
The Young Lord
1955 · Movie
The Young Swordsman
1954 · Movie
Fall of the Shogun's Militia
1954 · Movie
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954 · Movie
An Inn at Osaka
1954 · Movie
The Golden Demon
1954 · Movie
Kokoro no nichigetsu
1954 · Movie
Zoku suna-e jubaku: Yukijorō
1953 · Movie
Suna-e jubaku
1953 · Movie
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953 · Movie
Tange Sazen
1953 · Movie
Desire
1953 · Movie
Ugetsu
1953 · Movie
This Way, That Way
1952 · Movie
Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952 · Movie
Ushiwakamaru
1952 · Movie
Ghost Story: Passion in Fukagawa
1952 · Movie
Escape from the City of Death
1952 · Movie
Avalanche
1952 · Movie
The Man from the Moon
1951 · Movie
Hibari no komoriuta
1951 · Movie
Lantern Under a Full Moon
1951 · Movie
The Tale of Genji
1951 · Movie
Jushu karasu
1951 · Movie
Doro ni mamirete
1951 · Movie
Yukiwarisō
1951 · Movie
Beyond Love and Hate
1951 · Movie
The Scarlet Bat
1950 · Movie
The End of the War
1950 · Movie
Minami no bara
1950 · Movie
Confessions of a Gynecologist
1950 · Movie
The Sea of Beauty
1950 · Movie
Tsuma mo koisu
1950 · Movie
A Woman's Face
1949 · Movie
Aizenso
1949 · Movie
My Name Is Mistress
1949 · Movie
Hakuchō wa kanashikarazuya
1949 · Movie
Doburoku no Tatsu
1949 · Movie
Three Mothers
1949 · Movie
Flame of My Love
1949 · Movie
Shin Aizen Katsura
1948 · Movie
The Grand Master
1948 · Movie
As If To Kill
1948 · Movie
Komadori fujin
1948 · Movie
Woman
1948 · Movie
Doyō fujin
1948 · Movie
Onna dake no yoru
1947 · Movie
Otome no iru kichi
1945 · Movie
You Are the Next Eagle
1944 · Movie
Jubilation Street
1944 · Movie
Sailor
1944 · Movie
Sinking the Unsinkable
1944 · Movie
Navy
1943 · Movie
Dancing with a Mask
1943 · Movie
Port of Flowers
1943 · Movie
Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home
1943 · Movie
South Wind 2
1942 · Movie
South Wind
1942 · Movie
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
1942 · Movie
There Was a Father
1942 · Movie
Suzhou Nights
1941 · Movie
The Flower is not False
1941 · Movie
Kateikyōshi
1940 · Movie
Utsukushiki Rinjin
1940 · Movie
Kinuyo's First Love
1940 · Movie
Warm Current
1939 · Movie
New Woman Question and Answer
1939 · Movie
Zoku aizen katsura
1939 · Movie
Southern Wind
1939 · Movie
The Tree of Love
1938 · Movie
Mother and Child
1938 · Movie
Marching Song
1937 · Movie
Goodbye to the Front
1937 · Movie
Forget Love for Now
1937 · Movie
Don't Tell Your Wife About It
1937 · Movie
A Star Athlete
1937 · Movie
Moon Over the Ruins
1937 · Movie
Mr. Thank You
1936 · Movie