Mitsuko Mito
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1919-03-23
Day of Death
1981-04-05 (62 years old)
Place of Birth
Onuma District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Mitsuko Mito
Biography
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.
Known For
Acting
(1973)
(1971)
(1970)
(1970)
(1968)
Army Intelligence
as Tamiko Yamamoto
(1968)
(1967)
(1967)
A Fallen Woman
as Makiko
(1967)
(1966)
(1966)
Ohana han
as Teru Asao
(1966)
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
as Teru Asao
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
Her Hidden Past
as Mrs. Kono
(1962)
A Full Life
as Harumi's mother-in-law
(1962)
(1961)
The Radiant Prince
as Lady Kokiden
(1961)
With Wife, Children, and Friends
as Takiyo Sugawa
(1961)
Love and Life
as Teruyo Fuji
(1960)
The Wandering Princess
as Izumi
(1960)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
A Storm Zone
as Shizue Tashiro
(1958)
Face in the Dark
as Tomie
(1958)
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
The Adventures of Chuji
as Otsugi
(1956)
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Oko (uncredited)
(1956)
(1956)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
Mune yori mune ni
as Yûko Uemura
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
Fall of the Shogun's Militia
as Oren
(1954)
The Golden Demon
as Akagashi
(1954)
(1953)
Ugetsu
as Ohama
(1953)
(1953)
(1953)
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
Ushiwakamaru
as Tokiwa
(1952)
(1951)
Beyond Love and Hate
as Masae Sakata
(1951)
The Tale of Genji
as Aoi no ue
(1951)
(1951)
(1951)
(1951)
(1950)
(1949)
Flame of My Love
as Chiyo
(1949)
(1948)
The Grand Master
as Koharu
(1948)
Woman
as Toshiko
(1948)
(1945)
(1944)
(1944)
Jubilation Street
as Takako
(1944)
(1944)
(1943)
Port of Flowers
as Oharu
(1943)
(1943)
(1943)
Dancing with a Mask
as Chie, sister
(1942)
There Was a Father
as Fumi
(1942)
(1942)
(1942)
(1941)
(1941)
(1940)
Kateikyōshi
as Yayoi Kajikawa
(1940)
(1940)
(1939)
Warm Current
as Gin Ishiwata
(1939)
(1939)
(1939)
(1938)
(1938)
Mother and Child
as Shigeko
(1937)
Forget Love for Now
as Woman at Hotel
(1937)
Moon Over the Ruins
as Keiko
(1937)
Don't Tell Your Wife About It
as Ohatsu
(1937)
(1937)
(1937)
(1936)