Mitsuko Mito

{{Short description|Japanese actress (1919–1981)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox person | caption = | name = Mitsuko Mito | image = Mitsuko mito.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date|1919|3|23|df=yes}} | birth_place = Sakaino, Niitsuru, Fukushima, Japan<ref name="kinenote">{{cite web|url=http://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/person.aspx?person_id=103899 |title=水戸光子 (Mitsuko Mito) |language=ja |website=Kinenote |access-date=18 July 2021}}</ref> | birth_name = Mitsuko Sekiba<ref name="kinenote" /> | death_date = {{death date and age|1981|4|5|1919|3|23|df=yes}} | death_place = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1935-1973 }} {{Nihongo|'''Mitsuko Mito'''|水戸光子|Mito Mitsuko|23 March 1919 – 5 April 1981}} was a Japanese actress.<ref name="fcoc">{{cite web|url=https://firstcenturyofcinema.com/persons_detailes_page.aspx?RequestedPid=304880 |title=Mitsuko Mito |access-date=18 July 2021 |work=First Century of Cinema 1895–1999}}</ref> She appeared in more than 150 films between 1935 and 1973<ref name="jmdb">{{cite web|url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0206480.htm |title=水戸光子 (Mitsuko Mito) |language=ja |website=Japanese Movie Database |access-date=18 July 2021}}</ref> under the direction of filmmakers like Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujirō Ozu and Kaneto Shindō.

==Selected filmography== {{Div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''Wakadanna haru ranman'' (1935) – Girl student * ''Sendō kawaiya'' (1935) * ''Mr. Thank You'' (1936) * ''Hanayome karuta'' (1937) – Emako * ''Kōjō no tsuki'' (1937) – Keiko * ''Okusama ni shirasu bekarazu'' (1937) – Ohatsu * ''Koi mo wasurete'' (1937) – Woman at hotel * ''Suigō jōka – Kojō no reikon'' (1937) – Machiko * ''Hanagata senshu'' (1937) – Girl at hiking * ''Shingun no uta'' (1937) * ''Haha to ko'' (1938) * ''Aizen katsura'' (1938) – Kimura's Wife / Kimura's child * ''Minamikaze'' (1939) – Keiko Kita * ''Imōto no haregi'' (1939) – Kiyoko Sudō * ''Zoku aizen katsura'' (1939) – Kimura's wife / Kimura's child * ''Shin josei mondo'' (1939) * ''Kuwa no mi wa akai'' (1939) * ''Aizen katsura – Kanketsu-hen'' (1939) – Kimura's wife / Kimura's child * ''Danryũ'' Part 1 and 2 (1939) – Gin Ishiwata * ''Aizen tsubaki'' (1940) * ''Kinuyo no hatsukoi'' (1940) – Onobu * ''Hana wa itsuwarazu'' (1941) – Sumiko * ''Sakura no kuni'' (1941) * ''Soshu no yoru'' (1941) * ''There Was a Father'' (1942) – Fumiko Hirata * {{Transliteration|ja|Kanchō imada shisezu}} (1942) * ''Minami no kaze mizue no maki'' (1942) * ''Hana saku minato'' (1943) – O-haru * ''Hiwa Normanton jiken: Kamen no butō'' (1943) – Chie, Jun'nosuke's sister * ''Kaigun'' (1943) * ''Fuchinkan gekichin'' (1944) * ''Suihei-san'' (1944) * ''Kanko no machi'' (1944) * ''Gekiryu'' (1944) * ''Kimi koso tsugi no arawashi da'' (1944) * ''Omitsu no endan'' (1946) – Omitsu * ''Jōen'' (1947) * ''Onnadake no yoru'' (1947) * ''Woman'' (1948) – Toshiko * ''Ōshō'' (1948) – Koharu * ''Korosu ga gotoku'' (1948) * ''Flame of My Love'' (1949) – Chiyo * ''Watashi no na wa jofu'' (1949) * ''Senka no hate'' (1950) * ''Ai to nikushimi no kanata e'' (1951) * ''Joshu Garasu'' (1951) * ''Meigetsu somato'' (1951) * ''Hibari no komoriuta'' (1951) * ''The Tale of Genji'' (1951) – Aoi no ue * ''Avalanche'' (1952) – Tokie Kijima * ''Dedication of the Great Buddha'' (1952) – Sakuyako Tachibana * {{Transliteration|ja|Shino machi o nogarete}} (1952) – Asako Shimamura * ''Ushiwakamaru'' (1952) – Tokiwa * {{Transliteration|ja|Ano te kono te}} (1952) * {{Transliteration|ja|Kaidan Fukagawa jowa}}(1952) * ''Ugetsu'' (1953) – Ohama * ''Yokubo'' (1953) – Sakie Kajiwara * ''Tange Sazen'' (1953) – Ofuji * ''Zoku Tange Sazen'' (1953) – Ofuji * ''Konjiki yasha'' (1954) – Akagashi * ''An Inn at Osaka'' (1954) * ''Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto'' (1954) – Oko, Matahachi's wife * ''Shiode Kushima Binan Kenpo'' (1954) * ''Shinsengumi Oni Taicho'' (1954) * ''Onikiri wakasama'' (1955) * ''Wataridori itsu kaeru'' (1955) – Chiyoko * ''Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple'' (1955) – Oko, Akemi's mother * ''Mune yori mune ni'' (1955) – Yuko Uemura * ''Shin shokoku monogatari: Otena no tō – Zempen'' (1955) – Yũzomeni * ''Shin shokoku monogatari: Otena no tō – Kōhen'' (1956) – Yũzomeni * ''Gogo 8 ji 13 pun'' (1956) – Mitsue Kashimura * ''I Will Buy You'' (1956) - Ryuko * ''The Treasure of Gen. Yamashita'' (1956) * ''Akuma no kao'' (1957) – Hama Kojima * ''Morishige no Boku wa biyōshi'' (1957) – Chiyono * ''Kuroi kafun'' (1958) – Okin * ''Sorrow is Only for Women'' (1958) – Harue * ''Ukiyo buro'' (1958) – O-riku * ''Hana no yukyo-den'' (1958) * ''Mayonaka no kao'' (1958) * ''Haru o matsu hitobito'' (1959) * ''Ballad of the Cart'' (1959) – Natsuno * ''Hashi'' (1959) – Okiku * ''Bōfũken'' (1959) – Shizue Tashiro * ''Ningen no kabe'' (1959) * ''The Wandering Princess'' (1960) – Izumi * ''Arashi o yobu gakudan'' (1960) – Yukie Maki * ''Koi ni inochi o'' (1961) – Teruyo Fuji * ''Shin Genji monogatari'' (1961) * ''Tsuma ari ko ari tomo arite'' (1961) – Takiyo Sugawa * {{Transliteration|ja|Senkyaku banrai}} (1962) * ''Onnakeizu'' (1962) – Mrs. Kono * ''Yatchaba no onna'' (1962) * ''Gan'' (1966) – Osan * ''Ohana han'' Part 1 and 2 (1966) – Teru Asao * ''Daraku suru onna'' (1967) – Makiko * ''Gekiryu'' (1967) – Chito Asuka * ''Rikugun chōhō 33'' (1968) – Tamiko Yamamoto * ''Men and War'' (1970–73) – Otaki {{div col end}}

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0593930}} * {{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%B0%B4%E6%88%B8%E5%85%89%E5%AD%90-1112812 |title=水戸光子 (Mitsuko Mito) |language=ja |website=Kotobank |access-date=18 July 2021}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mito, Mitsuko}} Category:1919 births Category:1981 deaths Category:Japanese film actresses Category:Actors from Fukushima Prefecture Category:20th-century Japanese actresses