Mutsuko Sakura

{{Short description|Japanese actress (1921–2005)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Mutsuko Sakura | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Sakura Mutsuko | birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|2|15}} | birth_place = Japan | death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|1|23|1921|2|21}} | death_place = Japan | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1933–2005 }}

{{nihongo|'''Mutsuko Sakura'''|桜むつ子|Sakura Mutsuko|15 February 1921 – 23 January 2005}} was a Japanese actress.

Her hobby was golf. She started work at Shochiku in 1950, and played supporting roles in some of Yasujirō Ozu's films. She was a constant in Japanese film and TV drama for half of the 20th century.

== Selected filmography == ===Film=== {{Div col}} * {{Transliteration|ja|Omoide no borero}} (1950) * {{Transliteration|ja|Atariya Kinpachi torimonochô: senri no tora}} (1950) - Oroku * {{Transliteration|ja|Hana no omokage}} (1950) * {{Transliteration|ja|Okusama ni goyojin}} (1950) * {{Transliteration|ja|Jonetsu no runba}} (1950) * {{Transliteration|ja|Waga ya wa tanoshi}} (1951) - Kaoko Fukuda, Namiko's sister * ''Boyhood'' (1951) - Mrs. Yamazaki * {{Transliteration|ja|Inochi uruwashi}} (1951) - Tomie Honda * {{Transliteration|ja|Chichi Koishi}}(1951) * {{Transliteration|ja|Yôkina wataridori}} (1952) - Mitsuyo * {{Transliteration|ja|Kon'na watashi ja nakatta ni}} (1952) - Oryû * {{Transliteration|ja|Tôkyô madamu to Ôsaka fujin}} (1953) * ''Tokyo Story'' (1953) - Oden-ya no onna * {{Transliteration|ja|Ojōsan shachō}} (1953) - Osugi Morikawa * {{Transliteration|ja|Kyûkon sannin musume}} (1954) - Madame at bar * {{Transliteration|ja|Izu no Odoriko}} (1954) * {{Transliteration|ja|Aishu nikki}} (1955) - Hama Katagiri * {{Transliteration|ja|Takekurabe}} (1955) * {{Transliteration|ja|Otôsan wa ohitoyoshi}} (1955) - Otsuko, second daughter * {{Transliteration|ja|Zoku kono yo no hana dairokubu: Tsuki no shirakaba dainanabu: Wakare no yomichi}} (1956) * {{Transliteration|ja|Koko ni sachi ari - Zempen: Yuwaku no miyako}} (1956, part 1, 2) - Reiko * {{Transliteration|ja|Yaji-kita dôchû}} (1956) - Omutsu * {{Transliteration|ja|Taiyô to bara}} (1956) - Sushi shop lady * {{Transliteration|ja|Tsuyu no atosaki}} (1956) * ''Tokyo Twilight'' (1957) * ''Times of Joy and Sorrow'' (1957) * {{Transliteration|ja|Shukin ryoko}} (1957) * {{Transliteration|ja|Toshigoro}} (1958) * {{Transliteration|ja|Hibi no haishin}} (1958) * {{Transliteration|ja|Nitôhei monogatari}} (1958-1959, part 1, 2) * ''Equinox Flower'' (1958) - Akemi * {{Transliteration|ja|Sekishunchô}} (1959) - Kikutarô * ''Good Morning'' (1959) - Oden'ya no Nyôbô * ''High Teen'' (1959) - Tomiko, Hiroshi's mother * {{Transliteration|ja|Kaze no naka no hitomi}} (1959) - Nobuko, Miyazaki's mother * {{Transliteration|ja|Kiken ryoko}} (1959) * {{Transliteration|ja|Kyô mo mata kakute ari nan}} (1959) - Kansuirô maid * {{Transliteration|ja|Asu e no seiso}} (1959) * {{Transliteration|ja|Floating Weeds}} (1959) - O-Katsu * {{Transliteration|ja|Izu no odoriko}} (1960) * {{Transliteration|ja|Irohanihoheto}} (1960) * ''Late Autumn'' (1960) * {{Transliteration|ja|Bushidô Muzan}} (1960) - Orin * ''Zero Focus'' (1961) * {{Transliteration|ja|Netsuai sha}} (1961) - Bar's madame * {{Transliteration|ja|Onna no tsurihashi}} (1961, Serial) - Okane (Episode 1) * {{Transliteration|ja|Senkyaku banrai}} (1962) * {{Transliteration|ja|Kono ni uruwashi}} (1962) * {{Transliteration|ja|Akitsu onsen}} (1962) * {{Transliteration|ja|Hadashi no hanayome}} (1962) * {{Transliteration|ja|Yukiguni}} (1965) - Maid * {{Transliteration|ja|Ore tachi no koi}} (1965) * {{Transliteration|ja|Seishun no kotoba yori - Kaze ni kike kumo ni kike}} (1966) - Kayo Kashima * {{Transliteration|ja|Ohana han}} (1966) - Yoshi Okamoto * {{Transliteration|ja|Botchan}} (1966) * {{Transliteration|ja|Hi no ataru sakamichi}} (1967) * {{Transliteration|ja|Shinjuku no hada}} (1968) - Kura, Chiyo's mother * {{Transliteration|ja|Kigeki: Otoko wa aikyo}} (1970) - Kane * {{Transliteration|ja|Joshi gakuen: Warui asobi}} (1970) - Mitsuko Masuda * {{Transliteration|ja|Kigeki joshi gakusei: hanayakana chôsen}} (1975) * {{Transliteration|ja|Erimomisaki}} (1975) - Boarding House Landlady * {{Transliteration|ja|Oiran}} (1983) - O-Tatsu * {{Transliteration|ja|Sumo Do, Sumo Don't}} (1992) - Yuki Anayama * {{Transliteration|ja|Maborosi}} (1995) - Tomeno * ''Give It All'' (1998) - Fuki Shinomura * ''A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen'' (2000) * {{Transliteration|ja|Fune o oritara kanojo no shima}} (2002) * {{Transliteration|ja|Inu to arukeba: Chirori to Tamura}} (2004) - Tomi Furukawa * ''Village Photobook'' (2004) * ''Swing Girls'' (2004) - Tomoko's Grandmother (final film role) {{div col end}}

===Television=== * ''Playgirl'' (1969) - Grandmother * ''Mito Kōmon'' (1971–1985) * ''Ōoka Echizen'' (1972–1978) * ''The Water Margin'' (1973) * ''G-Men '75'' (1977) * ''Princess Comet'' (1978–1979) * ''Monkey'' (1978) * ''Ōedo Sōsamō'' (1984) * ''Space Sheriff Shaider'' (1984)

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0757299/

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sakura, Mutsuko}} Category:Japanese film actresses Category:1921 births Category:2005 deaths Category:20th-century Japanese actresses