Mitsuko Mito
Born March 23, 1919 (Age: 106)
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Onuma District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
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.
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.
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Filmography
Woman Gambler Is Coming
1968
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as
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Age: 49
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
1966
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as Teru Asao
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Age: 47
Ohana han
1966
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as Teru Asao
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Age: 47
Red Love, Green Love
1962
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Age: 43
Her Hidden Past
1962
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as Mrs. Kono
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Age: 42
Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
1962
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Age: 42
A Roaring Trade
1962
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Age: 42
With Wife, Children, and Friends
1961
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as Takiyo Sugawa
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Age: 42
The Radiant Prince
1961
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as Lady Kokiden
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Age: 42
Love and Life
1961
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as Teruyo Fuji
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Age: 41
Only She Knows
1960
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Age: 41
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
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Age: 40
The Human Wall
1959
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Age: 40
A Storm Zone
1959
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as Shizue Tashiro
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Age: 40
Bridge
1959
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Age: 39
The Song of the Cart
1959
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Age: 39
Ai no Noutan
1959
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Age: 39
People Waiting for Spring
1959
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as Ritsu Yamamura
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Age: 39
Face in the Dark
1958
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as Tomie
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Age: 39
Hana no yukyo-den
1958
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Age: 39
Ukiyo buro
1958
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as O-riku
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Age: 39
No Image
Asataro the Crow
1956
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Age: 37
Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 2
1956
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Age: 36
Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 1
1955
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Age: 36
Mune yori mune ni
1955
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as Yûko Uemura
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Age: 36
House of Many Pleasures
1955
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as Chiyoko
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Age: 36
No Image
The Young Lord
1955
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Age: 36
Kokoro no nichigetsu
1954
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Age: 34
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953
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Age: 34
Tange Sazen
1953
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Age: 34
Confessions of a Gynecologist
1950
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Age: 31
Otome no iru kichi
1945
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Age: 26
South Wind 2
1942
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Age: 23
South Wind
1942
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Age: 23
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
1942
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Age: 23
There Was a Father
1942
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as Fumi
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Age: 23
Suzhou Nights
1941
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Age: 22
The Flower is not False
1941
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Age: 22