Mitsuko Mito
Known for Acting · 118 credits
- Born
- 1919-03-23
- Died
- 1981-04-05
- Place of birth
- Onuma District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as
- Mitsuko Sekiba · Мицуко Мито
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
Movies (118)
Flame of My Love
1949
as Chiyo
A Full Life
1962
as Harumi's mother-in-law
The Beauty Expert
1957
A Fallen Woman
1967
as Makiko
Forget Love for Now
1937
as Woman at Hotel
Marching Song
1937
Goodbye to the Front
1937
Kinuyo's First Love
1940
The Tree of Love
1938
Only She Knows
1960
Kateikyōshi
1940
as Yayoi Kajikawa
Ugetsu
1953
as Ohama
Doyō fujin
1948
as Yōko Nakaseko
Asataro the Crow
1956
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954
as Oko
Komadori fujin
1948
The Sea of Beauty
1950
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
as Oko (uncredited)
Haha to ko no mado
1957
The Golden Demon
1954
as Akagashi
I Will Never Forget
1960
Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 2
1956
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
as Oko
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
1970
as Otaki
There Was a Father
1942
as Fumi
Onna dake no yoru
1947
Swift Current
1967
Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 1
1955
Lantern Under a Full Moon
1951
Mr. Thank You
1936
The Wandering Princess
1960
as Izumi
Men and War III: The Final Chapter
1973
as Otaki
I Will Buy You
1956
Fall of the Shogun's Militia
1954
as Oren
The Radiant Prince
1961
as Lady Kokiden
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
1971
as Otaki
Woman
1948
as Toshiko
The Tale of Genji
1951
as Aoi no ue
Her Hidden Past
1962
as Mrs. Kono
The Human Wall
1959
A Storm Zone
1959
as Shizue Tashiro
The Flower is not False
1941
Mother and Child
1938
as Shigeko
Beyond Love and Hate
1951
as Masae Sakata
Kokoro no nichigetsu
1954
A Roaring Trade
1962
Wild Geese
1966
House of Many Pleasures
1955
as Chiyoko
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
1942
Asashio yushio
1956
Dancing with a Mask
1943
as Chie, sister
Jubilation Street
1944
as Takako
Ohana han
1966
as Teru Asao
Red Love, Green Love
1962
With Wife, Children, and Friends
1961
as Takiyo Sugawa
Ushiwakamaru
1952
as Tokiwa
Sinking the Unsinkable
1944
Zoku aizen katsura
1939
Sailor
1944
Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952
Ukiyo buro
1958
as O-riku
Love and Life
1961
as Teruyo Fuji
Warm Current
1939
as Gin Ishiwata
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953
The Grand Master
1948
as Koharu
Yokubo
1953
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
1966
as Teru Asao
A Star Athlete
1937
An Inn at Osaka
1954
as Orika
Utsukushiki Rinjin
1940
Rebellion of Japan
1967
Hana no yukyo-den
1958
The Song of the Cart
1959
Port of Flowers
1943
as Oharu
Akuma no kao
1957
Three Mothers
1949
上州鴉
1951
Suzhou Nights
1941
People Waiting for Spring
1959
as Ritsu Yamamura
South Wind 2
1942
Confessions of a Gynecologist
1950
Shi no machi wo nogarete
1952
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
As If To Kill
1948
You Are the Next Eagle
1944
白磁の人
1957
Mune yori mune ni
1955
as Yûko Uemura
This Way, That Way
1952
Ai no Noutan
1959
New Woman Question and Answer
1939
Moon Over the Ruins
1937
as Keiko
Tange Sazen
1953
Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
1962
Navy
1943
Bridge
1959
The Adventures of Chuji
1957
as Otsugi
Ghost Story: Passion in Fukagawa
1952
Woman Gambler Is Coming
1968
Hibari no komoriuta
1951
Otome no iru kichi
1945
The Detective Denshichi Case Files: The Beautiful Bat
1957
Yukiwarisō
1951
Army Intelligence
1968
as Tamiko Yamamoto
A Woman's Face
1949
The Man from the Moon
1951
South Wind
1942
Face in the Dark
1958
as Tomie
Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home
1943
Doburoku no Tatsu
1949
The Young Swordsman
1954
Don't Tell Your Wife About It
1937
as Ohatsu
Southern Wind
1939
Shin Aizen Katsura
1948
The Sunset is Calling Me
1970
Hakuchō wa kanashikarazuya
1949
The Young Lord
1955
Aizenso
1949
My Name Is Mistress
1949
About Mitsuko Mito
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 19… With 118 credits spanning from 1936 to 1973, Mitsuko Mito has appeared in 118 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Flame of My Love (1949) — as Chiyo
- A Full Life (1962) — as Harumi's mother-in-law
- The Beauty Expert (1957)
- A Fallen Woman (1967) — as Makiko
- Forget Love for Now (1937) — as Woman at Hotel
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