Mitsuko Mito
Known for Acting · 107 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 (107)
Ugetsu
1953
as Ohama
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954
as Oko
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
as Oko (uncredited)
The Song of the Cart
1959
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
as Oko
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
1970
as Otaki
The Human Wall
1959
There Was a Father
1942
as Fumi
The Wandering Princess
1960
as Izumi
Men and War III: The Final Chapter
1973
as Otaki
Mr. Thank You
1936
The Tale of Genji
1951
as Aoi no ue
I Will Buy You
1956
Ushiwakamaru
1952
as Tokiwa
Kinuyo's First Love
1940
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
1971
as Otaki
Only She Knows
1960
Face in the Dark
1958
as Tomie
Fall of the Shogun's Militia
1954
as Oren
Flame of My Love
1949
as Chiyo
A Full Life
1962
as Harumi's mother-in-law
The Tree of Love
1938
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
Ohana han
1966
as Teru Asao
Port of Flowers
1943
as Oharu
Woman
1948
as Toshiko
Swift Current
1967
Otome no iru kichi
1945
The Golden Demon
1954
as Akagashi
Beyond Love and Hate
1951
as Masae Sakata
Forget Love for Now
1937
as Woman at Hotel
An Inn at Osaka
1954
as Orika
Akuma no kao
1957
House of Many Pleasures
1955
as Chiyoko
With Wife, Children, and Friends
1961
as Takiyo Sugawa
Jubilation Street
1944
as Takako
Army Intelligence
1968
as Tamiko Yamamoto
The Beauty Expert
1957
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
1966
as Teru Asao
Don't Tell Your Wife About It
1937
as Ohatsu
Rebellion of Japan
1967
Shi no machi wo nogarete
1952
Mune yori mune ni
1955
as Yûko Uemura
Goodbye to the Front
1937
The Radiant Prince
1961
as Lady Kokiden
Asataro the Crow
1956
Ghost Story: Passion in Fukagawa
1952
The Adventures of Chuji
1957
as Otsugi
A Storm Zone
1959
as Shizue Tashiro
A Roaring Trade
1962
Red Love, Green Love
1962
Bridge
1959
Warm Current
1939
as Gin Ishiwata
Yokubo
1953
Sinking the Unsinkable
1944
Moon Over the Ruins
1937
as Keiko
Wild Geese
1966
The Detective Denshichi Case Files: The Beautiful Bat
1957
Kokoro no nichigetsu
1954
Tange Sazen
1953
A Fallen Woman
1967
as Makiko
Southern Wind
1939
Hana no yukyo-den
1958
Hibari no komoriuta
1951
Marching Song
1937
South Wind 2
1942
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953
Utsukushiki Rinjin
1940
A Woman's Face
1949
This Way, That Way
1952
Navy
1943
Love and Life
1961
as Teruyo Fuji
Dancing with a Mask
1943
as Chie, sister
上州鴉
1951
The Young Swordsman
1954
The Grand Master
1948
as Koharu
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
1942
Shin Aizen Katsura
1948
Her Hidden Past
1962
as Mrs. Kono
Ai no Noutan
1959
Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
1962
Woman Gambler Is Coming
1968
Sailor
1944
Mother and Child
1938
as Shigeko
South Wind
1942
Zoku aizen katsura
1939
Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952
白磁の人
1957
The Sunset is Calling Me
1970
Suzhou Nights
1941
Lantern Under a Full Moon
1951
A Star Athlete
1937
Haha to ko no mado
1957
Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home
1943
Kateikyōshi
1940
as Yayoi Kajikawa
Yukiwarisō
1951
Confessions of a Gynecologist
1950
Ukiyo buro
1958
as O-riku
You Are the Next Eagle
1944
The Young Lord
1955
The Sea of Beauty
1950
People Waiting for Spring
1959
as Ritsu Yamamura
New Woman Question and Answer
1939
Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 2
1956
The Man from the Moon
1951
The Flower is not False
1941
Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 1
1955
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 107 credits spanning from 1936 to 1973, Mitsuko Mito has appeared in 107 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Ugetsu (1953) — as Ohama
- Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) — as Oko
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) — as Oko (uncredited)
- The Song of the Cart (1959)
- Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) — as Oko
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