Mitsuko Baisho

Actor Nov 22 (age 79) Ibaraki, Japan 1967–2025 (58 year career)

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Biography

Mitsuko Baisho (born 22 November 1946 in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan) is a noted Japanese actress, whose most internationally known work has been for director Shohei Imamura, from 1979 up to the director's final film in 2002. Baisho has also been in films of Akira Kurosawa. She also won the awards for best actress at the 10th Hochi Film Award for Love Letter and Ikiteru uchi ga hana nano yo shindara sore made yo to sengen.She also won the award for best supporting actress at the 8th Hochi Film Aw…

Known For

Film

Kagemusha

Oyunokata

Film

Dreams

Mother of 'I'

Film

Tales from Earthsea

The Mistress (voice)

Film

The Ballad of Narayama

Oei

Film

Vengeance Is Mine

Kazuko Enokizu

Film

Hanzawa Naoki

Natsuko Hane

Film

The Eel

Misako Nakajima

Film

Gannibal

Gin Gotô

Filmography

Acting (122)

Movies (92)

Brighter Days

2025

as Sae Yukino

52-Hertz Whales

as Sachie Muranaka

Offbeat Cops

as Sachiko Naruse

In the Wake

as Kei Tōshima

Threads - Our Tapestry of Love

2020

as Setsuko Murata

7.0

When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes

2019

as Akiko

7.0

Akuma ga Kitarite Fue wo Fuku

2018

6.0

Snowman

2018

as Miyuki (old)

Cinema Fighters

2018

as Miyuki

An Emblem Dedicated To You

2017

as Takajo Waka

3.0

Bōkyō

2016

as (segment "Mikan no hana")

Sing My Life

as Katsu Seyama

Big & Little

as Masako

Risking it All: The Spirit of the Men in Orange

Mr. Love Chemistry 2

Time Never Stops

as Iku Hamaguchi

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up

2013

as Harue Fujishima

5.5

Blazing Famiglia

2012

as Donbaa

Shichou Shisu

Rock: Wanko no Shima

Dendera

as Masari Shiina

The Lady Shogun and Her Men

2010

as Yorinobu Mizuno

5.8

Postcard

2010

as Chiyo Morikawa, the Mother-in-Law

5.4

Counterfeit

2009

as Kageko Sada

Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune

as Fumiyo Hara

All Around Us

as Namiko Yoshida

最後の戦犯

Tales from Earthsea

as The Mistress (voice)

6.5

Haru, Bânîzu de

2006

Shining Boy and Little Randy

as Asako Fujisawa

Locomotive Teacher

Chicken Is Barefoot

Out

as Yoshie 'Sensei' Azuma

5.3

September 11

2002

as Kayo Furuhashi (segment "Japan")

6.4

Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

2002

as Masae Murakami

7.0

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

as Mitsu Aizawa

Turn

as Mori Satoko

A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River

By Player

Solitude Point

as Yukie

Love Letter

The Hidden Festival

The Eel

as Misako Nakajima

Tokyo Lullaby

as Hisako Hamanaka

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

as Yukiko Yoshiyama

A Last Note

as Naoko Yazawa

Dreams

as Mother of 'I'

Sensei

as Shota's mother

My Phoenix

1989

as Takako Demachi

Zegen

as Shiho

Sure Death 4

as Ofuku

Cabaret

as Megumi Nanbu

Women Who Do Not Divorce

Love Letter

as Kyoko Takehara

Nuclear Gypsies

Let Him Rest in Peace

as Akai Shima

Curtain Call

as Haruko Nakamichi

The Crazy Family

as Saeko Kobayashi

The Ballad of Narayama

as Oei

The Geisha

as Osodé

P. P. Rider

as Ikuko

Eijanaika

as Oko

Flames of Blood

as Orin

Kagemusha

as Oyunokata

Wings of Icarus' Flight

1980

Vengeance Is Mine

1979

as Kazuko Enokizu

7.5

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

as Omatsu

Winter's Flower

as Merry

The Blind Swordsman

as Self

The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro

1977

7.8

The Life of Chikuzan

1977

as Chikuzan's 2nd wife

7.8

A Scream from Nowhere

1977

as Sumiko Miyajima - The Actress

6.0

The Three Ginza Rascals

Manhunt

as Otsuki Kyoko

Miyamoto Musashi

as Akemi

The Shinano River

Flower and Dragon

Daddy on a Rocking Boat

Chase That Man

Theater Of Life

Challenge at Dawn

Follow the Girls

Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu

1971

The Instant Services Bureau

1971

9.0

Fun on the Run

1970

as Ponta

Duel at Fort Ezo

1970

as Aka Shu

5.4

Charming Men

1970

as Haruko

Our Miyo-chan

1969

as Miyo

Tenchu!

1969

as Onimo

6.9

Women Can't Be Beaten

1969

as Aiko

The Million Dollar Pursuit

1968

6.5

Lover's Duet

1967

as Yachiyo Kawada

Television (30)

The Inugami Family

as Setsuko

Gannibal

as Gin Gotô

Roppongi Class

Involvement in Family Affairs

as Yasuko Miyama

Kawa no Hotori de

Request to the Angel

as Kazuko Sato

Two Weeks

2019

7.7

Detective Akechi Kogoro

as Koumoto Keiko

Black Pean

as Harue Tokai

Shitamachi Rocket

Miyamoto Musashi

as Otsu

Hanzawa Naoki

as Natsuko Hane

Take Five: Should we Steal for Love?

2013

as Mysterious Woman

7.0

Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon

Umechan Sensei

as 下村正枝

Late Blooming Sunflower My Life Renewed

as Ikuko Omura

Blackboard

as Yokote Ryoko

Blackboard

as Ryoko Yokote

Ryōmaden

Last Friends

as Chinatsu Aida

Tokyo Tower

as Eiko Nakagawa

Ruri's Island

as Nakama Megumi

Suzuran

as Fuki Kawamoto

Gift

as Reiko Sakuhara（朔原令子）

6.0

Haru yo koi

1994

as 高倉リュウ

An Early Autumn

1987

Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai

1980

as ボルテ

Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B

Detective Story

as Masako Aiki

Kao de Waratte

as Hideko Hanada