Mitsuko Mito
Birthday: 1919-03-23
Place of Birth: 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.
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Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Ky...
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Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a ...
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The Adventures of Chuji
Chuji Kunisada runs into strange adventures which tests his skill as a samurai as he untangles intri...
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There Was a Father
Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither...
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Mr. Thank You
In Depression-era Japan, a courteous bus driver carries an eclectic group of passengers from the mou...
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Flame of My Love
A woman's struggle for equality in Japan in the 1880s. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo, where...
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I Will Buy You
A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko...
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Woman
Like many women after the war, Toshiko works as a chorus girl; her boyfriend Tadashi wishes she'd jo...
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Sailor
Shinpachi Morimura, who was born in a fusuma craftsman's house, wants to join the Japanese navy. How...
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A Fallen Woman
The daughter of a Prime Minister turns down the proposal of a young teacher when she falls for the w...
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Southern Wind
Based on the original work by Fumiko Hayashi, this is a story about a woman and two men. The lust is...
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The Flower is not False
Hana wa itsuwarazu (1941) is the second directorial work by Shochiku's Oba Hideo. Oba had previously...
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South Wind
Amusing masterpiece from director Yoshimura Kazusabu divided in two parts taken from the newspaper s...
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Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
The upstart Godai family conglomerate plans to strengthen ties with the hardliners in the Kwantung A...
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The Wandering Princess
Pu Zhe, the younger brother of the Emperor of Manchukuo, marries Ryuko the daughter of an aristocrat...
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Forget Love for Now
Yuki is a young, single mother supporting herself and her son, Haru, with a job as a bar hostess....
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Men and War III: The Final Chapter
Final part of epic drama about war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Go...
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The Tale of Genji
Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and l...
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Port of Flowers
The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the ou...
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(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
Yoshida Denkichi does loses sight of his wife Chiyoko and daughter Toyoko during the war, and is tak...
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The Grand Master
Shogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor sandal-m...
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You Are the Next Eagle
A boy aviator endures rigorous training and a sad fate, and grows into a strong man with his eyes se...
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An Inn at Osaka
An Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company executive from...
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South Wind 2
In this comic sequel to Yoshimura Kozaburo's original, Minami no Kaze, ex-baron (Saburi Shin) is in ...
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Rebellion of Japan
Suzuko, a woman in her twenties who has a brother with political problems (due to communist reprisal...
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With Wife, Children, and Friends
Japanese life during the past thirty-five turbulent years is depicted in this film through the eyes ...
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The Song of the Cart
A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan....
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Army Intelligence
Kazuo, a Japanese army intelligence agent, reveals a foreign intelligence network in Japan and then ...
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The Human Wall
Drama which shows the struggle of Fumiko, a female teacher, at work and at home....
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The Golden Demon
Tokyo, 1890. Through avarice, a series of misunderstandings, and failures of courage, the engagement...
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Don't Tell Your Wife About It
A Japanese screwball comedy about the battle between the sexes: two timid men, egged on by their wiv...
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Jubilation Street
The few residents left on the streets in Tokyo share their individual stories and come to understand...
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A Full Life
A woman becomes dissatisfied with her marriage and joins a political theater troupe to protest the U...
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Suzhou Nights
A hostile Chinese nurse (Yamaguchi) who works in an orphanage is won over by the care and commitment...
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Beyond Love and Hate
A young man, convicted of a crime and imprisoned in the penitentiary, comes to believe that his wife...
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Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
Second part of an epic drama of war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the G...
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Woman Gambler Is Coming
Sixth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where s...
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Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal...
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Fall of the Shogun's Militia
Kondo Isami, the “Devil” commander of the Shinsengumi was one of Japan’s greatest national heroes an...
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The Sunset is Calling Me
Contrast between two outlooks on life: one of a poor factory worker and the other the heir to millio...
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Shi no machi wo nogarete
Group of women escape Chinese controlled area for Japanese occupied lands during Pacific War....
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Tokyo Omnibus
The story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow who ru...
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The Radiant Prince
Hikaru Genji, the haunted romantic hero of Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s “Genji Monogatari” (Tale of Genji...
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Her Hidden Past
Adaptation of a famous Kyouka Izumi novel. Set in the early 1900's, it tells the story of the imposs...
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Only She Knows
A young woman is attacked by a serial rapist and murderer whom her detective father is investigating...
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This Way, That Way
An intellectual couple in a staid and tedious marriage are surprised when the wife’s niece, who has ...
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Hibari no komoriuta
Hibari no komoriuta (ひばりの子守唄, literally "Hibari's Lullaby") is a 1951 black-and-white Japanese film ...
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Ghost Story: Passion in Fukagawa
A ghost story about a woman who dies a violent death and appears to the man she loves as a vengeful ...
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The Tree of Love
A young doctor, Kozo Tsumura, falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi. But she's got a secret: she's a...
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Warm Current
Adaptation of Kishida Kunio's novel. Set against the backdrop of a power struggle within a hospital,...
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Wild Geese
Otama, daughter of a poor candy vendor, becomes the mistress of a man whom she believes to be a wido...
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Ugetsu
In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers...
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Dedication of the Great Buddha
The film depicts how the work to build the Great Buddha overcame a number of obstacles as proponents...
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A Star Athlete
During college military training exercises, the bond between two friends and athletic rivals is test...
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Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home
A family story in the year of 1943 during the war. The director is Shunkai Mizuho, who worked on "Hi...
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Mother and Child
The movie follows a young woman (Kinuyo Tanaka), a daughter of a high-ranking businessman and his ne...
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New Woman Question and Answer
Jie attended a women's university with the financial support of her geisha sister Oha and became a l...
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Kinuyo's First Love
Kinuyo is a daughter of rice cracker shop in downtown. She fell in love with her sister's boyfriend....
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Confessions of a Gynecologist
A timely masterpiece that boldly reveals women's secrets on the issue of when abortion is acceptable...
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The Detective Denshichi Case Files: The Beautiful Bat
The head of Oshu, Harumichi Honma, was ordered by the boat bugyo (Commissioner of the board) Tajima ...
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上州鴉
This happened at a post station on the Shinshu road. Takizo Hoshigoe, a wanted man who has been miss...
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Tange Sazen
The first film in the Daiei series. At the command of Lord Aiba, Tange Sazen targets two famous swor...
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Ohana han
This is a film adaptation of a popular NHK drama that depicts a strong-willed woman, Hana, who lives...
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The Man from the Moon
O-Kiyo (Mitsuko Mito), who had escaped from her boss, Shoden, who controlled the Sensoji Temple dist...
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People Waiting for Spring
This drama centers on an elderly politician and depicts how humans can return to their true selves w...
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Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 1
Ainu chieftain Otena Kamui dies leaving a secret to his son. Years later, the grown son and his chil...
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Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 2
As the map fragments are united, conspiracies tighten around the magistrate’s clan. Storms, uprising...
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