Mitsuko Baisho
November 22, 1946 (78 years old) in Ibaraki, Japan
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 Award for The Geisha and at the 22nd Hochi Film Award for Tokyo Lullaby. Her sister is actress-singer Chieko Baisho.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · 52-Hertz Whales as Sachie Muranaka
- 2023 · The Inugami Family as Setsuko
- 2022 · Gannibal as Gin Gotô
- 2022 · Offbeat Cops as Sachiko Naruse
- 2022 · Roppongi Class as
- 2022 · Involvement in Family Affairs as Yasuko Miyama
- 2021 · In the Wake as Kei Tōshima
- 2021 · Kawa no Hotori de as
- 2020 · Request to the Angel as Kazuko Sato
- 2020 · Threads - Our Tapestry of Love as Setsuko Murata
- 2019 · Two Weeks as
- 2019 · Detective Akechi Kogoro as Koumoto Keiko
- 2019 · When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes as Akiko
- 2018 · Akuma ga Kitarite Fue wo Fuku as
- 2018 · Black Pean as Harue Tokai
- 2018 · CINEMA FIGHTERS as Miyuki
- 2018 · Snowman as Miyuki (old)
- 2017 · An Emblem Dedicated To You as Takajo Waka
- 2016 · Bōkyō as (segment "Mikan no hana")
- 2016 · Sing My Life as Katsu Seyama
- 2016 · Big & Little as Masako
- 2015 · Shitamachi Rocket as
- 2015 · Mr. Love Chemistry 2 as
- 2015 · Risking it All: The Spirit of the Men in Orange as
- 2014 · Miyamoto Musashi as Otsu
- 2014 · Time Never Stops as Iku Hamaguchi
- 2013 · The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up as Harue Fujishima
- 2013 · Hanzawa Naoki as Natsuko Hane
- 2013 · Take Five: Should we Steal for Love? as Mysterious Woman
- 2012 · Late Blooming Sunflower My Life Renewed as Ikuko Omura
- 2012 · Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon as
- 2012 · Blazing Famiglia as Donbaa
- 2012 · Blackboard as Ryoko Yokote
- 2012 · Blackboard as Yokote Ryoko
- 2012 · Shichou Shisu as
- 2011 · Rock: Wanko no Shima as
- 2011 · Dendera as Masari Shiina
- 2010 · Postcard as Chiyo Morikawa, the Mother-in-Law
- 2010 · The Lady Shogun and Her Men as Yorinobu Mizuno
- 2010 · Ryōmaden as
- 2009 · Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune as Fumiyo Hara
- 2009 · Counterfeit as Kageko Sada
- 2008 · All Around Us as Namiko Yoshida
- 2008 · Last Friends as Chinatsu Aida
- 2007 · Tokyo Tower as Eiko Nakagawa
- 2006 · Tales from Earthsea as The Mistress (voice)
- 2006 · Haru, Bânîzu de as
- 2005 · Shining Boy and Little Randy as Asako Fujisawa
- 2005 · Ruri's Island as Nakama Megumi
- 2004 · Locomotive Teacher as
- 2002 · Out as Yoshie 'Sensei' Azuma
- 2002 · 11’09”01—September 11 as Kayo Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
- 2002 · Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS as Masae Murakami
- 2001 · Warm Water Under a Red Bridge as Mitsu Aizawa
- 2001 · Turn as Mori Satoko
- 2001 · A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River as
- 2000 · By Player as
- 1999 · Suzuran as Fuki Kawamoto
- 1998 · The Hidden Festival as
- 1998 · Love Letter as
- 1998 · Solitude Point as Yukie
- 1997 · The Girl Who Leapt Through Time as Yukiko Yoshiyama
- 1997 · Tokyo Lullaby as Hisako Hamanaka
- 1997 · The Eel as Misako Nakajima
- 1997 · Gift as Reiko Sakuhara（朔原 令子）
- 1995 · A Last Note as Naoko Yazawa
- 1994 · Haru yo koi as 高倉リュウ
- 1990 · Dreams as Mother of 'I'
- 1989 · My Phoenix as Takako Demachi
- 1989 · Sensei as Shota's mother
- 1987 · An Early Autumn as
- 1987 · Sure Death 4 as Ofuku
- 1987 · Zegen as Shiho
- 1986 · Women Who Do Not Divorce as
- 1986 · Cabaret as Megumi Nanbu
- 1985 · Love Letter as Kyoko Takehara
- 1985 · Let Him Rest in Peace as Akai Shima
- 1985 · Nuclear Gypsies as
- 1984 · Curtain Call as Haruko Nakamichi
- 1984 · The Crazy Family as Saeko Kobayashi
- 1983 · The Geisha as Osodé
- 1983 · The Ballad of Narayama as Oei
- 1983 · P. P. Rider as Ikuko
- 1981 · Why Not? as Oko
- 1981 · Flames of Blood as Orin
- 1980 · Kagemusha as Oyunokata
- 1980 · Wings of Icarus' Flight as
- 1979 · Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B as
- 1979 · Detective Story as Masako Aiki
- 1979 · Vengeance Is Mine as Kazuko Enokizu
- 1978 · Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron as Omatsu
- 1978 · The Blind Swordsman as Self
- 1978 · Winter's Flower as Merry
- 1977 · The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro as
- 1977 · A Scream from Nowhere as Sumiko Miyajima - The Actress
- 1977 · The Life of Chikuzan as Chikuzan's 2nd wife
- 1976 · The Three Ginza Rascals as
- 1976 · Manhunt as Otsuki Kyoko
- 1973 · The Shinano River as
- 1973 · Daddy on a Rocking Boat as
- 1973 · 顔で笑って as Hideko Hanada
- 1973 · Miyamoto Musashi as Akemi
- 1973 · Flower and Dragon as
- 1972 · Theater Of Life as
- 1972 · Chase That Man as
- 1971 · The Instant Services Bureau as
- 1971 · Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu as
- 1971 · Follow the Girls as
- 1970 · Fun on the Run as Ponta
- 1970 · Charming Men as Haruko
- 1970 · Duel at Fort Ezo as Aka Shu
- 1969 · Our Miyo-chan as Miyo
- 1969 · Women Can't Be Beaten as Aiko
- 1969 · Tenchu! as Onimo
- 1968 · The Million Dollar Pursuit as
- 1967 · Lover's Duet as Yachiyo Kawada