Acting
Mitsuko Mito
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.
Movies with Mitsuko Mito
Ugetsu
1953
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
The Wandering Princess
1960
Flame of My Love
1949
There Was a Father
1942
The Sea of Beauty
1950
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
1971
Men and War III: The Final Chapter
1973
The Tale of Genji
1951
The Human Wall
1959
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
1970
Asataro the Crow
1956
Mr. Thank You
1936
Haha to ko no mado
1957
The Tree of Love
1938
Only She Knows
1960
An Inn at Osaka
1954
Dedication of the Great Buddha
1952
Love and Life
1961
Fall of the Shogun's Militia
1954
Ohana han
1966
Rebellion of Japan
1967
Forget Love for Now
1937
Navy
1943
Mune yori mune ni
1955
Sinking the Unsinkable
1944
I Will Buy You
1956
A Roaring Trade
1962
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
1966
Her Hidden Past
1962
Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home
1943
The Radiant Prince
1961
Beyond Love and Hate
1951
South Wind 2
1942
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
1942
House of Many Pleasures
1955
Face in the Dark
1958
The Adventures of Chuji
1957
A Star Athlete
1937
The Beauty Expert
1957
Yokubo
1953
白磁の人
1957
Jubilation Street
1944
The Grand Master
1948
Swift Current
1967
This Way, That Way
1952
With Wife, Children, and Friends
1961
Moon Over the Ruins
1937
The Song of the Cart
1959
A Full Life
1962
Port of Flowers
1943
Army Intelligence
1968
Akuma no kao
1957
Otome no iru kichi
1945
Kokoro no nichigetsu
1954
Warm Current
1939
Wild Geese
1966
Lantern Under a Full Moon
1951
Hibari no komoriuta
1951
A Fallen Woman
1967
Zoku aizen katsura
1939
Kateikyōshi
1940
Dancing with a Mask
1943
South Wind
1942
Woman
1948
Utsukushiki Rinjin
1940
A Storm Zone
1959
The Young Lord
1955
Mother and Child
1938
Hana no yukyo-den
1958
Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 2
1956
The Flower is not False
1941
上州鴉
1951
Southern Wind
1939
Bridge
1959
Ukiyo buro
1958
The Golden Demon
1954
Woman Gambler Is Coming
1968
Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
1962
Doyō fujin
1948
The Young Swordsman
1954
Suzhou Nights
1941
Sailor
1944
Tange Sazen
1953
Shin Aizen Katsura
1948
Kinuyo's First Love
1940
New Woman Question and Answer
1939
A Woman's Face
1949
The Sunset is Calling Me
1970
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
Marching Song
1937
Goodbye to the Front
1937
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953
Red Love, Green Love
1962
Don't Tell Your Wife About It
1937
Confessions of a Gynecologist
1950
Ushiwakamaru
1952
People Waiting for Spring
1959
The Detective Denshichi Case Files: The Beautiful Bat
1957
Ai no Noutan
1959
You Are the Next Eagle
1944
Ghost Story: Passion in Fukagawa
1952
Shi no machi wo nogarete
1952
The Man from the Moon
1951
Yukiwarisō
1951
Shin Shokoku Monogatari: Otena no To Part 1
1955
I Will Never Forget
1960