Mitsuko Baisho

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1946-11-22

Place of Birth

Ibaraki, Japan

Mitsuko Baisho

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 Award for The Geisha and at the 22nd Hochi Film Award for Tokyo Lullaby. Her sister is actress-singer Chieko Baisho.

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Acting History

2025
Brighter Days as Sae Yukino
2024
52-Hertz Whales as Sachie Muranaka
2023
The Inugami Family as Setsuko
2022
Gannibal as Gin Gotô
2022
Gannibal
2022
Offbeat Cops as Sachiko Naruse
2022
Roppongi Class
2022
Involvement in Family Affairs as Yasuko Miyama
2021
In the Wake as Kei Tōshima
2021
Kawa no Hotori de
2020
Request to the Angel as Kazuko Sato
2020
Threads - Our Tapestry of Love as Setsuko Murata
2019
Two Weeks
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
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
2015
Mr. Love Chemistry 2
2015
Risking it All: The Spirit of the Men in Orange
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
2012
Blazing Famiglia as Donbaa
2012
Blackboard as Ryoko Yokote
2012
Blackboard as Yokote Ryoko
2012
Shichou Shisu
2011
Rock: Wanko no Shima
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
2009
Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune as Fumiyo Hara
2009
Counterfeit as Kageko Sada
2008
最後の戦犯
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
2005
Shining Boy and Little Randy as Asako Fujisawa
2005
Ruri's Island as Nakama Megumi
2004
Chicken Is Barefoot
2004
Locomotive Teacher
2002
Out as Yoshie 'Sensei' Azuma
2002
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
2000
By Player
1999
Suzuran as Fuki Kawamoto
1998
The Hidden Festival
1998
Love Letter
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
1987
Sure Death 4 as Ofuku
1987
Zegen as Shiho
1986
Women Who Do Not Divorce
1986
Cabaret as Megumi Nanbu
1986
Cabaret
1985
Love Letter as Kyoko Takehara
1985
Let Him Rest in Peace as Akai Shima
1985
Nuclear Gypsies
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
Flames of Blood as Orin
1981
Eijanaika as Oko
1980
Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai as ボルテ
1980
Kagemusha as Oyunokata
1980
Wings of Icarus' Flight
1979
Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B
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
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
1976
Manhunt as Otsuki Kyoko
1973
The Shinano River
1973
Daddy on a Rocking Boat
1973
Kao de Waratte as Hideko Hanada
1973
Miyamoto Musashi as Akemi
1973
Flower and Dragon
1972
Theater Of Life
1972
Chase That Man
1971
The Instant Services Bureau
1971
Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
1971
Challenge at Dawn
1971
Follow the Girls
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
1967
Lover's Duet as Yachiyo Kawada