Mitsuko Baisho

Personal Info

Birthday

November 22, 1946

(78 years old)

Place of Birth

Ibaraki, Japan

Also Known As

Mitsuko Baishô

바이쇼 미츠코

Мицуко Байсё

میتسوکو بایشو

倍賞美津子

Mitsuko Baishō

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.

Known For

Hanzawa Naoki

Gannibal

Black Pean

Haru yo koi

Suzuran

Tales from Earthsea

Kagemusha

Ruri's Island

Filmography

2025
Brighter Days
as Sae Yukino
2024
52-Hertz Whales
as Sachie Muranaka
2022
Offbeat Cops
as Sachiko Naruse
2021
In the Wake
as Kei Tōshima
2020
Threads - Our Tapestry of Love
as Setsuko Murata
2019
When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes
as Akiko
2018
Cinema Fighters
as Miyuki
Snowman
as Miyuki (old)
2017
An Emblem Dedicated To You
as Takajo Waka
2016
Bōkyō
as (segment "Mikan no hana")
Sing My Life
as Katsu Seyama
Big & Little
as Masako
2014
Time Never Stops
as Iku Hamaguchi
2013
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
as Harue Fujishima
2012
Blazing Famiglia
as Donbaa
2011
Dendera
as Masari Shiina
2010
Postcard
as Chiyo Morikawa, the Mother-in-Law
The Lady Shogun and Her Men
as Yorinobu Mizuno
2009
Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune
as Fumiyo Hara
Counterfeit
as Kageko Sada
2008
All Around Us
as Namiko Yoshida
2006
Tales from Earthsea
as The Mistress (voice)
2005
Shining Boy and Little Randy
as Asako Fujisawa
2002
Out
as Yoshie 'Sensei' Azuma
11’09”01—September 11
as Kayo Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
as Masae Murakami
2001
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
as Mitsu Aizawa
Turn
as Mori Satoko
1998
Solitude Point
as Yukie
1997
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
as Yukiko Yoshiyama
Tokyo Lullaby
as Hisako Hamanaka
The Eel
as Misako Nakajima
1995
A Last Note
as Naoko Yazawa
1990
Dreams
as Mother of 'I'
1989
My Phoenix
as Takako Demachi
Sensei
as Shota's mother
1987
Sure Death 4
as Ofuku
Zegen
as Shiho
1986
Cabaret
as Megumi Nanbu
1985
Love Letter
as Kyoko Takehara
Let Him Rest in Peace
as Akai Shima
1984
Curtain Call
as Haruko Nakamichi
The Crazy Family
as Saeko Kobayashi
1983
The Geisha
as Osodé
The Ballad of Narayama
as Oei
P. P. Rider
as Ikuko
1981
Flames of Blood
as Orin
Why Not?
as Oko
1980
Kagemusha
as Oyunokata
1979
Vengeance Is Mine
as Kazuko Enokizu
1978
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
as Omatsu
The Blind Swordsman
as Self
Winter's Flower
as Merry
1977
A Scream from Nowhere
as Sumiko Miyajima - The Actress
The Life of Chikuzan
as Chikuzan's 2nd wife
1976
Manhunt
as Otsuki Kyoko
1970
Fun on the Run
as Ponta
Charming Men
as Haruko
Duel at Fort Ezo
as Aka Shu
1969
Our Miyo-chan
as Miyo
Women Can't Be Beaten
as Aiko
Tenchu!
as Onimo
1967
Lover's Duet
as Yachiyo Kawada