Mitsuko Baisho
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Tales from Earthsea
2006
as The Mistress (voice)
Kagemusha
1980
as Oyunokata
Dreams
1990
as Mother of 'I'
The Ballad of Narayama
1983
as Oei
Vengeance Is Mine
1979
as Kazuko Enokizu
The Eel
1997
as Misako Nakajima
The Geisha
1983
as Osodé
Threads - Our Tapestry of Love
2020
as Setsuko Murata
Tenchu!
1969
as Onimo
Manhunt
1976
as Otsuki Kyoko
The Lady Shogun and Her Men
2010
as Yorinobu Mizuno
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
2001
as Mitsu Aizawa
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978
as Omatsu
P. P. Rider
1983
as Ikuko
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
2002
as Masae Murakami
All Around Us
2008
as Namiko Yoshida
Why Not?
1981
as Oko
By Player
2000
Bōkyō
2016
as (segment "Mikan no hana")
The Crazy Family
1984
as Saeko Kobayashi