Mitsuko Baisho
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
2001
as Mitsu Aizawa
Kagemusha
1980
as Oyunokata
Tales from Earthsea
2006
as The Mistress (voice)
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
P. P. Rider
1983
as Ikuko
In the Wake
2021
as Kei Tōshima
Manhunt
1976
as Otsuki Kyoko
Tenchu!
1969
as Onimo
Why Not?
1981
as Oko
Postcard
2010
as Chiyo Morikawa, the Mother-in-Law
The Lady Shogun and Her Men
2010
as Yorinobu Mizuno
Miyamoto Musashi
1973
as Akemi
The Geisha
1983
as Osodé
All Around Us
2008
as Namiko Yoshida
Bōkyō
2016
as (segment "Mikan no hana")
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978
as Omatsu
Sure Death 4
1987
as Ofuku