Mitsuko Baisho
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Nov 22, 1946 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Ibaraki, Japan
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
| 2025 | Brighter DaysSae Yukino | |
| 2024 | 52-Hertz WhalesSachie Muranaka | |
| 2023 | The Inugami FamilySetsuko | |
| 2022 | Offbeat CopsSachiko Naruse | |
| 2022 | Roppongi Class | |
| 2022 | Involvement in Family AffairsYasuko Miyama | |
| 2022 | GannibalGin Gotô | |
| 2022 | Gannibal | |
| 2021 | In the WakeKei Tōshima | |
| 2021 | Kawa no Hotori de | |
| 2020 | Threads - Our Tapestry of LoveSetsuko Murata | |
| 2020 | Request to the AngelKazuko Sato | |
| 2019 | When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her AshesAkiko | |
| 2019 | Two Weeks | |
| 2019 | Detective Akechi KogoroKoumoto Keiko | |
| 2018 | Cinema FightersMiyuki | |
| 2018 | SnowmanMiyuki (old) | |
| 2018 | Akuma ga Kitarite Fue wo Fuku | |
| 2018 | Black PeanHarue Tokai | |
| 2017 | An Emblem Dedicated To YouTakajo Waka | |
| 2016 | Sing My LifeKatsu Seyama | |
| 2016 | Big & LittleMasako | |
| 2016 | Bōkyō(segment "Mikan no hana") | |
| 2015 | Mr. Love Chemistry 2 | |
| 2015 | Risking it All: The Spirit of the Men in Orange | |
| 2015 | Shitamachi Rocket | |
| 2014 | Time Never StopsIku Hamaguchi | |
| 2014 | Miyamoto MusashiOtsu | |
| 2013 | The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying UpHarue Fujishima | |
| 2013 | Hanzawa NaokiNatsuko Hane | |
| 2013 | Take Five: Should we Steal for Love?Mysterious Woman | |
| 2012 | Blazing FamigliaDonbaa | |
| 2012 | Shichou Shisu | |
| 2012 | Late Blooming Sunflower My Life RenewedIkuko Omura | |
| 2012 | BlackboardRyoko Yokote | |
| 2012 | Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon | |
| 2012 | BlackboardYokote Ryoko | |
| 2012 | Umechan Sensei下村正枝 | |
| 2011 | Rock: Wanko no Shima | |
| 2011 | DenderaMasari Shiina | |
| 2010 | The Lady Shogun and Her MenYorinobu Mizuno | |
| 2010 | PostcardChiyo Morikawa, the Mother-in-Law | |
| 2010 | Ryōmaden | |
| 2009 | Noriben - The Recipe for FortuneFumiyo Hara | |
| 2009 | CounterfeitKageko Sada | |
| 2008 | All Around UsNamiko Yoshida | |
| 2008 | 最後の戦犯 | |
| 2008 | Last FriendsChinatsu Aida | |
| 2007 | Tokyo TowerEiko Nakagawa | |
| 2006 | Tales from EarthseaThe Mistress (voice) | |
| 2006 | Haru, Bânîzu de | |
| 2005 | Shining Boy and Little RandyAsako Fujisawa | |
| 2005 | Ruri's IslandNakama Megumi | |
| 2004 | Locomotive Teacher | |
| 2004 | Chicken Is Barefoot | |
| 2002 | Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHSMasae Murakami | |
| 2002 | OutYoshie 'Sensei' Azuma | |
| 2002 | September 11Kayo Furuhashi (segment "Japan") | |
| 2001 | TurnMori Satoko | |
| 2001 | Warm Water Under a Red BridgeMitsu Aizawa | |
| 2001 | A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River | |
| 2000 | By Player | |
| 1999 | SuzuranFuki Kawamoto | |
| 1998 | Solitude PointYukie | |
| 1998 | Love Letter | |
| 1998 | The Hidden Festival | |
| 1997 | The EelMisako Nakajima | |
| 1997 | Tokyo LullabyHisako Hamanaka | |
| 1997 | The Girl Who Leapt Through TimeYukiko Yoshiyama | |
| 1997 | GiftReiko Sakuhara（朔原 令子） | |
| 1995 | A Last NoteNaoko Yazawa | |
| 1994 | Haru yo koi高倉リュウ | |
| 1990 | DreamsMother of 'I' | |
| 1989 | My PhoenixTakako Demachi | |
| 1989 | SenseiShota's mother | |
| 1987 | ZegenShiho | |
| 1987 | Sure Death 4Ofuku | |
| 1987 | An Early Autumn | |
| 1986 | Women Who Do Not Divorce | |
| 1986 | CabaretMegumi Nanbu | |
| 1986 | Cabaret | |
| 1985 | Let Him Rest in PeaceShima Akai | |
| 1985 | Love LetterKyoko Takehara | |
| 1985 | Nuclear Gypsies | |
| 1984 | The Crazy FamilySaeko Kobayashi | |
| 1984 | Curtain CallHaruko Nakamichi | |
| 1983 | The Ballad of NarayamaOei | |
| 1983 | The GeishaOsodé | |
| 1983 | P. P. RiderIkuko | |
| 1981 | Why Not?Oko | |
| 1981 | Flames of BloodOrin | |
| 1980 | KagemushaOyunokata | |
| 1980 | Wings of Icarus' Flight | |
| 1980 | Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougaiボルテ | |
| 1979 | Vengeance Is MineKazuko Enokizu | |
| 1979 | Detective StoryMasako Aiki | |
| 1979 | Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B | |
| 1978 | Bandits vs. Samurai SquadronOmatsu | |
| 1978 | The Blind SwordsmanSelf | |
| 1978 | Winter's FlowerMerry | |
| 1977 | A Scream from NowhereSumiko Miyajima - The Actress | |
| 1977 | The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro | |
| 1977 | The Life of ChikuzanChikuzan's 2nd wife | |
| 1976 | ManhuntOtsuki Kyoko | |
| 1976 | The Three Ginza Rascals | |
| 1973 | Miyamoto MusashiAkemi | |
| 1973 | Flower and Dragon | |
| 1973 | The Shinano River | |
| 1973 | Daddy on a Rocking Boat | |
| 1973 | Kao de WaratteHideko Hanada | |
| 1972 | Chase That Man | |
| 1972 | Theater Of Life | |
| 1971 | Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu | |
| 1971 | Follow the Girls | |
| 1971 | The Instant Services Bureau | |
| 1971 | Challenge at Dawn | |
| 1970 | Duel at Fort EzoAka Shu | |
| 1970 | Charming MenHaruko | |
| 1970 | Fun on the RunPonta | |
| 1969 | Tenchu!Onimo | |
| 1969 | Our Miyo-chanMiyo | |
| 1969 | Women Can't Be BeatenAiko | |
| 1968 | The Million Dollar Pursuit | |
| 1967 | Lover's DuetYachiyo Kawada |