Mitsuko Mito
Mitsuko Mito (水戸光子 Mito Mitsuko, 23 March 1919 – 5 April 1981) was a Japanese actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1935 and 1973. Her real name was Mitsuko Sekiba.
In 1934, the year after she dropped out of Okazaki Municipal Girls' High School (now Aichi Prefectural Okazaki Kita High School), she moved from the Manpei Hotel in Nagoya to the Manpei Hotel in Atami where she was working. There, she was scouted by Shochiku director Isaburo Inoue, who happened to be staying at the hotel, and joined the Shochiku Kamata Studios .
In 1945, she married actor Morikawa Shin. She retired from acting and had a child, but divorced the following year. She returned to the big screen early in Omitsu no Endan, released in October of the same year. While she played cheerful, down-to-earth characters, after leaving Shochiku she also broadened her acting range by taking on dirty roles in films such as Woman, Osho, Outcome of War, Ugetsu Monogatari, and An Inn at Osaka.
She died of a liver tumor on April 5, 1981 at the age of 62.
Acting
Movie
Ugetsu
as Ohama
1953
Movie
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
as Oko
1954
Movie
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
as Oko
1955
Movie
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Oko (uncredited)
1956
Movie
There Was a Father
as Fumi
1942
Movie
Mr. Thank You
1936
Movie
I Will Buy You
1956
Movie
An Inn at Osaka
as Orika
1954
Movie
Port of Flowers
as Oharu
1943
Movie
Flame of My Love
as Chiyo
1949
Movie
The Song of the Cart
1959
Movie
Woman
as Toshiko
1948
Movie
The Wandering Princess
as Izumi
1960
Movie
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
as Otaki
1970
Movie
Jubilation Street
as Takako
1944
Movie
Men and War III: The Final Chapter
as Otaki
1973
Movie
The Tale of Genji
as Aoi no ue
1951
Movie
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
as Otaki
1971
Movie
The Human Wall
1959
Movie
Warm Current
as Gin Ishiwata
1939
Movie
Moon Over the Ruins
as Keiko
1937
Movie
Her Hidden Past
as Mrs. Kono
1962
Movie
The Tree of Love
1938
Movie
Wild Geese
1966