Mitsuko Baisho
Actor
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
Kagemusha
as Oyunokata 1980
Dreams
as Mother of 'I' 1990
The Ballad of Narayama
as Oei 1983
Vengeance Is Mine
as Kazuko Enokizu 1979
The Eel
as Misako Nakajima 1997
September 11
as Kayo Furuhashi (segment "Japan") 2002
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
as Mitsu Aizawa 2001
Tenchu!
as Onimo 1969
The Crazy Family
as Saeko Kobayashi 1984
Threads - Our Tapestry of Love
as Setsuko Murata 2020
Manhunt
as Otsuki Kyoko 1976
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
as Omatsu 1978
All Around Us
as Namiko Yoshida 2008
Eijanaika
as Oko 1981
In the Wake
as Kei Tōshima 2021
The Lady Shogun and Her Men
as Yorinobu Mizuno 2010