Mitsuko Baisho
Acting • Born 1946-11-22
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
124 credits
The Eel
Movie • 1997
Misako Nakajima
Kagemusha
Movie • 1980
Oyunokata
Dreams
Movie • 1990
Mother of 'I'
Turn
Movie • 2001
Mori Satoko
The Ballad of Narayama
Movie • 1983
Oei
Vengeance Is Mine
Movie • 1979
Kazuko Enokizu
Cinema Fighters
Movie • 2018
Miyuki
Tenchu!
Movie • 1969
Onimo
Blazing Famiglia
Movie • 2012
Donbaa
The Lady Shogun and Her Men
Movie • 2010
Yorinobu Mizuno
Tales from Earthsea
Movie • 2006
The Mistress (voice)
The Crazy Family
Movie • 1984
Saeko Kobayashi
The Geisha
Movie • 1983
Osodé
Manhunt
Movie • 1976
Otsuki Kyoko
My Phoenix
Movie • 1989
Takako Demachi
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Movie • 1978
Omatsu
A Last Note
Movie • 1995
Naoko Yazawa
Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune
Movie • 2009
Fumiyo Hara
P. P. Rider
Movie • 1983
Ikuko
Offbeat Cops
Movie • 2022
Sachiko Naruse
Tokyo Lullaby
Movie • 1997
Hisako Hamanaka
Mr. Love Chemistry 2
Movie • 2015
Let Him Rest in Peace
Movie • 1985
Akai Shima
Duel at Fort Ezo
Movie • 1970
Aka Shu
Solitude Point
Movie • 1998
Yukie
Wings of Icarus' Flight
Movie • 1980
Rock: Wanko no Shima
Movie • 2011
The Blind Swordsman
Movie • 1978
Self
Locomotive Teacher
Movie • 2004
All Around Us
Movie • 2008
Namiko Yoshida
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
Movie • 2002
Masae Murakami
Counterfeit
Movie • 2009
Kageko Sada
Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
Movie • 1971
Out
Movie • 2002
Yoshie 'Sensei' Azuma
Winter's Flower
Movie • 1978
Merry
Why Not?
Movie • 1981
Oko
52-Hertz Whales
Movie • 2024
Sachie Muranaka
Zegen
Movie • 1987
Shiho
Time Never Stops
Movie • 2014
Iku Hamaguchi
Love Letter
Movie • 1998
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Movie • 2001
Mitsu Aizawa
Charming Men
Movie • 1970
Haruko
The Hidden Festival
Movie • 1998
A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River
Movie • 2001
Flames of Blood
Movie • 1981
Orin
Miyamoto Musashi
Movie • 1973
Akemi
A Scream from Nowhere
Movie • 1977
Sumiko Miyajima - The Actress
Dendera
Movie • 2011
Masari Shiina
Shining Boy and Little Randy
Movie • 2005
Asako Fujisawa
Sing My Life
Movie • 2016
Katsu Seyama
Chase That Man
Movie • 1972
Big & Little
Movie • 2016
Masako
Curtain Call
Movie • 1984
Haruko Nakamichi
An Emblem Dedicated To You
Movie • 2017
Takajo Waka
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Movie • 1997
Yukiko Yoshiyama
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Movie • 2013
Harue Fujishima
Haru, Bânîzu de
Movie • 2006
Risking it All: The Spirit of the Men in Orange
Movie • 2015
Sure Death 4
Movie • 1987
Ofuku
Theater Of Life
Movie • 1972
Flower and Dragon
Movie • 1973
The Shinano River
Movie • 1973
Daddy on a Rocking Boat
Movie • 1973
Follow the Girls
Movie • 1971
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
Movie • 1977
The Life of Chikuzan
Movie • 1977
Chikuzan's 2nd wife
Shichou Shisu
Movie • 2012
Women Who Do Not Divorce
Movie • 1986
Love Letter
Movie • 1985
Kyoko Takehara
September 11
Movie • 2002
Kayo Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
The Three Ginza Rascals
Movie • 1976
When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes
Movie • 2019
Akiko
Lover's Duet
Movie • 1967
Yachiyo Kawada
Bōkyō
Movie • 2016
(segment "Mikan no hana")
Fun on the Run
Movie • 1970
Ponta
Our Miyo-chan
Movie • 1969
Miyo
Women Can't Be Beaten
Movie • 1969
Aiko
Snowman
Movie • 2018
Miyuki (old)
Threads - Our Tapestry of Love
Movie • 2020
Setsuko Murata
The Million Dollar Pursuit
Movie • 1968
Cabaret
Movie • 1986
Megumi Nanbu
Nuclear Gypsies
Movie • 1985
The Instant Services Bureau
Movie • 1971
Sensei
Movie • 1989
Shota's mother
By Player
Movie • 2000
In the Wake
Movie • 2021
Kei Tōshima
Akuma ga Kitarite Fue wo Fuku
Movie • 2018
Postcard
Movie • 2010
Chiyo Morikawa, the Mother-in-Law
Chicken Is Barefoot
Movie • 2004
Brighter Days
Movie • 2025
Sae Yukino
最後の戦犯
Movie • 2008
Challenge at Dawn
Movie • 1971
Cabaret
Movie • 1986
Kawa no Hotori de
TV • 2021
Ruri's Island
TV • 2005
Nakama Megumi
Gift
TV • 1997
Reiko Sakuhara（朔原 令子）
The Inugami Family
TV • 2023
Setsuko
Hanzawa Naoki
TV • 2013
Natsuko Hane
Detective Story
TV • 1979
Masako Aiki
Ryōmaden
TV • 2010
Late Blooming Sunflower My Life Renewed
TV • 2012
Ikuko Omura
Blackboard
TV • 2012
Ryoko Yokote
Miyamoto Musashi
TV • 2014
Otsu
Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B
TV • 1979
Shitamachi Rocket
TV • 2015
Take Five: Should we Steal for Love?
TV • 2013
Mysterious Woman
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
TV • 2012
Blackboard
TV • 2012
Yokote Ryoko
An Early Autumn
TV • 1987
Kao de Waratte
TV • 1973
Hideko Hanada
Suzuran
TV • 1999
Fuki Kawamoto
Haru yo koi
TV • 1994
高倉リュウ
Last Friends
TV • 2008
Chinatsu Aida
Two Weeks
TV • 2019
Roppongi Class
TV • 2022
Tokyo Tower
TV • 2007
Eiko Nakagawa
Detective Akechi Kogoro
TV • 2019
Koumoto Keiko
Involvement in Family Affairs
TV • 2022
Yasuko Miyama
Gannibal
TV • 2022
Gin Gotô
Black Pean
TV • 2018
Harue Tokai
Request to the Angel
TV • 2020
Kazuko Sato
Gannibal
TV • 2022
Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai
TV • 1980
ボルテ
Umechan Sensei
TV • 2012
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