
Mitsuko Mito
Biography
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.
Filmography

Men and War III: The Final Chapter

Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow

Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny

The Sunset is Calling Me

Woman Gambler Is Coming

Army Intelligence

Swift Current

A Fallen Woman

Rebellion of Japan

Ohana han: Dai ni bu

Ohana han

Wild Geese

Red Love, Green Love

Her Hidden Past

Kanpai! Sararīman shokun

A Full Life

A Roaring Trade

With Wife, Children, and Friends

The Radiant Prince

Love and Life

Only She Knows

The Wandering Princess

Tokyo Omnibus

The Human Wall

A Storm Zone

Bridge

The Song of the Cart

Ai no Noutan

Face in the Dark

Hana no yukyo-den

The Beauty Expert

悪魔の顔

The Adventures of Chuji

Den nana torimono jō bijo koumori

白磁の人

I Will Buy You

Asataro the Crow

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

Mune yori mune ni

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home

The Young Lord

The Young Swordsman

Fall of the Shogun's Militia

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

An Inn at Osaka

The Golden Demon

Kokoro no nichigetsu

Zoku Tange Sazen

Tange Sazen

Yokubo

Ugetsu

This Way, That Way

Ushiwakamaru

Ghost Story: Passion in Fukagawa

Shi no machi wo nogarete

Dedication of the Great Buddha

Hibari no komoriuta

Lantern Under a Full Moon

The Tale of Genji

上州鴉

Yukiwarisō

Beyond Love and Hate

Confessions of a Gynecologist

A Woman's Face

Flame of My Love

Shin Aizen Katsura

The Grand Master

Woman

Otome no iru kichi

You Are the Next Eagle

Jubilation Street

Sailor

Sinking the Unsinkable

Navy

Dancing with a Mask

Port of Flowers

Three Sons And Two Daughters At Home

South Wind 2

South Wind

The Spy Has Not Died Yet

There Was a Father

Suzhou Nights

The Flower is not False

Kateikyōshi

Utsukushiki Rinjin

Kinuyo's First Love

Warm Current

New Woman Question and Answer

Zoku aizen katsura

Southern Wind

The Tree of Love

Mother and Child

Marching Song

Goodbye to the Front

Forget Love for Now

Don't Tell Your Wife About It

A Star Athlete

Moon Over the Ruins
