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Mitsuko Baisho

Acting Born Nov 22, 1946 Ibaraki, Japan 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon

2012

Hanzawa Naoki

as Natsuko Hane
Film

Dreams

as Mother of 'I'
Film

Kagemusha

as Oyunokata

Full filmography

  • Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2012)
  • Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B (1979)
  • Gannibal (2022) as Gin Gotô
  • Gannibal (2022)
  • Hanzawa Naoki (2013) as Natsuko Hane
  • Ryōmaden (2010)
  • Haru yo koi (1994) as 高倉リュウ
  • Suzuran (1999) as Fuki Kawamoto
  • Umechan Sensei (2012) as 下村正枝
  • Involvement in Family Affairs (2022) as Yasuko Miyama
  • Black Pean (2018) as Harue Tokai
  • Tales from Earthsea (2006) as The Mistress (voice)
  • Roppongi Class (2022)
  • Shitamachi Rocket (2015)
  • Dreams (1990) as Mother of 'I'
  • Blackboard (2012) as Ryoko Yokote
  • Blackboard (2012) as Yokote Ryoko
  • Kagemusha (1980) as Oyunokata
  • Miyamoto Musashi (2014) as Otsu
  • Take Five: Should we Steal for Love? (2013) as Mysterious Woman
  • Two Weeks (2019)
  • Detective Akechi Kogoro (2019) as Koumoto Keiko
  • Kawa no Hotori de (2021)
  • Gift (1997) as Reiko Sakuhara（朔原 令子）