Mitsuko Baisho
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
The Eel
1997
Kagemusha
1980
Dreams
1990
Turn
2001
The Ballad of Narayama
1983
Vengeance Is Mine
1979
Cinema Fighters
2018
Tenchu!
1969
Blazing Famiglia
2012
The Lady Shogun and Her Men
2010
Tales from Earthsea
2006
The Crazy Family
1984
The Geisha
1983
Manhunt
1976
My Phoenix
1989
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978
A Last Note
1995
Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune
2009
P. P. Rider
1983
Offbeat Cops
2022
Tokyo Lullaby
1997
Mr. Love Chemistry 2
2015
Let Him Rest in Peace
1985
Duel at Fort Ezo
1970
Solitude Point
1998
Wings of Icarus' Flight
1980
Rock: Wanko no Shima
2011
The Blind Swordsman
1978
Locomotive Teacher
2004
All Around Us
2008
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
2002
Counterfeit
2009
Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
1971
Out
2002
Winter's Flower
1978
Why Not?
1981
52-Hertz Whales
2024
Zegen
1987
Time Never Stops
2014
Love Letter
1998
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
2001
Charming Men
1970
The Hidden Festival
1998
A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River
2001
Flames of Blood
1981
Miyamoto Musashi
1973
A Scream from Nowhere
1977
Dendera
2011
Shining Boy and Little Randy
2005
Sing My Life
2016
Chase That Man
1972
Big & Little
2016
Curtain Call
1984
An Emblem Dedicated To You
2017
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1997
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
2013
Haru, Bânîzu de
2006
Risking it All: The Spirit of the Men in Orange
2015
Sure Death 4
1987
Theater Of Life
1972
Flower and Dragon
1973
The Shinano River
1973
Daddy on a Rocking Boat
1973
Follow the Girls
1971
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1977
The Life of Chikuzan
1977
Shichou Shisu
2012
Women Who Do Not Divorce
1986
Love Letter
1985
September 11
2002
The Three Ginza Rascals
1976
When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes
2019
Lover's Duet
1967
Bōkyō
2016
Fun on the Run
1970
Our Miyo-chan
1969
Women Can't Be Beaten
1969
Snowman
2018
Threads - Our Tapestry of Love
2020
The Million Dollar Pursuit
1968
Cabaret
1986
Nuclear Gypsies
1985
The Instant Services Bureau
1971
Sensei
1989
By Player
2000
In the Wake
2021
Akuma ga Kitarite Fue wo Fuku
2018
Postcard
2010
Chicken Is Barefoot
2004
Brighter Days
2025
最後の戦犯
2008
Challenge at Dawn
1971
Cabaret
1986
Kawa no Hotori de
2021
Ruri's Island
2005
Gift
1997
The Inugami Family
2023
Hanzawa Naoki
2013
Detective Story
1979
Ryōmaden
2010
Late Blooming Sunflower My Life Renewed
2012
Blackboard
2012
Miyamoto Musashi
2014
Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B
1979
Shitamachi Rocket
2015
Take Five: Should we Steal for Love?
2013
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
2012
Blackboard
2012
An Early Autumn
1987
Kao de Waratte
1973
Suzuran
1999
Haru yo koi
1994
Last Friends
2008
Two Weeks
2019
Roppongi Class
2022
Tokyo Tower
2007
Detective Akechi Kogoro
2019
Involvement in Family Affairs
2022
Gannibal
2022
Black Pean
2018
Request to the Angel
2020
Gannibal
2022
Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai
1980
Umechan Sensei
2012