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Mitsuko Baisho

Mitsuko Baisho

Born: 1946-11-22 • Ibaraki, Japan

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
Brighter Days poster
Brighter Days
2025 • Sae Yukino
52-Hertz Whales poster
52-Hertz Whales
2024 • Sachie Muranaka
Offbeat Cops poster
Offbeat Cops
2022 • Sachiko Naruse
In the Wake poster
In the Wake
2021 • Kei Tōshima
Threads - Our Tapestry of Love poster
Threads - Our Tapestry of Love
2020 • Setsuko Murata
When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes poster
When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes
2019 • Akiko
Akuma ga Kitarite Fue wo Fuku poster
Akuma ga Kitarite Fue wo Fuku
2018
Cinema Fighters poster
Cinema Fighters
2018 • Miyuki
Snowman poster
Snowman
2018 • Miyuki (old)
An Emblem Dedicated To You poster
An Emblem Dedicated To You
2017 • Takajo Waka
Bōkyō poster
Bōkyō
2016 • (segment "Mikan no hana")
Sing My Life poster
Sing My Life
2016 • Katsu Seyama
Big & Little poster
Big & Little
2016 • Masako
Mr. Love Chemistry 2 poster
Mr. Love Chemistry 2
2015
Risking it All: The Spirit of the Men in Orange poster
Risking it All: The Spirit of the Men in Orange
2015
Time Never Stops poster
Time Never Stops
2014 • Iku Hamaguchi
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up poster
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
2013 • Harue Fujishima
Blazing Famiglia poster
Blazing Famiglia
2012 • Donbaa
Shichou Shisu poster
Shichou Shisu
2012
Rock: Wanko no Shima poster
Rock: Wanko no Shima
2011
Dendera poster
Dendera
2011 • Masari Shiina
Postcard poster
Postcard
2010 • Chiyo Morikawa, the Mother-in-Law
The Lady Shogun and Her Men poster
The Lady Shogun and Her Men
2010 • Yorinobu Mizuno
Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune poster
Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune
2009 • Fumiyo Hara
Counterfeit poster
Counterfeit
2009 • Kageko Sada
最後の戦犯 poster
最後の戦犯
2008
All Around Us poster
All Around Us
2008 • Namiko Yoshida
Tales from Earthsea poster
Tales from Earthsea
2006 • The Mistress (voice)
Haru, Bânîzu de poster
Haru, Bânîzu de
2006
Shining Boy and Little Randy poster
Shining Boy and Little Randy
2005 • Asako Fujisawa
Chicken Is Barefoot poster
Chicken Is Barefoot
2004
Locomotive Teacher poster
Locomotive Teacher
2004
Out poster
Out
2002 • Yoshie 'Sensei' Azuma
September 11 poster
September 11
2002 • Kayo Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS poster
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
2002 • Masae Murakami
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge poster
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
2001 • Mitsu Aizawa
Turn poster
Turn
2001 • Mori Satoko
A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River poster
A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River
2001
By Player poster
By Player
2000
No Image
The Hidden Festival
1998
Love Letter poster
Love Letter
1998
No Image
Solitude Point
1998 • Yukie
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time poster
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1997 • Yukiko Yoshiyama
Tokyo Lullaby poster
Tokyo Lullaby
1997 • Hisako Hamanaka
The Eel poster
The Eel
1997 • Misako Nakajima
A Last Note poster
A Last Note
1995 • Naoko Yazawa
Dreams poster
Dreams
1990 • Mother of 'I'
My Phoenix poster
My Phoenix
1989 • Takako Demachi
Sensei poster
Sensei
1989 • Shota's mother
Sure Death 4 poster
Sure Death 4
1987 • Ofuku
Zegen poster
Zegen
1987 • Shiho
Women Who Do Not Divorce poster
Women Who Do Not Divorce
1986
Cabaret poster
Cabaret
1986 • Megumi Nanbu
Cabaret poster
Cabaret
1986
Love Letter poster
Love Letter
1985 • Kyoko Takehara
Let Him Rest in Peace poster
Let Him Rest in Peace
1985 • Akai Shima
Nuclear Gypsies poster
Nuclear Gypsies
1985
Curtain Call poster
Curtain Call
1984 • Haruko Nakamichi
The Crazy Family poster
The Crazy Family
1984 • Saeko Kobayashi
The Geisha poster
The Geisha
1983 • Osodé
The Ballad of Narayama poster
The Ballad of Narayama
1983 • Oei
P. P. Rider poster
P. P. Rider
1983 • Ikuko
Flames of Blood poster
Flames of Blood
1981 • Orin
Why Not? poster
Why Not?
1981 • Oko
Kagemusha poster
Kagemusha
1980 • Oyunokata
Wings of Icarus' Flight poster
Wings of Icarus' Flight
1980
Vengeance Is Mine poster
Vengeance Is Mine
1979 • Kazuko Enokizu
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron poster
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978 • Omatsu
The Blind Swordsman poster
The Blind Swordsman
1978 • Self
Winter's Flower poster
Winter's Flower
1978 • Merry
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro poster
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1977
A Scream from Nowhere poster
A Scream from Nowhere
1977 • Sumiko Miyajima - The Actress
The Life of Chikuzan poster
The Life of Chikuzan
1977 • Chikuzan's 2nd wife
The Three Ginza Rascals poster
The Three Ginza Rascals
1976
Manhunt poster
Manhunt
1976 • Otsuki Kyoko
The Shinano River poster
The Shinano River
1973
Daddy on a Rocking Boat poster
Daddy on a Rocking Boat
1973
Miyamoto Musashi poster
Miyamoto Musashi
1973 • Akemi
Flower and Dragon poster
Flower and Dragon
1973
Theater Of Life poster
Theater Of Life
1972
Chase That Man poster
Chase That Man
1972
The Instant Services Bureau poster
The Instant Services Bureau
1971
Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu poster
Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
1971
Challenge at Dawn poster
Challenge at Dawn
1971
Follow the Girls poster
Follow the Girls
1971
Fun on the Run poster
Fun on the Run
1970 • Ponta
Charming Men poster
Charming Men
1970 • Haruko
Duel at Fort Ezo poster
Duel at Fort Ezo
1970 • Aka Shu
Our Miyo-chan poster
Our Miyo-chan
1969 • Miyo
Women Can't Be Beaten poster
Women Can't Be Beaten
1969 • Aiko
Tenchu! poster
Tenchu!
1969 • Onimo
The Million Dollar Pursuit poster
The Million Dollar Pursuit
1968
Lover's Duet poster
Lover's Duet
1967 • Yachiyo Kawada