Mitsuko Baisho
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
Brighter Days
2025
as Sae Yukino
52-Hertz Whales
2024
as Sachie Muranaka
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友情 ～平尾誠二と山中伸弥 『最後の一年』～
2023
Offbeat Cops
2022
as Sachiko Naruse
In the Wake
2021
as Kei Tōshima
Threads - Our Tapestry of Love
2020
as Setsuko Murata
When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes
2019
as Akiko
Akuma ga Kitarite Fue wo Fuku
2018
Cinema Fighters
2018
as Miyuki
Snowman
2018
as Miyuki (old)
An Emblem Dedicated To You
2017
as Takajo Waka
Bōkyō
2016
as (segment "Mikan no hana")
Sing My Life
2016
as Katsu Seyama
Big & Little
2016
as Masako
Mr. Love Chemistry 2
2015
Risking it All: The Spirit of the Men in Orange
2015
Time Never Stops
2014
as Iku Hamaguchi
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
2013
as Harue Fujishima
Blazing Famiglia
2012
as Donbaa
Shichou Shisu
2012
Rock: Wanko no Shima
2011
Dendera
2011
as Masari Shiina
Postcard
2010
as Chiyo Morikawa, the Mother-in-Law
The Lady Shogun and Her Men
2010
as Yorinobu Mizuno