Mitsuko Baisho
Known for acting · Born 22 November 1946 · 79 · Ibaraki, Japan
124 credits
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
Haru yo koi
1994
Dreams
1990
Umechan Sensei
2012
Suzuran
1999
Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B
1979
Ryōmaden
2010
Vengeance Is Mine
1979
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
2001
Tales from Earthsea
2006
The Eel
1997
Detective Story
1979
Hanzawa Naoki
2013
Acting (124)
2026UNDERGIRLFilm
2025Brighter DaysSae YukinoFilm
202452-Hertz WhalesSachie MuranakaFilm
2023The Inugami FamilySetsuko · 2 episodesSeries
2023友情 ～平尾誠二と山中伸弥 『最後の一年』～Film
2022GannibalGin Gotô · 7 episodes, · 8 episodesSeries
2022Offbeat CopsSachiko NaruseFilm
2022Involvement in Family AffairsYasuko Miyama · 12 episodesSeries
2022Roppongi ClassSeries
2021In the WakeKei TōshimaFilm
2021Kawa no Hotori de · 6 episodesSeries
2020Threads - Our Tapestry of LoveSetsuko MurataFilm
2020Request to the AngelKazuko Sato · 5 episodesSeries
2019Two WeeksSeries
2019When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her AshesAkikoFilm
2019Detective Akechi KogoroKoumoto Keiko · 2 episodesSeries
2018Black PeanHarue Tokai · 10 episodesSeries
2018Akuma ga Kitarite Fue wo FukuFilm
2018Cinema FightersMiyukiFilm
2018SnowmanMiyuki (old)Film
2017An Emblem Dedicated To YouTakajo WakaFilm
2016Sing My LifeKatsu SeyamaFilm
2016Big & LittleMasakoFilm
2016Bōkyō(segment "Mikan no hana")Film
2015Shitamachi Rocket · 10 episodesSeries
2015Risking it All: The Spirit of the Men in OrangeFilm
2015Mr. Love Chemistry 2Film
2014Miyamoto MusashiOtsu · 2 episodesSeries
2014Time Never StopsIku HamaguchiFilm
2013Hanzawa NaokiNatsuko Hane · 10 episodesSeries
2013The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying UpHarue FujishimaFilm
2013Take Five: Should we Steal for Love?Mysterious Woman · 10 episodesSeries
2012Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko DaimonSeries
2012Late Blooming Sunflower My Life RenewedIkuko OmuraSeries
2012Umechan Sensei下村正枝 · 156 episodesSeries
2012BlackboardRyoko Yokote, Yokote RyokoSeries
2012Blazing FamigliaDonbaaFilm
2012Shichou ShisuFilm
2011DenderaMasari ShiinaFilm
2011Rock: Wanko no ShimaFilm
2010The Lady Shogun and Her MenYorinobu MizunoFilm
2010Ryōmaden · 48 episodesSeries
2010PostcardChiyo Morikawa, the Mother-in-LawFilm
2009Noriben - The Recipe for FortuneFumiyo HaraFilm
2009CounterfeitKageko SadaFilm
2008Last FriendsChinatsu Aida · 11 episodesSeries
2008All Around UsNamiko YoshidaFilm
2008最後の戦犯Film
2007Tokyo TowerEiko Nakagawa · 11 episodesSeries
2006Tales from EarthseaThe Mistress (voice)Film
2006Haru, Bânîzu deFilm
2005Shining Boy & Little RandyAsako Fujisawa, Asako Fujisawa (as Mitsuko Baisho)Film
2005Ruri's IslandNakama Megumi · 10 episodesSeries
2004Chicken Is BarefootFilm
2004Locomotive TeacherFilm
2002September 11Kayo Furuhashi (segment "Japan")Film
2002OutYoshie 'Sensei' AzumaFilm
2002Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHSMasae MurakamiFilm
2001Warm Water Under a Red BridgeMitsu AizawaFilm
2001TurnMori SatokoFilm
2001A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty RiverFilm
2000By PlayerFilm
1999SuzuranFuki Kawamoto · 156 episodesSeries
1998Solitude PointYukieFilm
1998Love LetterFilm
1998The Hidden FestivalFilm
1997The EelMisako NakajimaFilm
1997Tokyo LullabyHisako HamanakaFilm
1997The Girl Who Leapt Through TimeYukiko YoshiyamaFilm
1997GiftReiko Sakuhara（朔原 令子） · 11 episodesSeries
1995A Last NoteNaoko YazawaFilm
1994Haru yo koi高倉リュウ · 307 episodesSeries
1990DreamsMother of 'I'Film
1989My PhoenixTakako DemachiFilm
1989SenseiShota's motherFilm
1987ZegenShihoFilm
1987Sure Death 4OfukuFilm
1987An Early AutumnSeries
1986Women Who Do Not DivorceFilm
1986CabaretMegumi NanbuFilm
1985Love LetterKyoko TakeharaFilm
1985Let Him Rest in PeaceShima AkaiFilm
1985Nuclear GypsiesFilm
1984The Crazy FamilySaeko KobayashiFilm
1984Curtain CallHaruko NakamichiFilm
1983The Ballad of NarayamaOeiFilm
1983The GeishaOsodéFilm
1983P. P. RiderIkukoFilm
1981EijanaikaOkoFilm
1981Flames of BloodOrinFilm
1980KagemushaOyunokataFilm
1980Wings of Icarus' FlightFilm
1980Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougaiボルテ · 2 episodesSeries
1979Vengeance Is MineKazuko EnokizuFilm
1979Detective StoryMasako Aiki · 27 episodesSeries
1979Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B · 83 episodesSeries
1978Bandits vs. Samurai SquadronOmatsuFilm
1978Winter's FlowerMaryFilm
1978The Blind SwordsmanSelfFilm
1977The Love and Adventures of Kuroki TaroFilm
1977The Life of ChikuzanChikuzan's 2nd wifeFilm
1977A Scream from NowhereSumiko Miyajima - The ActressFilm
1976ManhuntOtsuki KyokoFilm
1976The Three Ginza RascalsFilm
1976Love Is a HunterMichiko MatsumotoFilm
1973Miyamoto MusashiAkemiFilm
1973Flower and DragonFilm
1973Daddy on a Rocking BoatFilm
1973The Shinano RiverFilm
1973Kao de WaratteHideko HanadaSeries
1972Theater of LifeFilm
1972Chase That ManFilm
1971Kigeki: Onna ikitemasuFilm
1971Follow the GirlsFilm
1971The Instant Services BureauFilm
1971Challenge at DawnFilm
1970Duel at Fort EzoAka ShuFilm
1970Charming MenHarukoFilm
1970Fun on the RunPontaFilm
1969Tenchu!OnimoFilm
1969Women Can't Be BeatenAikoFilm
1969Our Miyo-chanMiyoFilm
1968The Million Dollar PursuitFilm
1967Lover's DuetYachiyo KawadaFilm