Mitsuko Baisho
Acting
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
2025Brighter Days
Sae Yukino
202452-Hertz Whales
Sachie Muranaka
2022Offbeat Cops
Sachiko Naruse
2021In the Wake
Kei Tōshima
2020Threads - Our Tapestry of Love
Setsuko Murata
2019When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes
Akiko
2018Cinema Fighters
Miyuki
2018Snowman
Miyuki (old)
2018Akuma ga Kitarite Fue wo Fuku
2017An Emblem Dedicated To You
Takajo Waka
2016Sing My Life
Katsu Seyama
2016Big & Little
Masako
2016Bōkyō
(segment "Mikan no hana")
2015Mr. Love Chemistry 2
2015Risking it All: The Spirit of the Men in Orange
2014Time Never Stops
Iku Hamaguchi
2013The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Harue Fujishima
2012Blazing Famiglia
Donbaa
2012Shichou Shisu
2011Rock: Wanko no Shima
2011Dendera
Masari Shiina
2010The Lady Shogun and Her Men
Yorinobu Mizuno
2010Postcard
Chiyo Morikawa, the Mother-in-Law
2009Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune
Fumiyo Hara