Mitsuko Baisho

Mitsuko Baisho

Known for
Acting
Born
November 22, 1946 (age 79)
Birthplace
Ibaraki, Japan

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

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Filmography

2026
UNDERGIRL poster

UNDERGIRL

Movie

2025
Brighter Days poster

Brighter Days

Movie · as Sae Yukino

2024
52-Hertz Whales poster

52-Hertz Whales

Movie · as Sachie Muranaka

2023
友情 ~平尾誠二と山中伸弥 『最後の一年』~

友情 ~平尾誠二と山中伸弥 『最後の一年』~

Movie

2023
The Inugami Family poster

The Inugami Family

TV · as Setsuko · 2 eps

2022
Offbeat Cops poster

Offbeat Cops

Movie · as Sachiko Naruse

2022
Roppongi Class poster

Roppongi Class

TV · 1 ep

2022
Involvement in Family Affairs poster

Involvement in Family Affairs

TV · as Yasuko Miyama · 12 eps

2022
Gannibal poster

Gannibal

TV · as Gin Gotô · 7 eps

2021
In the Wake poster

In the Wake

Movie · as Kei Tōshima

2021
Kawa no Hotori de poster

Kawa no Hotori de

TV · 6 eps

2020
Threads - Our Tapestry of Love poster

Threads - Our Tapestry of Love

Movie · as Setsuko Murata

2020
Request to the Angel poster

Request to the Angel

TV · as Kazuko Sato · 5 eps

2019
When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes poster

When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes

Movie · as Akiko

2019
Two Weeks poster

Two Weeks

TV · 1 ep

2019
Detective Akechi Kogoro poster

Detective Akechi Kogoro

TV · as Koumoto Keiko · 2 eps

2018
Cinema Fighters poster

Cinema Fighters

Movie · as Miyuki

2018
Snowman poster

Snowman

Movie · as Miyuki (old)

2018
Akuma ga Kitarite Fue wo Fuku poster

Akuma ga Kitarite Fue wo Fuku

Movie

2018
Black Pean poster

Black Pean

TV · as Harue Tokai · 10 eps

2017
An Emblem Dedicated To You poster

An Emblem Dedicated To You

Movie · as Takajo Waka

2016
Sing My Life poster

Sing My Life

Movie · as Katsu Seyama

2016
Big & Little poster

Big & Little

Movie · as Masako

2016
Bōkyō poster

Bōkyō

Movie · as (segment "Mikan no hana")

2015
Mr. Love Chemistry 2 poster

Mr. Love Chemistry 2

Movie

2015
Risking it All: The Spirit of the Men in Orange poster

Risking it All: The Spirit of the Men in Orange

Movie

2015
Shitamachi Rocket poster

Shitamachi Rocket

TV · 10 eps

2014
Time Never Stops poster

Time Never Stops

Movie · as Iku Hamaguchi

2014
Miyamoto Musashi poster

Miyamoto Musashi

TV · as Otsu · 2 eps

2013
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up poster

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up

Movie · as Harue Fujishima

2013
Hanzawa Naoki poster

Hanzawa Naoki

TV · as Natsuko Hane · 10 eps

2013
Take Five: Should we Steal for Love? poster

Take Five: Should we Steal for Love?

TV · as Mysterious Woman · 10 eps

2012
Blazing Famiglia poster

Blazing Famiglia

Movie · as Donbaa

2012
Shichou Shisu poster

Shichou Shisu

Movie

2012
Late Blooming Sunflower My Life Renewed poster

Late Blooming Sunflower My Life Renewed

TV · as Ikuko Omura · 1 ep

2012
Blackboard poster

Blackboard

TV · as Ryoko Yokote, Yokote Ryoko · 1 ep

2012
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon poster

Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon

TV · as Yoshino Ushio · 1 ep

2012
Umechan Sensei poster

Umechan Sensei

TV · as 下村正枝 · 156 eps

2011
Rock: Wanko no Shima poster

Rock: Wanko no Shima

Movie

2011
Dendera poster

Dendera

Movie · as Masari Shiina

2010
The Lady Shogun and Her Men poster

The Lady Shogun and Her Men

Movie · as Yorinobu Mizuno

2010
Postcard poster

Postcard

Movie · as Chiyo Morikawa, the Mother-in-Law

2010
Ryōmaden poster

Ryōmaden

TV · 48 eps

2009
Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune poster

Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune

Movie · as Fumiyo Hara

2009
Counterfeit poster

Counterfeit

Movie · as Kageko Sada

2008
All Around Us poster

All Around Us

Movie · as Namiko Yoshida

2008
最後の戦犯 poster

最後の戦犯

Movie

2008
Last Friends poster

Last Friends

TV · as Chinatsu Aida · 11 eps

2007
Tokyo Tower poster

Tokyo Tower

TV · as Eiko Nakagawa · 11 eps

2006
Tales from Earthsea poster

Tales from Earthsea

Movie · as The Mistress (voice)

2006
Haru, Bânîzu de poster

Haru, Bânîzu de

Movie

2005
Shining Boy & Little Randy poster

Shining Boy & Little Randy

Movie · as Asako Fujisawa, Asako Fujisawa (as Mitsuko Baisho)

2005
Ruri's Island poster

Ruri's Island

TV · as Nakama Megumi · 10 eps

2004
Locomotive Teacher poster

Locomotive Teacher

Movie

2004
Chicken Is Barefoot poster

Chicken Is Barefoot

Movie

2002
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS poster

Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

Movie · as Masae Murakami

2002
Out poster

Out

Movie · as Yoshie 'Sensei' Azuma

2002
September 11 poster

September 11

Movie · as Kayo Furuhashi (segment "Japan")

2001
Turn poster

Turn

Movie · as Mori Satoko

2001
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge poster

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

Movie · as Mitsu Aizawa

2001
A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River poster

A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River

Movie

2000
By Player poster

By Player

Movie

1999
Suzuran poster

Suzuran

TV · as Fuki Kawamoto · 156 eps

1998
Solitude Point

Solitude Point

Movie · as Yukie

1998
Love Letter poster

Love Letter

Movie

1998
The Hidden Festival

The Hidden Festival

Movie

1997
The Eel poster

The Eel

Movie · as Misako Nakajima

1997
Tokyo Lullaby poster

Tokyo Lullaby

Movie · as Hisako Hamanaka

1997
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time poster

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Movie · as Yukiko Yoshiyama

1997
Gift poster

Gift

TV · as Reiko Sakuhara(朔原 令子) · 11 eps

1995
A Last Note poster

A Last Note

Movie · as Naoko Yazawa

1994
Haru yo koi poster

Haru yo koi

TV · as 高倉リュウ · 307 eps

1990
Dreams poster

Dreams

Movie · as Mother of 'I'

1989
My Phoenix poster

My Phoenix

Movie · as Takako Demachi

1989
Sensei poster

Sensei

Movie · as Shota's mother

1987
Zegen poster

Zegen

Movie · as Shiho

1987
Sure Death 4 poster

Sure Death 4

Movie · as Ofuku

1987
An Early Autumn poster

An Early Autumn

TV · 1 ep

1986
Women Who Do Not Divorce poster

Women Who Do Not Divorce

Movie

1986
Cabaret poster

Cabaret

Movie · as Megumi Nanbu

1985
Let Him Rest in Peace poster

Let Him Rest in Peace

Movie · as Shima Akai

1985
Love Letter poster

Love Letter

Movie · as Kyoko Takehara

1985
Nuclear Gypsies poster

Nuclear Gypsies

Movie

1984
The Crazy Family poster

The Crazy Family

Movie · as Saeko Kobayashi

1984
Curtain Call poster

Curtain Call

Movie · as Haruko Nakamichi

1983
The Ballad of Narayama poster

The Ballad of Narayama

Movie · as Oei

1983
The Geisha poster

The Geisha

Movie · as Osodé

1983
P. P. Rider poster

P. P. Rider

Movie · as Ikuko

1981
Eijanaika poster

Eijanaika

Movie · as Oko

1981
Flames of Blood poster

Flames of Blood

Movie · as Orin

1980
Kagemusha poster

Kagemusha

Movie · as Oyunokata

1980
Wings of Icarus' Flight poster

Wings of Icarus' Flight

Movie

1980
Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai poster

Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai

TV · as ボルテ · 2 eps

1979
Vengeance Is Mine poster

Vengeance Is Mine

Movie · as Kazuko Enokizu

1979
Detective Story poster

Detective Story

TV · as Masako Aiki · 27 eps

1979
Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B poster

Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B

TV · 83 eps

1978
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron poster

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

Movie · as Omatsu

1978
The Blind Swordsman poster

The Blind Swordsman

Movie · as Self

1978
Winter's Flower poster

Winter's Flower

Movie · as Mary

1977
A Scream from Nowhere poster

A Scream from Nowhere

Movie · as Sumiko Miyajima - The Actress

1977
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro poster

The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro

Movie

1977
The Life of Chikuzan poster

The Life of Chikuzan

Movie · as Chikuzan's 2nd wife

1976
Manhunt poster

Manhunt

Movie · as Otsuki Kyoko

1976
The Three Ginza Rascals poster

The Three Ginza Rascals

Movie

1976
Love Is a Hunter poster

Love Is a Hunter

Movie · as Michiko Matsumoto

1973
Miyamoto Musashi poster

Miyamoto Musashi

Movie · as Akemi

1973
Flower and Dragon poster

Flower and Dragon

Movie

1973
The Shinano River poster

The Shinano River

Movie

1973
Daddy on a Rocking Boat poster

Daddy on a Rocking Boat

Movie

1973
Kao de Waratte poster

Kao de Waratte

TV · as Hideko Hanada · 1 ep

1972
Chase That Man poster

Chase That Man

Movie

1972
Theater of Life poster

Theater of Life

Movie

1971
Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu poster

Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu

Movie

1971
Follow the Girls poster

Follow the Girls

Movie

1971
The Instant Services Bureau poster

The Instant Services Bureau

Movie

1971
Challenge at Dawn poster

Challenge at Dawn

Movie

1970
Duel at Fort Ezo poster

Duel at Fort Ezo

Movie · as Aka Shu

1970
Charming Men poster

Charming Men

Movie · as Haruko

1970
Fun on the Run poster

Fun on the Run

Movie · as Ponta

1969
Tenchu! poster

Tenchu!

Movie · as Onimo

1969
Our Miyo-chan poster

Our Miyo-chan

Movie · as Miyo

1969
Women Can't Be Beaten poster

Women Can't Be Beaten

Movie · as Aiko

1968
The Million Dollar Pursuit poster

The Million Dollar Pursuit

Movie

1967
Lover's Duet poster

Lover's Duet

Movie · as Yachiyo Kawada