6.5
Movie
Acting
Mitsuko Baisho
- Born
- (age 79)
- Birthplace
- Ibaraki, Japan
- Credits
- 124 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
6.5
Movie
7.8
Movie
Kagemusha
7.7
Movie
Dreams
7.5
Movie
The Ballad of Narayama
7.5
Movie
Vengeance Is Mine
6.9
Movie
The Eel
6.4
Movie
September 11
8.3
TV
Hanzawa Naoki
7.7
TV
Gannibal
6.6
Movie
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
7.0
Movie
Tenchu!
7.1
Movie
The Crazy Family
7.5
TV
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
7.0
Movie
Threads - Our Tapestry of Love
6.2
Movie
Manhunt
6.1
Movie
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
6.1
Movie
The Lady Shogun and Her Men
6.2
Movie
Eijanaika
Acting credits 124
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | UNDERGIRL Film | |
| 2025 | Brighter Days Film | Sae Yukino |
| 2024 | 52-Hertz Whales Film | Sachie Muranaka |
| 2023 | 友情 ～平尾誠二と山中伸弥 『最後の一年』～ Film | |
| 2023 | The Inugami Family TV | Setsuko (2 ep) |
| 2022 | Gannibal TV | Gin Gotô (7 ep) |
| 2022 | Offbeat Cops Film | Sachiko Naruse |
| 2022 | Roppongi Class TV | (1 ep) |
| 2022 | Involvement in Family Affairs TV | Yasuko Miyama (12 ep) |
| 2021 | In the Wake Film | Kei Tōshima |
| 2021 | Kawa no Hotori de TV | (6 ep) |
| 2020 | Request to the Angel TV | Kazuko Sato (5 ep) |
| 2020 | Threads - Our Tapestry of Love Film | Setsuko Murata |
| 2019 | Two Weeks TV | (1 ep) |
| 2019 | Detective Akechi Kogoro TV | Koumoto Keiko (2 ep) |
| 2019 | When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes Film | Akiko |
| 2018 | Akuma ga Kitarite Fue wo Fuku Film | |
| 2018 | Black Pean TV | Harue Tokai (10 ep) |
| 2018 | Cinema Fighters Film | Miyuki |
| 2018 | Snowman Film | Miyuki (old) |
| 2017 | An Emblem Dedicated To You Film | Takajo Waka |
| 2016 | Bōkyō Film | (segment "Mikan no hana") |
| 2016 | Sing My Life Film | Katsu Seyama |
| 2016 | Big & Little Film | Masako |
| 2015 | Shitamachi Rocket TV | (10 ep) |
| 2015 | Mr. Love Chemistry 2 Film | |
| 2015 | Risking it All: The Spirit of the Men in Orange Film | |
| 2014 | Miyamoto Musashi TV | Otsu (2 ep) |
| 2014 | Time Never Stops Film | Iku Hamaguchi |
| 2013 | The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Film | Harue Fujishima |
| 2013 | Hanzawa Naoki TV | Natsuko Hane (10 ep) |
| 2013 | Take Five: Should we Steal for Love? TV | Mysterious Woman (10 ep) |
| 2012 | Late Blooming Sunflower My Life Renewed TV | Ikuko Omura (1 ep) |
| 2012 | Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon TV | Yoshino Ushio (1 ep) |
| 2012 | Blazing Famiglia Film | Donbaa |
| 2012 | Blackboard TV | Ryoko Yokote, Yokote Ryoko (1 ep) |
| 2012 | Shichou Shisu Film | |
| 2012 | Umechan Sensei TV | 下村正枝 (156 ep) |
| 2011 | Rock: Wanko no Shima Film | |
| 2011 | Dendera Film | Masari Shiina |
| 2010 | Postcard Film | Chiyo Morikawa, the Mother-in-Law |
| 2010 | The Lady Shogun and Her Men Film | Yorinobu Mizuno |
| 2010 | Ryōmaden TV | (48 ep) |
| 2009 | Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune Film | Fumiyo Hara |
| 2009 | Counterfeit Film | Kageko Sada |
| 2008 | 最後の戦犯 Film | |
| 2008 | All Around Us Film | Namiko Yoshida |
| 2008 | Last Friends TV | Chinatsu Aida (11 ep) |
| 2007 | Tokyo Tower TV | Eiko Nakagawa (11 ep) |
| 2006 | Tales from Earthsea Film | The Mistress (voice) |
| 2006 | Haru, Bânîzu de Film | |
| 2005 | Shining Boy & Little Randy Film | Asako Fujisawa, Asako Fujisawa (as Mitsuko Baisho) |
| 2005 | Ruri's Island TV | Nakama Megumi (10 ep) |
| 2004 | Chicken Is Barefoot Film | |
| 2004 | Locomotive Teacher Film | |
| 2002 | Out Film | Yoshie 'Sensei' Azuma |
| 2002 | September 11 Film | Kayo Furuhashi (segment "Japan") |
| 2002 | Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS Film | Masae Murakami |
| 2001 | Warm Water Under a Red Bridge Film | Mitsu Aizawa |
| 2001 | Turn Film | Mori Satoko |