Acting

Mitsuko Baisho

Born 1946-11-22 · Ibaraki, Japan

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.

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UNDERGIRL
2026
Brighter Days
as Sae Yukino
2025
52-Hertz Whales
as Sachie Muranaka
2024
友情～平尾誠二と山中伸弥『最後の一年』～
2023
The Inugami Family
as Setsuko
2023
Gannibal
as Gin Gotô
2022
Gannibal
2022
Offbeat Cops
as Sachiko Naruse
2022
Roppongi Class
2022
Involvement in Family Affairs
as Yasuko Miyama
2022
In the Wake
as Kei Tōshima
2021
Kawa no Hotori de
2021
Request to the Angel
as Kazuko Sato
2020
Threads - Our Tapestry of Love
as Setsuko Murata
2020
Two Weeks
2019
Detective Akechi Kogoro
as Koumoto Keiko
2019
When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes
as Akiko
2019
Akuma ga Kitarite Fue wo Fuku
2018
Black Pean
as Harue Tokai
2018
Cinema Fighters
as Miyuki
2018
Snowman
as Miyuki (old)
2018
An Emblem Dedicated To You
as Takajo Waka
2017
Bōkyō
as (segment "Mikan no hana")
2016
Sing My Life
as Katsu Seyama
2016
Big & Little
as Masako
2016
Shitamachi Rocket
2015
Mr. Love Chemistry 2
2015
Risking it All: The Spirit of the Men in Orange
2015
Miyamoto Musashi
as Otsu
2014
Time Never Stops
as Iku Hamaguchi
2014
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
as Harue Fujishima
2013
Hanzawa Naoki
as Natsuko Hane
2013
Take Five: Should we Steal for Love?
as Mysterious Woman
2013
Late Blooming Sunflower My Life Renewed
as Ikuko Omura
2012
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
2012
Blazing Famiglia
as Donbaa
2012
Blackboard
as Ryoko Yokote
2012
Blackboard
as Yokote Ryoko
2012
Shichou Shisu
2012
Umechan Sensei
as 下村正枝
2012
Rock: Wanko no Shima
2011
Dendera
as Masari Shiina
2011
Postcard
as Chiyo Morikawa, the Mother-in-Law
2010
The Lady Shogun and Her Men
as Yorinobu Mizuno
2010
Ryōmaden
2010
Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune
as Fumiyo Hara
2009
Counterfeit
as Kageko Sada
2009
最後の戦犯
2008
All Around Us
as Namiko Yoshida
2008
Last Friends
as Chinatsu Aida
2008
Tokyo Tower
as Eiko Nakagawa
2007
Tales from Earthsea
as The Mistress (voice)
2006
Haru, Bânîzu de
2006
Shining Boy & Little Randy
as Asako Fujisawa
2005
Shining Boy & Little Randy
as Asako Fujisawa (as Mitsuko Baisho)
2005
Ruri's Island
as Nakama Megumi
2005
Chicken Is Barefoot
2004
Locomotive Teacher
2004
Out
as Yoshie 'Sensei' Azuma
2002
September 11
as Kayo Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
2002
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
as Masae Murakami
2002
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
as Mitsu Aizawa
2001
Turn
as Mori Satoko
2001
A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River
2001
By Player
2000
Suzuran
as Fuki Kawamoto
1999
The Hidden Festival
1998
Love Letter
1998
Solitude Point
as Yukie
1998
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
as Yukiko Yoshiyama
1997
Tokyo Lullaby
as Hisako Hamanaka
1997
The Eel
as Misako Nakajima
1997
Gift
as Reiko Sakuhara（朔原令子）
1997
A Last Note
as Naoko Yazawa
1995
Haru yo koi
as 高倉リュウ
1994
Dreams
as Mother of 'I'
1990
My Phoenix
as Takako Demachi
1989
Sensei
as Shota's mother
1989
An Early Autumn
1987
Sure Death 4
as Ofuku
1987