Mitsuko Baisho

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Mitsuko Baisho

Acting 79 November 22, 1946

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 1…

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Tales from Earthsea

Tales from Earthsea

6.5 2006 Movie
Kagemusha

Kagemusha

7.8 1980 Movie
Dreams

Dreams

7.8 1990 Movie
Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B

Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B

7.0 1979 TV Show
The Ballad of Narayama

The Ballad of Narayama

7.5 1983 Movie
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon

Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon

7.5 2012 TV Show
Haru yo koi

Haru yo koi

1994 TV Show
Vengeance Is Mine

Vengeance Is Mine

7.6 1979 Movie
Gannibal

Gannibal

7.7 2022 TV Show
The Eel

The Eel

6.9 1997 Movie
Hanzawa Naoki

Hanzawa Naoki

8.3 2013 TV Show
September 11

September 11

6.4 2002 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    UNDERGIRL

    Movie

  2. 2025
    Brighter Days

    Movie Sae Yukino

  3. 2024
    52-Hertz Whales

    Movie Sachie Muranaka

  4. 2023
    友情 ～平尾誠二と山中伸弥 『最後の一年』～

    Movie

  5. 2023
    The Inugami Family

    TV show Setsuko

  6. 2022
    Gannibal

    TV show Gin Gotô

  7. 2022
    Offbeat Cops

    Movie Sachiko Naruse

  8. 2022
    Roppongi Class

    TV show

  9. 2022
    Involvement in Family Affairs

    TV show Yasuko Miyama

  10. 2021
    In the Wake

    Movie Kei Tōshima

  11. 2021
    Kawa no Hotori de

    TV show

  12. 2020
    Request to the Angel

    TV show Kazuko Sato

  13. 2020
    Threads - Our Tapestry of Love

    Movie Setsuko Murata

  14. 2019
    Two Weeks

    TV show

  15. 2019
    Detective Akechi Kogoro

    TV show Koumoto Keiko

  16. 2019
    When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes

    Movie Akiko

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  1. 2018
    Akuma ga Kitarite Fue wo Fuku

    Movie

  2. 2018
    Black Pean

    TV show Harue Tokai

  3. 2018
    Snowman

    Movie Miyuki (old)

  4. 2018
    Cinema Fighters

    Movie Miyuki

  5. 2017
    An Emblem Dedicated To You

    Movie Takajo Waka

  6. 2016
    Bōkyō

    Movie (segment "Mikan no hana")

  7. 2016
    Sing My Life

    Movie Katsu Seyama

  8. 2016
    Big & Little

    Movie Masako

  9. 2015
    Shitamachi Rocket

    TV show

  10. 2015
    Mr. Love Chemistry 2

    Movie

  11. 2015
    Risking it All: The Spirit of the Men in Orange

    Movie

  12. 2014
    Miyamoto Musashi

    TV show Otsu

  13. 2014
    Time Never Stops

    Movie Iku Hamaguchi

  14. 2013
    The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up

    Movie Harue Fujishima

  15. 2013
    Hanzawa Naoki

    TV show Natsuko Hane

  16. 2013
    Take Five: Should we Steal for Love?

    TV show Mysterious Woman

  17. 2012
    Late Blooming Sunflower My Life Renewed

    TV show Ikuko Omura

  18. 2012
    Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon

    TV show

  19. 2012
    Blazing Famiglia

    Movie Donbaa

  20. 2012
    Blackboard

    TV show Ryoko Yokote

  21. 2012
    Shichou Shisu

    Movie

  22. 2012
    Umechan Sensei

    TV show 下村正枝

  23. 2011
    Rock: Wanko no Shima

    Movie

  24. 2011
    Dendera

    Movie Masari Shiina