Mitsuko Baisho

Mitsuko Baisho
倍賞 美津子
Born
Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
OccupationActress
Years active1967–present
Spouse
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(m. 1971; div. 1987)​
ChildrenHiroko Inoki
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Mitsuko Baisho (倍賞 美津子, Baishō Mitsuko, born in Ibaraki Prefecture) is a Japanese actress whose most internationally known work has been for director Shohei Imamura, from 1979 up to the director's final film in 2010. Baisho has also appeared in films directed by Akira Kurosawa. She won awards for best actress at the 10th Hochi Film Award for Love Letter by Tatsumi Kumashiro and Ikiteru Uchi ga Hana nano yo Shindara Sore made yo to Sengen.[1] She also won the award for best supporting actress at the 8th Hochi Film Award for The Geisha[2] and at the 22nd Hochi Film Award for Tokyo Lullaby.[3]

  1. ^ 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2009-01-31. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
  2. ^ 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2011-03-25. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  3. ^ 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2010-01-19.