Cast & creator
Mitsuko Baisho
Best known for Blackboard, Blackboard, Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
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.
Also known as: Mitsuko Baishô, 바이쇼 미츠코, Мицуко Байсё, میتسوکو بایشو, 倍賞美津子
97
film credits
31
television credits
128
1967–2026 · acting roles
7.3
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (128)
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Blackboard
Ryoko Yokote
2012Blackboard
Yokote Ryoko
2012
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
2012
Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B
1979
Haru yo koi
高倉リュウ
1994
Umechan Sensei
下村正枝
2012
Suzuran
Fuki Kawamoto
1999
Ryōmaden
2010
Hanzawa Naoki
Natsuko Hane
2013
Gannibal
Gin Gotô
2022Gannibal
2022
Kagemusha
Oyunokata
1980
Black Pean
Harue Tokai
2018
Dreams
Mother of 'I'
1990
Take Five: Should we Steal for Love?
Mysterious Woman
2013
Tales from Earthsea
The Mistress (voice)
2006
Shitamachi Rocket
2015
The Ballad of Narayama
Oei
1983
Gift
Reiko Sakuhara（朔原 令子）
1997
Roppongi Class
2022
Detective Story
Masako Aiki
1979
Last Friends
Chinatsu Aida
2008
Involvement in Family Affairs
Yasuko Miyama
2022
The Eel
Misako Nakajima
1997
Vengeance Is Mine
Kazuko Enokizu
1979
Miyamoto Musashi
Otsu
2014
Two Weeks
2019
Ruri's Island
Nakama Megumi
2005
Late Blooming Sunflower My Life Renewed
Ikuko Omura
2012
Tokyo Tower
Eiko Nakagawa
2007
Kawa no Hotori de
2021
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Mitsu Aizawa
2001
September 11
Kayo Furuhashi (segment "Japan")
2002
The Inugami Family
Setsuko
2023
Detective Akechi Kogoro
Koumoto Keiko
2019
Threads - Our Tapestry of Love
Setsuko Murata
2020
Shining Boy & Little Randy
Asako Fujisawa
2005Shining Boy & Little Randy
Asako Fujisawa (as Mitsuko Baisho)
2005
The Crazy Family
Saeko Kobayashi
1984
Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai
ボルテ
1980
Tenchu!
Onimo
1969
In the Wake
Kei Tōshima
2021
Request to the Angel
Kazuko Sato
2020
Out
Yoshie 'Sensei' Azuma
2002
Manhunt
Otsuki Kyoko
1976
The Geisha
Osodé
1983
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Omatsu
1978
Cabaret
Megumi Nanbu
1986Cabaret
1986
UNDERGIRL
2026
An Early Autumn
1987
Zegen
Shiho
1987
All Around Us
Namiko Yoshida
2008
The Lady Shogun and Her Men
Yorinobu Mizuno
2010
Miyamoto Musashi
Akemi
1973
52-Hertz Whales
Sachie Muranaka
2024
Flames of Blood
Orin
1981
An Emblem Dedicated To You
Takajo Waka
2017
Eijanaika
Oko
1981
Offbeat Cops
Sachiko Naruse
2022
P. P. Rider
Ikuko
1983
When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes
Akiko
2019
The Three Ginza Rascals
1976
Postcard
Chiyo Morikawa, the Mother-in-Law
2010
Challenge at Dawn
1971
Brighter Days
Sae Yukino
2025
Love Is a Hunter
Michiko Matsumoto
1976
Sure Death 4
Ofuku
1987
Winter's Flower
Mary
1978
Rock: Wanko no Shima
2011
Snowman
Miyuki (old)
2018
Theater of Life
1972
Sing My Life
Katsu Seyama
2016
A Scream from Nowhere
Sumiko Miyajima - The Actress
1977
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
Masae Murakami
2002
Chase That Man
1972
Cinema Fighters
Miyuki
2018
Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune
Fumiyo Hara
2009
A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River
2001
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1977
Akuma ga Kitarite Fue wo Fuku
2018
Kao de Waratte
Hideko Hanada
1973
By Player
2000
Chicken Is Barefoot
2004
Women Can't Be Beaten
Aiko
1969
Nuclear Gypsies
1985
Curtain Call
Haruko Nakamichi
1984
Let Him Rest in Peace
Shima Akai
1985
Counterfeit
Kageko Sada
2009
Love Letter
Kyoko Takehara
1985
The Million Dollar Pursuit
1968
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Harue Fujishima
2013
A Last Note
Naoko Yazawa
1995
Flower and Dragon
1973
Time Never Stops
Iku Hamaguchi
2014
Dendera
Masari Shiina
2011
Shichou Shisu
2012
Bōkyō
(segment "Mikan no hana")
2016
Sensei
Shota's mother
1989Solitude Point
Yukie
1998
Duel at Fort Ezo
Aka Shu
1970
Women Who Do Not Divorce
1986
Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
1971友情 ～平尾誠二と山中伸弥 『最後の一年』～
2023
My Phoenix
Takako Demachi
1989
Locomotive Teacher
2004
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Yukiko Yoshiyama
1997
Blazing Famiglia
Donbaa
2012
Haru, Bânîzu de
2006
The Instant Services Bureau
1971
Mr. Love Chemistry 2
2015
Love Letter
1998
The Life of Chikuzan
Chikuzan's 2nd wife
1977
Tokyo Lullaby
Hisako Hamanaka
1997The Hidden Festival
1998
Turn
Mori Satoko
2001
Risking it All: The Spirit of the Men in Orange
2015
Follow the Girls
1971
Fun on the Run
Ponta
1970
The Shinano River
1973
最後の戦犯
2008
Lover's Duet
Yachiyo Kawada
1967
Charming Men
Haruko
1970
The Blind Swordsman
Self
1978
Daddy on a Rocking Boat
1973
Wings of Icarus' Flight
1980
Big & Little
Masako
2016
Our Miyo-chan
Miyo
1969