Mitsuko Kusabue
Acting
Biography
Mitsuko Kusabue (草笛 光子, Kusabue Mitsuko, born October 22, 1933 in Yokohama) is a Japanese actress.
Born: October 22, 1933
Place of Birth: Kanazawa, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Known For
Miotsukushi
In the early Showa era, the town of Choshi in Chiba Prefecture was divided by the conflicts between the worlds of "land" and "sea". Born to Kyubei Bando, the owner of a long-established soy sauce brewery, and his mistress Rui, Kaworu was taken in by her father and raised as a prim and proper lady. As she grew up, she fell in love with Sokichi, the eldest son of an established fisherman; alas, their two families were in conflict. This is a story of pure love between two people that grew beyond the boundaries of the old customs that they were brought up with. It is a drama that depicts their turbulent journey of love and the bonds of the people from an old and established family working tirelessly to protect their naturally brewed soy sauce business through the ups and downs.
Dendera
Fifty elderly women are abandoned to die on a snow covered mountain, but instead wor together to build their own village named "Dendera." Some of the women wants to live their remaining days in peace, but others seek revenge against the villagers and their own families who left them to die.
Happiness of Us Alone
The story is of two people. One is deaf, the other deaf and mute. They marry after meeting at a school reunion, and the film follows their trials and tribulations ... and joys.
Sono Onna, Jiruba
40-year-old Usui Arata had worked as a salesperson for her dream company but right before her marriage, she is betrayed by her fiancée. Not only is her engagement broken off, she is demoted to work at the logistics warehouse in the name of restructuring. Arata’s future is bleak. She has no dream, savings or boyfriend and wonders whether her life will end just like this? This day is her 40th birthday but no one celebrates it with her. The only thing she receives are e-mails from online shopping sites. On her way to the workplace from the company dormitory on a typical dull morning, Arata notices an elderly woman crouching by the side of the road. There is no one in this corner of the city to help her. It feels as if she is seeing herself 40 years later and she instinctively extends a hand to the woman.
Yearning
War widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband's family. Many years later, their business is threatened by a newly built supermarket and Reiko's in-laws plan to convert their small shop into a supermarket, to her detriment.
Irresponsible Rascal of Japan
Sequel to "Irresponsible Age of Japan".
90 Years Old – So What?
Aiko Satō, who has won many literary awards, retired from her life as a writer and had no guests. She spent a gloomy time, but then a middle-aged editor named Tachibana came with a commission for a story. The story begins with a series of essays that are initially unpleasant, writing out her anger towards society. Aiko's life will undergo significant changes by the time she is 90 years old.
Walking with My Grandma
Natsumi is proposed to by Yamato, a man who aims to become a fisherman to succeed his father. Her grandmother Kiyo, who raised her since a young age, broke her legs and uses a wheelchair now. Kiyo lives in a facility where Natsumi visits to tell her about the wedding. Natsumi suggests the idea of Kiyo walking along the wedding aisle with her, which encourages the week Kiyo. With that mindset, Kiyo regains hope and try to get better with the help of Natsumi
Princess Hiro
Toshiie and Matsu
The 41st NHK Taiga Drama is Toshiie to Matsu. During the turbulent Warring States Era, one man's life and career intertwined with the three great generals of Japanese history-Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Ieyasu. With political savvy and the support of his fiercely loyal wife, Maeda Toshiie rose to second in power in the shogunate and built up a fiefdom that encompassed Echizen, Noto and Kaga.
Filmography
as Aiko Satō
as Chiharu Yaguchi
as Ohara Maiko
as Yoshino Goto
as Woman on the Boat
as Kiyo Takayama
as Suzume Amano
as Fujii Akari
as Juzaburo’s Mother
as Kiyo
as Robert Yukie
as Izawa Sachiko
as Koshaku Todoroki
as Shizue Makabe
as Ume Mizusawa
as Rika's grandmother
as Taeko Yokoyama
as Sumiyo Takahashi
as Kanae Ota
as Mei Mitsuboshi
as Yano Mitsuko
as Kashi (Taichi's grandmother)
as Obabasama
as Shugetsu Magaki
as Masae Onchi
as 綿谷規子
as Harue Uehara
as Kagami Katsuno
as Koto no Shisho
as Ikuyo Kuwano
as Suzuki Hisay
as Shizuko Yazaki
as Mrs. Opalsen (voice)
as Koutaigou
as Midori Ninomiya
as Naka
as rei rei yo
as Sanae Ito
as Matsuyo Hitobashi
as Umeko Nagai
as Tone Yoshitake
as Osada
as Ikuko Sugimoto
as お甲
as Junko Amamiya
as Iyo
as Otomi
as Osayo
as Atsuko Yura - Yasuko's Mother
as Umeko Inugami
as Akiko Katsuragi
as Otaki
as 加野三輪子
as Tokioka Maya
as Maya Tokioka
as Oman
as Mrs. Togo
as Madame of “Highness” bar
as Madam of Bar “Highness”
as Ayako
as Wakayo (Geisha)
as Asako
as Yumiko Kato
as Toshiko Nagashima
as Tamagiku (Geisha in Gion)
as Bar owner
as Hanae Shimizu
as Hisako Morizono
as Kozato's Aunt
as Kyoko ( Club Madam)
as Sobei
as Yuki Sakura
as Mayako (Bar Madam)
as Mayako (Bar Madam)
as Geisha Tōryū
as Yoko Nakamura (real name: Haruko Oshima)
as Kyôko Hinatsu
as Boss Sanae
as Umeko
as Yu Lan
as Geisha Shimemaru
as Nobuko, Akiko's sister
as Saiko
as Katsu
as Hatsue
as Kaoru Tani
as Ikako
as Yoshiko Murata
as Natsuyo
as Kazuko from Gondola
as Rie
as Hisami Urano
as Tsuzuki Asako
as Miyako Morimoto
as Setsuko (Hoshino’s wife)
as Koshiba Harumi
as Eiko Itakura
as 宇津
as Yumiko Kagami
as お蝶