Mutsuko Sakura

Mutsuko Sakura
Born	Sakura Mutsuko (1921-02-15)February 15, 1921 Japan
Died	January 23, 2005(2005-01-23) (aged 83) Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1933–2005

Mutsuko Sakura (桜 むつ子, Sakura Mutsuko, 15 February 1921 – 23 January 2005) was a Japanese actress.

Her hobby was golf. She started work at Shochiku in 1950, and played supporting roles in some of Yasujirō Ozu's films. She was a constant in Japanese film and TV drama for half of the 20th century.

Selected filmography

Film

• Omoide no borero (1950)
• Atariya Kinpachi torimonochô: senri no tora (1950) - Oroku
• Hana no omokage (1950)
• Okusama ni goyojin (1950)
• Jonetsu no runba (1950)
• Waga ya wa tanoshi (1951) - Kaoko Fukuda, Namiko's sister
• Boyhood (1951) - Mrs. Yamazaki
• Inochi uruwashi (1951) - Tomie Honda
• Chichi Koishi(1951)
• Yôkina wataridori (1952) - Mitsuyo
• Kon'na watashi ja nakatta ni (1952) - Oryû
• Tôkyô madamu to Ôsaka fujin (1953)
• Tokyo Story (1953) - Oden-ya no onna
• Ojōsan shachō (1953) - Osugi Morikawa
• Kyûkon sannin musume (1954) - Madame at bar
• Izu no Odoriko (1954)
• Aishu nikki (1955) - Hama Katagiri
• Takekurabe (1955)
• Otôsan wa ohitoyoshi (1955) - Otsuko, second daughter
• Zoku kono yo no hana dairokubu: Tsuki no shirakaba dainanabu: Wakare no yomichi (1956)
• Koko ni sachi ari - Zempen: Yuwaku no miyako (1956, part 1, 2) - Reiko
• Yaji-kita dôchû (1956) - Omutsu
• Taiyô to bara (1956) - Sushi shop lady
• Tsuyu no atosaki (1956)
• Tokyo Twilight (1957)
• Times of Joy and Sorrow (1957)
• Shukin ryoko (1957)
• Toshigoro (1958)
• Hibi no haishin (1958)
• Nitôhei monogatari (1958-1959, part 1, 2)
• Equinox Flower (1958) - Akemi
• Sekishunchô (1959) - Kikutarô
• Good Morning (1959) - Oden'ya no Nyôbô
• High Teen (1959) - Tomiko, Hiroshi's mother
• Kaze no naka no hitomi (1959) - Nobuko, Miyazaki's mother
• Kiken ryoko (1959)
• Kyô mo mata kakute ari nan (1959) - Kansuirô maid
• Asu e no seiso (1959)
• Floating Weeds (1959) - O-Katsu
• Izu no odoriko (1960)
• Irohanihoheto (1960)
• Late Autumn (1960)
• Bushidô Muzan (1960) - Orin
• Zero Focus (1961)
• Netsuai sha (1961) - Bar's madame
• Onna no tsurihashi (1961, Serial) - Okane (Episode 1)
• Senkyaku banrai (1962)
• Kono ni uruwashi (1962)
• Akitsu onsen (1962)
• Hadashi no hanayome (1962)
• Yukiguni (1965) - Maid
• Ore tachi no koi (1965)
• Seishun no kotoba yori - Kaze ni kike kumo ni kike (1966) - Kayo Kashima
• Ohana han (1966) - Yoshi Okamoto
• Botchan (1966)
• Hi no ataru sakamichi (1967)
• Shinjuku no hada (1968) - Kura, Chiyo's mother
• Kigeki: Otoko wa aikyo (1970) - Kane
• Joshi gakuen: Warui asobi (1970) - Mitsuko Masuda
• Kigeki joshi gakusei: hanayakana chôsen (1975)
• Erimomisaki (1975) - Boarding House Landlady
• Oiran (1983) - O-Tatsu
• Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992) - Yuki Anayama
• Maborosi (1995) - Tomeno
• Give It All (1998) - Fuki Shinomura
• A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen (2000)
• Fune o oritara kanojo no shima (2002)
• Inu to arukeba: Chirori to Tamura (2004) - Tomi Furukawa
• Village Photobook (2004)
• Swing Girls (2004) - Tomoko's Grandmother (final film role)

Television

• Playgirl (1969) - Grandmother
• Mito Kōmon (1971–1985)
• Ōoka Echizen (1972–1978)
• The Water Margin (1973)
• G-Men '75 (1977)
• Princess Comet (1978–1979)
• Monkey (1978)
• Ōedo Sōsamō (1984)
• Space Sheriff Shaider (1984)

External links

• https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0757299/