Mitsuko Kusabue

Mitsuko Kusabue (草笛 光子, Kusabue Mitsuko, born October 22, 1933 in Yokohama) is a Japanese actress.

Mitsuko Kusabue
Born	(1933-10-22) October 22, 1933 Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1953–present
Spouse(s)	Yasushi Akutagawa ​ ​ (m. 1960⁠–⁠1962)​

Selected filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Ref
1957	On Wings of Love	Eiko Itakura	Toshio Sugie
1958	Song for a Bride	Teruko Nishimura	Ishirō Honda
1958	A Holiday in Tokyo		Kajirō Yamamoto
1960	Daughters, Wives and a Mother		Mikio Naruse
1962	Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki	Toda no Tsubone	Hiroshi Inagaki
1962	A Wanderer's Notebook	Kyōko Hinatsu	Mikio Naruse
1963	The Lost World of Sinbad		Senkichi Taniguchi
1964	Yearning	Hisako Morita	Mikio Naruse
1976	The Inugamis	Umeko Inugami	Kon Ichikawa
1977	Rhyme of Vengeance		Kon Ichikawa
1978	Hi no Tori		Kon Ichikawa
1979	Byoinzaka no Kubikukuri no Ie		KonIchikawa
1981	Kofuku		Kon Ichikawa
1985	Sorekara	Umeko Nagai	Yoshimitsu Morita
2006	The Inugamis	Teacher of Harp	Kon Ichikawa
2006	What the Snow Brings	Shizuko Yazaki	Kichitaro Negishi
2009	Shizumanu Taiyō	Masae Onchi	Setsurō Wakamatsu
2014	0.5 mm	Shizue Makabe	Momoko Ando
2016	The Magnificent Nine	Juzaburo's mother	Yoshihiro Nakamura
2018	Walking with My Grandma	Kiyo	Tetsuo Shinohara
2019	They Say Nothing Stays the Same		Joe Odagiri
2020	What Happened to Our Nest Egg!?	Yoshino Gotō	Tetsu Maeda

Television dramas

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref
1975	Tsūkai! Kōchiyama Sōshun	Otaki	Fuji TV
1975	Hissatsu Hitchuu Shigotoya Kagyō	Osei	ABC	Hissatsu series
1976	Hissatsu Karakurinin Kepuuhen		ABC	Hissatsu series
1978	Edo Professional Hissatsu Shōbainin	Osei	ABC	Hissatsu series
1983	Ōoku		Kansai
1995	Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune	Ten'ei-in	NHK	Taiga drama
2000	Aoi Tokugawa Sandai	Kōdai-in	NHK	Taiga drama
2002	Toshiie to Matsu	Ōmandokoro	NHK	Taiga drama
2004	Dondo Hare	Katsuno Kagami	NHK	Asadora
2006	Kekkon Dekinai Otoko	Ikuyo Kuwano	Fuji TV
2009	Tenchijin	Tome	NHK	Taiga drama
2010	Second Virgin		NHK
2013	Yae no Sakura	Narrator	NHK	Taiga drama
2016	Sanada Maru	Tori	NHK	Taiga drama
2016	Tokyo Trial	Narrator	NHK	Japanese version only
2018	Bakabon no Papa yori Baka na Papa	Junko	NHK
2021	Old Jack and Rose	Kirako Kuji	Fuji TV	Lead role

Theater

Year	Title	Role
1964	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying	Rosemary Pilkington
1983	Chicago	Roxie Hart
1993	La Cage aux Folles	Jacqueline

Anime

Year	Title	Role
2004	Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple	Mrs. Opalsen
2005	The Snow Queen	Amanda

Dubbing

Title	Role
Agatha Christie's Marple Series 2	Miss Marple (Geraldine McEwan)
Agatha Christie's Marple Series 3	Miss Marple (Geraldine McEwan)

Honours

• Medal with Purple Ribbon (1999)
• Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2005)

External links

• Official profile (in Japanese)
• Mitsuko Kusabue on IMDb