Mutsuko Sakura

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

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

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/