Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Mitsuko Yoshikawa (吉川 満子, Yoshikawa Mitsuko; 21 June 1901 – 8 August 1991) was a Japanese actress^[1] who played in over 250 films, often under the direction of Yasujirō Ozu and Hiroshi Shimizu.^[2]

Mitsuko Yoshikawa
Mitsuko Yoshikawa in Apart From You
Born	(1901-06-21)21 June 1901 Tokyo, Japan
Died	8 August 1991(1991-08-08) (aged 90) Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1926-1984

She joined the Shochiku film studios in 1924 and gave her film debut in 1926 in Kujaku no hikari. After the war, she became a freelancer^[1] and, besides working for Shochiku, appeared in productions of Toho, Shintoho, Daiei and other studios^[2] She gave her final performance in 1984 in Juzo Itami's The Funeral.^[2][3]

Selected filmography

• 1926: Kujaku no hikari (dir. Jirō Yoshino)
• 1930: Story of Kinuyo (dir. Heinosuke Gosho)
• 1932: I Was Born, But... (dir. Yasujirō Ozu)
• 1933: Apart From You (dir. Mikio Naruse)
• 1933: Every-Night Dreams (dir. Mikio Naruse)
• 1934: A Mother Should Be Loved (dir. Yasujirō Ozu)
• 1934: Eclipse (dir. Hiroshi Shimizu)
• 1935: Burden of Life (dir. Heinosuke Gosho)
• 1936: The Only Son (dir. Yasujirō Ozu)
• 1936: The New Road (Part one) (dir. Heinosuke Gosho)
• 1937: What Did the Lady Forget? (dir. Yasujirō Ozu)
• 1937: Children in the Wind (dir. Hiroshi Shimizu)
• 1941: Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (dir. Yasujirō Ozu)
• 1941: Introspection Tower (dir. Hiroshi Shimizu)
• 1946: Aru yo no Tonosama (dir. Teinosuke Kinugasa)
• 1947: Record of a Tenement Gentleman (dir. Yasujirō Ozu)
• 1950: Akogare no Hawaii Kōro (dir. Torajirō Saitō)
• 1950: Wedding Ring (dir. Keisuke Kinoshita)
• 1955: Growing Up (dir. Heinosuke Gosho)
• 1962: Akitsu Springs (dir. Yoshishige Yoshida)
• 1984: The Funeral (dir. Juzo Itami)