Mitsuko Kusabue

Acting

Born October 22, 1933, Kanazawa, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

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

Filmography

• 2025Meet Me at Angie’s Bar
• 202490 Years Old – So What? — Aiko Satō
• 2024Aimitagai
• 2023Jigen Daisuke — Chiharu Yaguchi
• Hotel: Next Door — Ohara Maiko
• Sono Onna, Jiruba
• 2021What Happened to Our Nest Egg!? — Yoshino Goto
• 2019They Say Nothing Stays the Same — Woman on the Boat
• 20184.50 from Paddington — Suzume Amano
• 2018Walking with My Grandma — Kiyo Takayama
• 2017Proof of the Man
• Destiny-Like Love — Fujii Akari
• 2016Great evil does not go to sleep: The counterattack of the special investigation unit prosecutor — Tokiko Hongo
• 2016The Magnificent Nine — Juzaburo’s Mother
• Keisei Saimin no Otoko — Kiyo
• Mare — Robert Yukie
• 2015Murder on the Orient Express — Koshaku Todoroki
• 2015化石の微笑み — Izawa Sachiko
• 20140.5 mm — Shizue Makabe
• The Good Listener — Ume Mizusawa
• 2013Chain of Flowers — Rika's grandmother
• Doubles - Futari no Keiji — Taeko Yokoyama
• Olympic Ransom
• 2012Home: The House Imp — Sumiyo Takahashi
• Presumed Guilty — Kanae Ota
• 捜査地図の女
• 2011Dendera — Mei Mitsuboshi
• The Beautiful Neighbor — Yano Mitsuko
• 2010Abacus and Sword — Obabasama
• Goodbye Alma — Kashi (Taichi's grandmother)
• Naze Kimi wa Zetsubo to Tatakaeta noka
• Second Virgin — Shugetsu Magaki
• 2010樅ノ木は残った
• 2009The Unbroken — Masae Onchi
• Garden of the Wind — Harue Uehara
• 2008Kiri no hi
• 2008Nagaiki Kyousou — 綿谷規子
• Dondo Hare — Kagami Katsuno
• 2006Angel's Ladder
• He Who Can't Marry — Ikuyo Kuwano
• 2006Murder of the Inugami Clan — Koto no Shisho
• Sunny for Tomorrow — Suzuki Hisay
• 2005What the Snow Brings — Shizuko Yazaki
• Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple — Mrs. Opalsen (voice)
• たったひとつのたからもの
• Beauty or Beast
• Princess Hiro — Koutaigou
• AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo — Midori Ninomiya
• Toshiie and Matsu — Naka
• 2001Siberian Express 2 — rei rei yo
• Good Mourning
• 1993Rex: A Dinosaur's Story — Sanae Ito
• 1990She-Shogun
• 1990The Yagyu Code: Secret Scrolls — Tsubone Kasuga
• 1988The Wives of Rokumeikan
• Iki no Iiyatsu
• 1987Yakuza Ladies 2 — Matsuyo Hitobashi
• 1986The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai
• 1985And Then — Umeko Nagai
• Miotsukushi — Tone Yoshitake
• 1985Oar — Osada
• 1984The Wangan Highway — Ikuko Sugimoto
• 水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵 — お甲
• 1983Nogare no machi
• 1981Lonely Heart
• 1979The House of Hanging — Junko Amamiya
• Netchū Jidai
• 1978Queen Bee — Otomi
• Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada
• 1978The Phoenix — Iyo
• 1977Island of Hell — Osayo
• 1977Lullaby to Kill — Atsuko Yura - Yasuko's Mother
• 1977Sugata Sanshiro — Osen
• Akai Shougeki
• 1976Elegy — Akiko Katsuragi
• 1976The Inugami Family — Umeko Inugami
• Hissatsu Hitchu Shigotoya Kagyou
• Priest of Darkness — Otaki
• 1972First Love
• Mayuko hitori — 加野三輪子
• 1970Five Gents Fly to Taiwan — Maya Tokioka
• 1970Five Gents and a Kuniang — Tokioka Maya
• 19695 Gents Fly to Kyushu — Madam of Bar “Highness”
• 19695 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II — Madame of “Highness” bar
• 1969Battle of the Japan Sea — Mrs. Togo
• 1969Travels of Lord Mito — Oman
• 1969When Love Awakens
• 1969Young Guy Graduates
• 1968Devils-in-Law
• 1967Five Gents Prefer Geisha — Wakayo (Geisha)
• 1967Two in the Shadow — Ayako
• 19663 Raccoon Dogs — Asako
• 1966King of the Raccoon Dogs
• 1966More Than 10,000 Women But... — Toshiko Nagashima
• 1966Swindler Meets Swindler
• 1966Taming an Unruly Girl
• 1966The Stranger Within a Woman — Yumiko Kato
• 1965President's Ninja Trick Book Part II — Tamagiku (Geisha in Gion)
• 1965Rampaging Dog
• 1965Sequel Western King, Eastern Leader
• 1965You Can If You Try
• 19643 Gents in the Snow Country
• 1964Camellia Gate
• 1964Hail the 3 Gents — Kyoko ( Club Madam)
• 1964Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins — 6th Sin
• 1964Irresponsible Life in Edo Japan
• 1964Japan's No. 1 Braggart — Hanae Shimizu
• 1964Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
• 1964The Naked Executive — Bar owner
• 1964The Sandal Keeper
• 1964Whirlwind — Kozato's Aunt
• 1964Yearning — Hisako Morizono
• 19633 Gents In Hawaii — Mayako (Bar Madam)
• 1963A Woman's Life — Shizuo Kinoshita
• 1963Aloha 3 Gents — Mayako (Bar Madam)
• 1963Devices Stronger Than Women — Yoko Nakamura (real name: Haruko Oshima)
• 1963Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong
• 1963Japan's No. 1 Playboy — Yuki Sakura
• 1963Samurai Pirate — Sobei
• 1963Three Dolls, Three Generations
• 1963Travel Stories of a Company President Part II — Geisha Tōryū
• 1962A Wanderer's Notebook — Kyôko Hinatsu
• 1962Born in Sin
• 1962Chûshingura
• 1962Irresponsible Rascal of Japan
• 1962Pig and Goldfish
• 1962Shimizu Port Salaryman
• 1962Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
• 1962Star of Hong Kong — Boss Sanae
• 1962The Wiser Age — Umeko
• 1962Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
• 1962Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
• 1962Whirlpool of Love
• 1961A Cat and Dried Bonito Flakes: The Story of a Swindler
• 1961A Night in Hong Kong — Yu Lan
• 1961Happiness of Us Alone — Nobuko, Akiko's sister
• 1961Lovers of Ginza
• 1961Playboy President: Part II — Geisha Shimemaru
• 1961The Masterless 47 – Part II
• 1960Beyond the Hills — Yoshiko Murata
• 1960Bonchi — Ikako
• 1960Daughters, Wives and a Mother — Kaoru Tani
• 1960Respect, Flatter, and Love
• 1960The Angry Sea — Katsu
• 1960The Dangerous Kiss
• 1960The Lovelorn Geisha
• 1960The Masterless 47 — Saiko
• 1960This Greedy Old Skin — Hatsue
• 1960Three Dolls and Three Guys
• 1959Fox and Raccoon — Kazuko from Gondola
• 1959New Third-Class Executive — Natsuyo
• 1959Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers
• 1959The Big Boss — Rie
• 1959The Enchanting Devil
• 1958Adults Cannot Understand - Record of Youth
• 1958Flower's Yearning — Tsuzuki Asako
• 1958Song for a Bride
• 1958Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
• 1958The Capital of Love — Miyako Morimoto
• 1958The College Hero — Hisami Urano
• 1958The Hotelman's Holiday
• 1958The Little Actress
• 1958Theater of Life
• 1958Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
• 1957Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion
• 1957Night Holds a Truth
• 1957On Wings of Love — Eiko Itakura
• 1957Schooldays — Koshiba Harumi
• 1957The Decoy — Setsuko (Hoshino’s wife)
• 1957The Detective Denshichi Case Files: The Beautiful Bat
• 1957The Paradise Island Story
• 1956Denshichi Torimonocho: Female Fox Palanquin — 女房お俊
• 1956Sound of Youth
• 1956The Bride and the Treasure — お俊
• 1955A Woman's Life — Yumiko Kagami
• 1955Denshichi Torimonocho: Vampire Spider — お俊
• 1955Ejima and Ikushima — 宇津
• 1955Here Is a Spring
• 1955The Mask and Destiny
• 1954Edo no yubae — お蝶
• 1954Haru no Wakakusa
• 1953Junketsu kakumei
• 保護司・夏目清一　父親殺し