Mitsuko Mito — Actor (13)

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Wild Geese (1966) IMDb TMDB
雁
director: Kazuo Ikehiro actor: Ayako Wakao / Gaku Yamamoto …
other title: 雁
Otama, daughter of a poor candy vendor, becomes the mistress of a man whom she believes to be a widower and owner of a prosperous dry goods store. The man is in fact married with children, and is a despised loan shark who takes money from the poor without qualms. Totally enraptured with Otama, this usurer establishes her and her father in separate houses and generously gives them gifts including silk taken as interest from Oshige, a poor cloth dealer who does business with the sewing teacher, Otama's neighbor. Otama's satisfaction with her situation gradually crumbles as she discovers the truth about her benefactor.

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Port of Flowers (1943) IMDb TMDB
花咲く港
director: Keisuke Kinoshita actor: Eitarō Ozawa / Ken Uehara …
other title: Le Port fleuri / 花咲く港
The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the outset of World War II. But the hustlers’ plan backfires when they come down with severe cases of conscience. Keisuke Kinoshita’s directorial debut is a breezy, warmhearted, and often very funny crowd-pleaser that’s a testament to the filmmaker’s faith in people.

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This Way, That Way (1952) WikiData IMDb TMDB
あの手この手
director: Kon Ichikawa actor: Yoshiko Kuga / Masayuki Mori …
other title: あの手この手
An intellectual couple in a staid and tedious marriage are surprised when the wife’s niece, who has run away from home, turns up unexpectedly to stay with them. Their mundane lives are sent into disarray by the emotional and energetic Ako.

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Flame of My Love (1949) WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
わが恋は燃えぬ
director: Kenji Mizoguchi actor: Kinuyo Tanaka / Mitsuko Mito …
other title: Il mio amore brucia / Flamme de mon amour …
In 1880s Japan, women's struggle for equality rages on. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo, where she helps the fledgling Liberal Party and falls in love with its leader Kentaro Omoi, just as the party is being disbanded by the government.