Mitsuko Kusabue

Mitsuko Kusabue
Born	October 22, 1933 Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1953–present
Spouse(s)	Yasushi Akutagawa (m. 1960–62)

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

Selected filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Director
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
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
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[1]	Shizue Makabe	Momoko Andō
2016	Tono, risoku de gozaru!	Juzaburo's mother	Yoshihiro Nakamura

Television dramas

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
2000	Aoi Tokugawa Sandai	Kōdai-in	NHK	Taiga drama
2004	Dondo Hare	Katsuno Kagami	NHK	Asadora
2006	Kekkon Dekinai Otoko	Ikuyo Kuwano	CX
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

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)

References

1. 0.5ミリ(2013). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved June 15, 2015.

External links

• Official profile (Japanese)
• Mitsuko Kusabue at the Internet Movie Database