Portrait of Mitsuko Kusabue

Acting

Mitsuko Kusabue

Career

Active from 1954 to 2024, busiest in 1960 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
23
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score70/100
Highest rated
Poster for Happiness of Us Alone
Happiness of Us Alone
GoodWatch score84/100

Characters

4

The characters Mitsuko Kusabue played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 22 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Mitsuko Kusabue Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Pop Culture
    0.9, average 2.2
  • Adrenaline
    3.5, average 4.8
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.4, average 1.6
  • Physical Comedy
    1.4, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 11
  • Japanese Cinema 9
  • Character-Driven 8
  • Post-War Japan 4
  • Psychological Thriller 4
  • Period Piece 4
  • Character Study 4
  • Japanese Drama 4
  • Family Drama 3
  • Melancholy 3
  • Slow Burn 3
  • Japanese Mystery 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

121
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
保護司・夏目清一 父親殺し
保護司・夏目清一 父親殺し

TV show

2020s

5 titles · average score 64
90 Years Old – So What?
90 Years Old – So What? (2024)

as Aiko Satō

Jigen Daisuke
Jigen Daisuke (2023)
GoodWatch score 62

as Chiharu Yaguchi

Hotel: Next Door
Hotel: Next Door (2022)

TV show · as Ohara Maiko

What Happened to Our Nest Egg!?
What Happened to Our Nest Egg!? (2021)
GoodWatch score 66

as Yoshino Goto

Sono Onna, Jiruba
Sono Onna, Jiruba (2021)

TV show

2010s

24 titles · average score 60
4.50 from Paddington
4.50 from Paddington (2018)

as Suzume Amano

Walking with My Grandma
Walking with My Grandma (2018)

as Kiyo Takayama

The Magnificent Nine
The Magnificent Nine (2016)
GoodWatch score 60

as Juzaburo’s Mother

Mare
Mare (2015)

TV show · as Robert Yukie

0.5 mm
0.5 mm (2014)
GoodWatch score 73

as Shizue Makabe

The Good Listener
The Good Listener (2014)

TV show · as Ume Mizusawa

Chain of Flowers
Chain of Flowers (2013)

as Rika's grandmother

Home: The House Imp
Home: The House Imp (2012)

as Sumiyo Takahashi

The Beautiful Neighbor
The Beautiful Neighbor (2011)

TV show · as Yano Mitsuko

Dendera
Dendera (2011)

as Mei Mitsuboshi

Second Virgin
Second Virgin (2010)

TV show · as Shugetsu Magaki

Abacus and Sword
Abacus and Sword (2010)
GoodWatch score 46

as Obabasama

2000s

15 titles · average score 71
The Unbroken
The Unbroken (2009)
GoodWatch score 70

as Masae Onchi

Garden of the Wind
Garden of the Wind (2008)

TV show · as Harue Uehara

Dondo Hare
Dondo Hare (2007)

TV show · as Kagami Katsuno

He Who Can't Marry
He Who Can't Marry (2006)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Ikuyo Kuwano

Murder of the Inugami Clan
Murder of the Inugami Clan (2006)
GoodWatch score 66

as Koto no Shisho

Sunny for Tomorrow
Sunny for Tomorrow (2006)

TV show · as Suzuki Hisay

What the Snow Brings
What the Snow Brings (2005)

as Shizuko Yazaki

Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple (2004)

TV show · as Mrs. Opalsen (voice)

Beauty or Beast
Beauty or Beast (2003)

TV show

Princess Hiro
Princess Hiro (2003)

TV show · as Koutaigou

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (2002)

TV show · as Midori Ninomiya

Toshiie and Matsu
Toshiie and Matsu (2002)

TV show · as Naka

1990s

3 titles
Good Mourning
Good Mourning (1994)

TV show

Rex: A Dinosaur's Story
Rex: A Dinosaur's Story (1993)

as Sanae Ito

The Yagyu Code: Secret Scrolls
The Yagyu Code: Secret Scrolls (1990)

as Tsubone Kasuga

1980s

7 titles · average score 81
Yakuza Ladies 2
Yakuza Ladies 2 (1987)

as Matsuyo Hitobashi

Iki no Iiyatsu
Iki no Iiyatsu (1987)

TV show

And Then
And Then (1985)
GoodWatch score 81

as Umeko Nagai

Miotsukushi
Miotsukushi (1985)

TV show · as Tone Yoshitake

Oar
Oar (1985)

as Osada

The Wangan Highway
The Wangan Highway (1984)

as Ikuko Sugimoto

水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵
水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵 (1984)

TV show · as お甲

1970s

16 titles · average score 65
The House of Hanging
The House of Hanging (1979)
GoodWatch score 61

as Junko Amamiya

Queen Bee
Queen Bee (1978)
GoodWatch score 69

as Otomi

Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada
Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada (1978)

TV show

Netchū Jidai
Netchū Jidai (1978)

TV show

The Phoenix
The Phoenix (1978)
GoodWatch score 60

as Iyo

Island of Hell
Island of Hell (1977)
GoodWatch score 64

as Osayo

Lullaby to Kill
Lullaby to Kill (1977)
GoodWatch score 67

as Atsuko Yura - Yasuko's Mother

Sugata Sanshiro
Sugata Sanshiro (1977)

as Osen

The Inugami Family
The Inugami Family (1976)
GoodWatch score 71

as Umeko Inugami

Akai Shougeki
Akai Shougeki (1976)

TV show

Elegy
Elegy (1976)

as Akiko Katsuragi

Priest of Darkness
Priest of Darkness (1975)

TV show · as Otaki

1960s

35 titles · average score 74
Battle of the Japan Sea
Battle of the Japan Sea (1969)
GoodWatch score 64

as Mrs. Togo

Two in the Shadow
Two in the Shadow (1967)
GoodWatch score 78

as Ayako

The Stranger Within a Woman
The Stranger Within a Woman (1966)
GoodWatch score 74

as Yumiko Kato

Yearning
Yearning (1964)
GoodWatch score 82

as Hisako Morizono

Japan's No. 1 Braggart
Japan's No. 1 Braggart (1964)

as Hanae Shimizu

Samurai Pirate
Samurai Pirate (1963)
GoodWatch score 62

as Sobei

Japan's No. 1 Playboy
Japan's No. 1 Playboy (1963)

as Yuki Sakura

A Wanderer's Notebook
A Wanderer's Notebook (1962)
GoodWatch score 80

as Kyôko Hinatsu

The Wiser Age
The Wiser Age (1962)
GoodWatch score 73

as Umeko

Happiness of Us Alone
Happiness of Us Alone (1961)
GoodWatch score 84

as Nobuko, Akiko's sister

Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960)
GoodWatch score 71

as Kaoru Tani

This Greedy Old Skin
This Greedy Old Skin (1960)

as Hatsue

1950s

15 titles
The Big Boss
The Big Boss (1959)

as Rie

New Third-Class Executive
New Third-Class Executive (1959)

as Natsuyo

Fox and Raccoon
Fox and Raccoon (1959)

as Kazuko from Gondola

The Capital of Love
The Capital of Love (1958)

as Miyako Morimoto

Flower's Yearning
Flower's Yearning (1958)

as Tsuzuki Asako

The College Hero
The College Hero (1958)

as Hisami Urano

Schooldays
Schooldays (1957)

as Koshiba Harumi

The Decoy
The Decoy (1957)

as Setsuko (Hoshino’s wife)

Denshichi Torimonocho: Female Fox Palanquin
Denshichi Torimonocho: Female Fox Palanquin (1956)

as 女房お俊

A Woman's Life
A Woman's Life (1955)

as Yumiko Kagami

Denshichi Torimonocho: Vampire Spider
Denshichi Torimonocho: Vampire Spider (1955)

as お俊

Edo no yubae
Edo no yubae (1954)

as お蝶