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Mutsuko Sakura (桜 むつ子, Sakura Mutsuko; 15 February 1921 – 23 January 2005) was a Japanese actress.

Her hobby was golf. She started work at Shochiku in 1950, and played supporting roles in some of Yasujirō Ozu‘s films. She was a constant in Japanese film and TV drama for half of the 20th century.

Selected filmography

Film

  • Omoide no borero (1950)
  • Atariya Kinpachi torimonochô: senri no tora (1950) – Oroku
  • Hana no omokage (1950)
  • Okusama ni goyojin (1950)
  • Jonetsu no runba (1950)
  • Waga ya wa tanoshi (1951) – Kaoko Fukuda, Namiko’s sister
  • Boyhood (1951) – Mrs. Yamazaki
  • Inochi uruwashi (1951) – Tomie Honda
  • Chichi Koishi(1951)
  • Yôkina wataridori (1952) – Mitsuyo
  • Kon’na watashi ja nakatta ni (1952) – Oryû
  • Tôkyô madamu to Ôsaka fujin (1953)
  • Tokyo Story (1953) – Oden-ya no onna
  • Ojōsan shachō (1953) – Osugi Morikawa
  • Kyûkon sannin musume (1954) – Madame at bar
  • Izu no Odoriko (1954)
  • Aishu nikki (1955) – Hama Katagiri
  • Takekurabe (1955)
  • Otôsan wa ohitoyoshi (1955) – Otsuko, second daughter
  • Zoku kono yo no hana dairokubu: Tsuki no shirakaba dainanabu: Wakare no yomichi (1956)
  • Koko ni sachi ari – Zempen: Yuwaku no miyako (1956, part 1, 2) – Reiko
  • Yaji-kita dôchû (1956) – Omutsu
  • Taiyô to bara (1956) – Sushi shop lady
  • Tsuyu no atosaki (1956)
  • Tokyo Twilight (1957)
  • Times of Joy and Sorrow (1957)
  • Shukin ryoko (1957)
  • Toshigoro (1958)
  • Hibi no haishin (1958)
  • Nitôhei monogatari (1958-1959, part 1, 2)
  • Equinox Flower (1958) – Akemi
  • Sekishunchô (1959) – Kikutarô
  • Good Morning (1959) – Oden’ya no Nyôbô
  • High Teen (1959) – Tomiko, Hiroshi’s mother
  • Kaze no naka no hitomi (1959) – Nobuko, Miyazaki’s mother
  • Kiken ryoko (1959)
  • Kyô mo mata kakute ari nan (1959) – Kansuirô maid
  • Asu e no seiso (1959)
  • Floating Weeds (1959) – O-Katsu
  • Izu no odoriko (1960)
  • Irohanihoheto (1960)
  • Late Autumn (1960)
  • Bushidô Muzan (1960) – Orin
  • Zero Focus (1961)
  • Netsuai sha (1961) – Bar’s madame
  • Onna no tsurihashi (1961, Serial) – Okane (Episode 1)
  • Senkyaku banrai (1962)
  • Kono ni uruwashi (1962)
  • Akitsu onsen (1962)
  • Hadashi no hanayome (1962)
  • Yukiguni (1965) – Maid
  • Ore tachi no koi (1965)
  • Seishun no kotoba yori – Kaze ni kike kumo ni kike (1966) – Kayo Kashima
  • Ohana han (1966) – Yoshi Okamoto
  • Botchan (1966)
  • Hi no ataru sakamichi (1967)
  • Shinjuku no hada (1968) – Kura, Chiyo’s mother
  • Kigeki: Otoko wa aikyo (1970) – Kane
  • Joshi gakuen: Warui asobi (1970) – Mitsuko Masuda
  • Kigeki joshi gakusei: hanayakana chôsen (1975)
  • Erimomisaki (1975) – Boarding House Landlady
  • Oiran (1983) – O-Tatsu
  • Sumo Do, Sumo Don’t (1992) – Yuki Anayama
  • Maborosi (1995) – Tomeno
  • Give It All (1998) – Fuki Shinomura
  • A Class to Remember 4: Fifteen (2000)
  • Fune o oritara kanojo no shima (2002)
  • Inu to arukeba: Chirori to Tamura (2004) – Tomi Furukawa
  • Village Photobook (2004)
  • Swing Girls (2004) – Tomoko’s Grandmother (final film role)

Television

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