Mitsuko Mori
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Born
May 9, 1920
Mitsu Murakami
May 9, 1920
Kyōto, Japan
DiedNovember 10, 2012 (aged 92)
Hongō, Tokyo, Japan
OccupationActress
Yearsactive1935–2012
Junior Third Rank Mitsuko Mori | |
|---|---|
 Mori in 1962 | |
| Born | Mitsu Murakami May 9, 1920 Kyōto, Japan |
| Died | November 10, 2012 (aged 92) Hongō, Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1935–2012 |
| Spouses | Richard Uemura
(m. 1947; sep. 1947)Yoshihiko Okamoto
(m. 1959; div. 1963) |
Mitsuko Mori (森 光子, Mori Mitsuko; May 9, 1920 – November 10, 2012), real name Mitsu Murakami (村上美津, Murakami Mitsu),[1] was a Japanese actress.
In May 2009, she became the first actor in Japan to have performed the stage play Hōrōki (放浪記, "A Wanderer's Notebook") 2,000 times.[2] She was born in Kyoto, Japan.
On May 11, 2009, Takeo Kawamura announced that Mori would be awarded the People's Honour Award.[3][4]
Mori died on November 10, 2012, at a hospital in Tokyo, aged 92.
Filmography
Film
- Lost Spring (1967) – Hatsu
- Scattered Clouds (1967)[5]
- Princess Mononoke (1997) – Hii-sama (voice)
- Sennen no Koi Story of Genji (2001) – Sei Shōnagon
Television drama
- Onna tachi no Hyakuman goku (1988) – Maeda Matsu
- Nene: Onna Taikōki (2009)
Dubbing
Live-action
- Murder, She Wrote – Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury)
Animation
- Brother Bear – Tanana[6]
Honours
- Medal with Purple Ribbon (1984)
- Order of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd class, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon (1992)
- Person of Cultural Merit (1998)
- Order of Culture (2005)
- People's Honour Award (2009)
- Junior Third Rank (2012; posthumous)
