Mitsuko Kusabue

is a Japanese actress.

Selected filmography

Films Year Title Role Notes 1957 On Wings of Love Eiko Itakura 1958 Song for a Bride Teruko Nishimura A Holiday in Tokyo 1960 Daughters, Wives and a Mother 1962 Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki Toda no Tsubone A Wanderer's Notebook Kyōko Hinatsu 1963 The Lost World of Sinbad 1964 Yearning Hisako Morita Whirlwind 1967 Scattered Clouds 1969 Battle of the Japan Sea 1976 The Inugami Family Umeko Inugami 1977 Akuma no temari-uta 1978 Queen Bee Hi no Tori 1979 Byoinzaka no Kubikukuri no Ie 1981 Kofuku 1984 Wangan Doro Ikuko Sugimoto 1985 Sorekara Umeko Nagai 1993 Rex: A Dinosaur's Story Sanae Itō 2006 The Inugamis Teacher of Harp What the Snow Brings Shizuko Yazaki 2009 The Unbroken Masae Onchi 2014 0.5 mm Shizue Makabe 2016 The Magnificent Nine Juzaburo's mother 2018 Walking with My Grandma Kiyo 2019 They Say Nothing Stays the Same 2021 What Happened to Our Nest Egg!? Yoshino Gotō 2023 Daisuke Jigen Chiharu Yaguchi 2024 90 Years Old – So What? Aiko Satō Lead role Aimitagai Komichi 2025 Let's Meet at Angie's Bar Angie Lead role

Television dramas Year Title Role Notes 1971 Mayuko Hitori Miwako Kano Asadora Hissatsu Hitchuu Shigotoya Kagyō Osei Hissatsu series Genroku Taiheiki Oden no Kata Taiga drama 2009 Tenchijin Tome Taiga drama 2013 Yae's Sakura Narrator Taiga drama Tokyo Trial Narrator Japanese version only 2018 Bakabon no Papa yori Baka na Papa Junko 2022 The 13 Lords of the Shogun Hiki no Ama Taiga drama

Theater Year Title Role Notes 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 Notes 2004 Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple Mrs. Opalsen 2005 The Snow Queen Amanda

Dubbing Title Role Notes 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) Kinuyo Tanaka Award (2006) Japan Academy Film Prize: Distinguished Service Award (2022) Person of Cultural Merit (2024)