Mitsuko Mori facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Junior Third Rank Mitsuko Mori
Mori in 1962
Born	Mitsu Murakami (1920-05-09)May 9, 1920 Kyōto, Japan
Died	November 10, 2012(2012-11-10) (aged 92) Hongō, Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1935–2012
Spouse(s)	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), was a Japanese actress.

Background

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. She was born in Kyoto, Japan.

On May 11, 2009, Takeo Kawamura announced that Mori would be awarded the People's Honour Award.

Mori died on November 10, 2012, at a hospital in Tokyo, aged 92.

Filmography

Film

• Lost Spring (1967) – Hatsu
• Scattered Clouds (1967)
• 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

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)

Tribute

On July 1, 2021, Google celebrated her with a Google Doodle.