was a Japanese

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active from 1938 to 1964. She appeared in over 150 films under the direction of filmmakers like

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and Hiroshi Shimizu.

Biography

After graduating from Otsuma Girls' High School,

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, Mitsuko Miura joined the Nichigeki dancing team before signing to the

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film studio. She gave her film debut in 1938 with ''Hotaru no hikari'' and appeared in films of Hiroshi Shimizu, Kenji Mizoguchi and

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. After 1950, she worked for numerous different film companies, starring, among others, in a number of films of Mikio Naruse. She retired from film business in 1964 and died in 1969.

Selected filmography

* 1938: ''Hotaru no hikari'' (螢の光) – dir.

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* 1938: ''

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'' (按摩と女 ''Anma to onna'') – dir. Hiroshi Shimizu * 1940: ''

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'' (信子 ''Nobuko'') – dir. Hiroshi Shimizu * 1940: ''Himetaru kokoro'' (秘めたる心) – dir.

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* 1941: '' The 47 Ronin'' a.k.a. ''The Loyal 47 Ronin of the Genroku Era'' (元禄忠臣蔵 ''Genroku chūshingura'') – dir.

* 1942: ''Aratanaru kōfuku'' (新たなる幸福) – dir.

* 1945: ''Izu no musumetachi'' (伊豆の娘たち) – dir.

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* 1946: ''Morning for the Osone Family'' (大曾根家の朝 ''Ōsone-ke no asa'') – dir.

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* 1946: ''Victory of Women'' (女性の勝利 ''Josei no shōri'') – dir. Kenji Mizoguchi * 1948: ''The Portrait'' (肖像 ''Shōzō'') – dir. Keisuke Kinoshita * 1950: ''White Beast'' (白い野獣 ''Shiroi yaju'') – dir.

* 1952: ''Sisters of Nishijin'' (西陣の姉妹 ''Nishijin no shimai'') – dir.

Kōzaburō Yoshimura was a Japanese film director. Biography Born in Shiga Prefecture, he joined the Shōchiku studio in 1929. He debuted as director in 1934, but continued working as an assistant director for such filmmakers as Yasujirō Ozu and Yasujirō Shimazu ...

* 1952: ''

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'' (稲妻 ''Inazuma'') – dir. Mikio Naruse * 1956: ''The Kuroda Affair'' (黒田騒動 ''Kuroda sōdō'') – dir.

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* 1957: '' Untamed'' (あらくれ ''Arakure'') – dir. Mikio Naruse * 1964: ''Naked Shadow'' (裸の影 ''Hadaka no kage'') – dir.

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