Sumiko Mizukubo
Sumiko Mizukubo (水久保 澄子, Mizukubo Sumiko, born Tatsuko Ogino (荻野 辰子, Ogino Tatsuko) October 10, 1916) was a Japanese actress and dancer known for her roles in theatrical revue and in the Japanese cinema, primarily during the era of silent film of the early 1930s, where at the height of her fame she was billed as the Japanese Sylvia Sidney.
Also recorded as Mimi
Sumiko Mizukubo
- Name
- Sumiko Mizukubo
- Birth Name
- Tatsuko Ogino
- Born
- 10 October 1916
- Birthplace
- Meguro Village, Ebara County, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan (now Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan)
- Known for
- opera - drama -contemporary drama - period drama - silent film- talkie
- Occupation
- * Film actress
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
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• Name — Sumiko Mizukubo • Birth Name — Tatsuko Ogino • Born — 10 October 1916 • Birthplace — Meguro Village, Ebara County, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan (now Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan) • Other Names — Mimi • Known for — opera - drama -contemporary drama - period drama - silent film- talkie • Occupation — * Film actress • stage actress • dancer • Years Active — 1932–1935
Biography
Biography
She was born in Meguro Village, Ebara County, Tokyo Prefecture (present day Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan). Her sister Kiyoko Tagawa (田川 清子) was a dancer. Mizukubo attended the Senzoku High School for Girls |ja|洗足学園第一高等学校, before training at the revue and musical theatre company of Shochiku alongside other future film actors such as Yumeko Aizome and Kimiyo Otsuka. Mizukubo acted at the Shochiku Kamata Studio and the Nikkatsu Tamagawa studios, She made her film debut in 1932 appeared in 39 movies as a young star, including films directed by Naruse Mikio and Ozu Yasujiro. She quit film-acting in 1935, but continued to dance and appear in stage roles with the Yoshimoto Kogyo
Filmography
Filmography
• Year — Title • 1932 — Mushiabamera hara (Eroding Spring) - as Kasumi, third daughter • 1932 — Chocolate Doll as Mieko • 1932 — Koi no Tokyo' • 1932 — Riku no Wikodo • 1932 — Sei Naru Chibusa • 1932 — Tsubakihime • 1932 — Arashi no naka no shojo • 1932 — Kagayake nippon josei • 1933 — Hanayome no negoto as waitress • 1933 — Apart from You as Shokiku • 1933 — Dragnet Girl as Kakuko • 1933 — Juku no haru • 1933 — Yotamono to Kyakusenbi • 1933 — Kunisada Chuji: Ruro ruten no maki • 1933 — Koi no Shohai • 1933 — Iro wa nioedo • 1933 — A Man with a Married Woman's Hairdo as Toshiko Kajihara • 1933 — Tokyo ondo as Sumiko Shimura • 1933 — Daigaku no waadanna - younger sister Miyako • 1933 — Jogakusei to yotamono as Kazuko Kitajima • 1933 — Rappa to musume • 1933 — Namida no Wataridori • 1933 — Hatsukoi no haru • 1933 — Aru haha no sugata • 1934 — Genkan-ban to ojosan • 1934 — Sakura ondo • 1934 — Wakafufu shiken bekkyo • 1934 — Shingetsu katsuragawa • 1934 — Geisha sandaiki showahen • 1934 — Onna to umare ta kara nya • 1934 — Tsukigata hanpeita • 1934 — Musume san nin kangeki jidai • 1934 — Gantō no shojo • 1934 — Guren tai no uta • 1935 — Watashi ga oyome ni itta nara (wife in "Salaryman nomaki") • 1935 — Mittsu no shinju as Syako Kuzuryu • 1935 — Nichizo getsuzō kyōdō eiga • 1935 — Kaikoku dai Nippon Nikkatsu
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