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
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.

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.^[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)

Tribute

On July 1, 2021, Google celebrated her with a Google Doodle.^[7]