Kuniko Miyake
Known for: Acting
Kuniko Miyake (三宅邦子, September 17, 1916 – November 4, 1992) was a legendary Japanese actress. She was a prominent member of director Yasujirō Ozu's recurring ensemble cast, frequently portraying compassionate mothers, wives, and family figures. Her notable filmography includes timeless cinema classics such as "Late Spring" (1949), "Early Summer" (1951), "Tokyo Story" (1953), and "An Autumn Afternoon" (1962).
Filmography
Film
Late Spring
Akiko Miwa
1949
Film
Tokyo Story
Fumiko Hirayama
1953
Film
Good Morning
Tamiko Hayashi
1959
Film
Until the End of the World
Mrs. Mori
1991
Film
An Autumn Afternoon
Nobuko
1962
Film
The Makioka Sisters
Tominaga's Aunt
1983
Film
Early Spring
Yukiko Kawai
1956
Film
Late Autumn
Nobuko
1960
Film
Otoko jū kyū no wataridori
1958
獄門島 総集篇
1950
Aisubeki tsumi
1957
Film
Early Summer
Fumiko Mamiya
1951
Film
Haru no uzumaki
1954
Film
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Chizu Yamauchi
1952
Film
Asashio yushio
1956
Film
Kanojo no tokudane
1952
Film
The Wandering Princess
1960
Film
The Blue Sky Maiden
Machiko Mimura
1957
Film
Gonza the Spearman
Iwaki's wife
1986
Film
Just Barely
1960
Film
Kosui monogatari
1957
Film
Love Under the Crucifix
1962
Film
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
Kazuko
1941
Film
Ai no kaikyō
1956
Film
Mount Hakone
1962
Film
The Portrait
Kumiko
1948
Film
一つの貞操
1935
Film
Zoku aizen katsura
1962
Four Mothers
1954
Film
Teenage Secrets
1954
Film
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
President’s Wife
1956
Late Night Confession
1949
Film
Tomorrow's Happiness
Masae Taki
1955
Film
Love River
1958
Film
A Roaring Trade
1962
Film
Police Precinct Part 22: Teenage Footsteps
1963
Film
The Trio's Engagements
Junko
1937
Film
The Radiant Prince
1961
Film
Haha nami
1953
Film
Maboroshi fujin
1949
Film
Teen-ager's Resistance
1955
Film
The Snowy Heron
1958
Film
Flame of My Love
Toshiko Kishida
1949
Film
On This Earth
Yoshie, Wakako's mum
1957
Film
Hanran
1954
Film
Family Safety
1958
Film
Fujisancho
1948
Film
A Meeting of Youths
Muneko
1952
Film
The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch
Sister Yamakawa
1968
Film
Youth After School
Fumi
1963
Film
Etajima, the Naval Academy
1959
Film
The Golden Demon
Mitsue Akagashi
1937
Film
Tokyo's Business District
1962
Film
Sabakareru jūdai
1956
Film
The Burdened Sisters
Mother Setsuko
1961
Film
Brotherly Love
1954
Film
A Ripple in a Morning
Kayo
1952
Film
Island of Horrors
Sanae
1949
Film
Okayo's Preparedness
Osumi - Dance master
1939
Film
Introspection Tower
Ms. Natsumura
1941
Film
Poppy
Fujio Kono
1935
Film
Zoku jūdai no seiten
Hisako Yasutomi
1953
Film
Ejima and Ikushima
天英院
1955
Film
Bright Young Maidens
Mihoko Ishizawa, Kanako's Mother
1958
Film
Mother
1958
Film
The Daring Nun
Mother Superior
1968
Film
Dôkoku
1952
Film
The Rose on His Arm
Masahiro's mother
1956
Film
Kyōshū
1952
Film
The Makioka Sisters
1959
Film
The Wild Geese
Osada
1953
Film
Under the Roof of Young Tokyo
Fumi Kuwano (Fukiko's mother)
1963
Film
Burden of Life
1935
Film
Mother's First Love
1954
Film
Battle of Roses
1950
Film
Love of the Princess
1957
Renai muteki kantai
1937
Film
Dianas of the Campus
1966
Film
Les Mesdemoiselles
1961
Film
I Yearn for Father
1951
Film
Housewives Are Suing
1956
Film
Boy Aviation Pilots
1936
Film
Tokyo Omnibus
1959
Film
Housewife Camellia
1936
Film
Shiroi minamikaze
1961
Film
Escapade in Japan
Michiko Tanaka
1957
Film
Firefly Grass
1954
Film
Ah, Youth
1951
Film
Someday I'll Know
Haruko Shiroyama
1959
Film
Youth of the Son
1952
Film
White Cliffs
1960
Film
Sado Island Elegy
1952
Hibari's Tale of Pathos
1962
Film
The Eternal Life
1964
Film
Chikaiteshi
1957
Film
Tree of Love
1954
Film
東京の夜は泣いている
Kikuko, Masaya Taki's mother
1961
Film
The Journey
Setsuko
1967
Film
Gokumon Jima: Kaimei Hen
1949
Film
Homecoming
1950
Film
Wim Wenders in Tokyo
Self
1990
Film
The Phantom Horse
Hagino
1955
Film
若い涙を吹きとばせ
1961
Film
Flower in a Storm
1962
Film
A Brother and His Younger Sister
Akiko Mamiya
1939
Film
Kobushi no hana no sakukoro
1956
Film
Modern Salaryman: Bushido Romance
Sonoda Shizuko (Setsuko's mother)
1960
Film
Eclipse
Tomone's friend
1934
Film
Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
1952
Film
The Final Winner?
1968
Film
The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges
1974
Film
San'nin musume kanpai!
1962
Namida no Sekinin
1940
Film
Tasogare no Tokyo Tower
1959
Film
Children Seeking a Mother
Shizuko Fujisawa
1956
Film
Bannai Tarao Series Demon King of Kyokumadan
1954
Film
Young Nude
1960
Film
You and I
Kubo's wife
1941
Film
Family Diary
Kikue Hara
1938
Film
A Female Doctor's Examination Room
Mrs. Kawamura
1950
Film
New Woman Question and Answer
1939
Film
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the Green Grass
1954
Film
Hanamazu
1955
Film
Sodachi zakari
1967
Film
Farewell Song
1955
Film
Mother's Ambition
1955
Film
Alps Story: The Wild
1950
Film
Parakin to Kyū-chan mōshiwakenai yarō-tachi
1962
Film
Queen of the Wind
1938
Film
Door of Flowers
1961
北上川悲歌
1961
Film
Okinu and Banto
1940
Film
Haha o tataeru uta
1939
Half Virgin
1938
Film
Summer in Eclipse
Akiko Mishima
1956
Film
夕やけ小やけの赤とんぼ
千代崎信子
1961
Jirocho of Shimizu 1: The Glorious Port of Shimizu
1981
Film
Farewell, Innocence
Mother Shizuko
1955