Kumi Mizuno
Born: 1937-01-01 in Niigata, Japan
Known For: Acting
Biography
Kumi Mizuno (水野久美 Mizuno Kumi), born Maya Igarashi (五十嵐麻耶 Igarashi Maya), is a Japanese actress. Despite the large number of films she appeared in early on in her career, Mizuno is best known for her roles in Toho's 1960's kaiju films Matango, Frankenstein vs. Baragon, Invasion of Astro-Monster, Ebirah, Horror of the Deep, and The War of the Gargantuas. Her most iconic role is undoubtedly that of the Xilien agent Namikawa in Invasion of Astro-Monster. She became such a cult figure among kaiju fans that Toho brought her back in 2002 to play a role in Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla and again in 2004 for Godzilla: Final Wars. Mizuno also appeared in Toho's 2009 stage adaptation of its 1960 science fiction film The Human Vapor.
Filmography
2024
2020
- 24 JAPAN as Shigeko Isomura
- Godzilla's Leading Ladies as Herself
2017
- Care Nin as Keiko Hoshikawa
2016
2013
2010
2007
- Nihon no aozora as Kawada
- Fumiko no umi as Shige
2005
- The Passed Scene as Tamie Suzuki
2004
- Godzilla: Final Wars as Commander Akiko Namikawa
2002
- Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla as 1999 Prime Minister Machiko Tsuge
1995
- My name is Reiko Shiratori! The Movie as Hanako Shiratori
1991
- Rainbow Kids as Kanako Yanagawa, 1st daughter
- Florence My Love
1990
1988
- Kaito Ruby as Toru's Mother
- Girls In The Wind as Kaoru
- The Beauty of the Sundial Mansion as Makiko Goda
1987
- Night Train as Masayo
1986
- Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection as Narrator
1984
- Noozles as Grandma Brown
1974
- Love Is in the Green Wind as Natsuko Aikawa
- Scalpel as Keiko
1971
1970
- Woman Boss
- Crescent Scarred Hatamoto
- Records of Bloodshed as Yuka
- Easy Money
- Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies as Yuko Shiga
1969
- Gambler's Legacy as Yoshie
1967
- The Killing Bottle as Lady X
- Heiji, the Detective as Oshizu
1966
- Ebirah, Horror of the Deep as Dayo
- The War of the Gargantuas as Akemi Togawa
1965
- Frankenstein Conquers the World as Dr. Sueko Togami
- Invasion of Astro-Monster as Miss Namikawa
- The White Rose of Hong Kong as Yuko Nakao
1964
- Whirlwind as The Witch
- Blood and Diamonds
- Trap of Suicide Kilometer as Reiko Matsushita
- A Keg of Powder as Rumi #6
- Ant Hell War
1963
- Matango as Mami Sekiguchi - Singer
- Warring Clans as Takihime
- Samurai Pirate as Miwa the Rebel Leader
- Interpol Code 8 as Saeko Kinomiya
- Fifty-Fifty
- We Are Salarymen as Sanae Komuro (Hiroji’s Wife)
1962
- Chûshingura as Saho
- Gorath as Takiko Nomura
- Counterstroke as Junko
- The Crimson Sky
- Till Tomorrow Is
- Operation Enemy Fort
- Woman of Design as Mitsuko Yoshimura
- Operation Sewer Rats as Soldier
- The Weed of Crime
- Our Failures
- A Woman's Identity
- The Tenth Game of New Salarymen: Salaryman Ittoru
- Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
1961
- Big Shots Die at Dawn
- The Other Woman as Ruriko
- Blueprint of Murder as Tomi
- The Witness Killed as Natsumi
- Challenge to Live
- Taking a Success Course
- The Tenth Game of New Salarymen as Chikako (Ichida’s daughter)
- Kill the Killer! as Rie (owner of “Seine” dress shop)
- The Last Challenge
- The Merciless Trap
- B.G Story: Designs of a 20 Year-Old as Setsuko Ono (BG)
- Blood on the Sea
1960
- New Third Class Executive: Husband Education as Rimiko Miyaguchi
- Westward Desperado
- The Gambling Samurai as Kiku
- Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes as Natsukawa Yumiko
- Ginza Tomboy as Reiko Kitamura
- Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: Sighing Husband
- Salarygirl Story: Saucy Staff as Yuri Yamagami
- Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success as Yumiko
- Black Flower Petal as Mitsuko Kamimura
- The Parting as Yuki Toyama
- Modern Salaryman: Bushido Romance as Murayama Midori
1959
- The Three Treasures as Azami
- A Whistle in My Heart
- Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
- Someday I'll Know
- Vagabond Employee: Revenge as Kyōko Kawano
- The Bride from Japan as Hatsue Taniguchi
- Fox and Raccoon as Kayoko Sagawa
- A Young Boss Tries Really Hard as Kimiko
- Vagabond Employee: Outcry as Kyoko Kawano
- I Want to Be a Shellfish as Toshiko
- Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers
1958
- Holiday in Tokyo as Fashion Model L
- Summer Clouds as Hamako
- Executive Chair as Otoko Aikawa
- A Bridge for Two Alone
- Who Is the Informer? as Kyoko
- Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring as Keiko Tashiro (newlywed guest)
- The Spell of the Hidden Gold as Yurie
- Bright Young Maidens as Tomoko Nomura
- The Young Boss is Third Generation as Kimiko Mikawa, Yukichi’s Sister