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
2019
- Kioku Sousa ~Shinjuku Higashi-sho Jiken Fairu~ as Etsuko Midorikawa [Hiromu's mother]
- Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
- Finding Light at the Darkness Festival
2017
- Care Nin as Keiko Hoshikawa
2016
- Cold Case: Door of Truth as Mari Asai
- Snow Woman
2013
2010
2007
- Fumiko no umi as Shige
- Nihon no aozora as Kawada
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
- Girls In The Wind as Kaoru
- Kaito Ruby as Toru's Mother
- 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
- Crescent Scarred Hatamoto
- Woman Boss
- Easy Money
- Records of Bloodshed as Yuka
- Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies as Yuko Shiga
1969
- Gambler's Legacy as Yoshie
1967
- Heiji, the Detective as Oshizu
- The Killing Bottle as Lady X
1966
- Ebirah, Horror of the Deep as Dayo
- The War of the Gargantuas as Akemi Togawa
1965
- Invasion of Astro-Monster as Miss Namikawa
- Frankenstein Conquers the World as Dr. Sueko Togami
- The White Rose of Hong Kong as Yuko Nakao
1964
- Whirlwind as The Witch
- Ant Hell War
- Blood and Diamonds
- A Keg of Powder as Rumi #6
- Trap of Suicide Kilometer as Reiko Matsushita
1963
- Matango as Mami Sekiguchi - Singer
- Samurai Pirate as Miwa the Rebel Leader
- Interpol Code 8 as Saeko Kinomiya
- Warring Clans as Takihime
- We Are Salarymen as Sanae Komuro (Hiroji’s Wife)
- Fifty-Fifty
1962
- Chûshingura as Saho
- Gorath as Takiko Nomura
- Operation Enemy Fort
- The Crimson Sky
- The Weed of Crime
- Woman of Design as Mitsuko Yoshimura
- Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
- Operation Sewer Rats as Soldier
- A Woman's Identity
- Counterstroke as Junko
- Till Tomorrow Is
- Our Failures
- The Tenth Game of New Salarymen: Salaryman Ittoru
1961
- Blood on the Sea
- Blueprint of Murder as Tomi
- The Merciless Trap
- Big Shots Die at Dawn
- The Witness Killed as Natsumi
- Challenge to Live
- The Other Woman as Ruriko
- Taking a Success Course
- B.G Story: Designs of a 20 Year-Old as Setsuko Ono (BG)
- Kill the Killer! as Rie (owner of “Seine” dress shop)
- The Last Challenge
- The Tenth Game of New Salarymen as Chikako (Ichida’s daughter)
1960
- The Gambling Samurai as Kiku
- Westward Desperado
- Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success as Yumiko
- Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes as Natsukawa Yumiko
- Black Flower Petal as Mitsuko Kamimura
- Ginza Tomboy as Reiko Kitamura
- Salarygirl Story: Saucy Staff as Yuri Yamagami
- Modern Salaryman: Bushido Romance as Murayama Midori
- New Third Class Executive: Husband Education as Rimiko Miyaguchi
- Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: Sighing Husband
- The Parting as Yuki Toyama
1959
- The Three Treasures as Azami
- I Want to Be a Shellfish as Toshiko
- Fox and Raccoon as Kayoko Sagawa
- A Whistle in My Heart
- Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
- A Young Boss Tries Really Hard as Kimiko
- Vagabond Employee: Outcry as Kyoko Kawano
- Vagabond Employee: Revenge as Kyōko Kawano
- The Bride from Japan as Hatsue Taniguchi
- Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers
- Someday I'll Know
1958
- Summer Clouds as Hamako
- The Spell of the Hidden Gold as Yurie
- Who Is the Informer? as Kyoko
- Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring as Keiko Tashiro (newlywed guest)
- Holiday in Tokyo as Fashion Model L
- Bright Young Maidens as Tomoko Nomura
- Executive Chair as Otoko Aikawa
- The Young Boss is Third Generation as Kimiko Mikawa, Yukichi’s Sister
- A Bridge for Two Alone