Kumi Mizuno
- Acting
- January 1, 1937 · Niigata, Japan
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Hakubo no Chronicle
- Godzilla's Leading Ladies · Self
- 24 JAPAN · Shigeko Isomura
- Finding Light at the Darkness Festival
- Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
- Amanogawa
- Kioku Sousa ~Shinjuku Higashi-sho Jiken Fairu~ · Etsuko Midorikawa [Hiromu's mother]
- Segodon · Saigo Kimi
- Care Nin · Keiko Hoshikawa
- Snow Woman
- Cold Case: Door of Truth · Mari Asai
- The Intermission
- The Centenarian Clock
- Halcyon Skies
- Lucky Seven
- The Human Vapor
- Fumiko no umi · Shige
- Nihon no aozora · Kawada
- The Passed Scene · Tamie Suzuki
- Godzilla: Final Wars · Commander Akiko Namikawa
- The Man Who Wipes Mirrors
- Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla · 1999 Prime Minister Machiko Tsuge
- My name is Reiko Shiratori! The Movie · Hanako Shiratori
- Graduation Journey: I Came from Japan
- Florence My Love
- Rainbow Kids · Kanako Yanagawa, 1st daughter
- Gorudorasshu
- Bakayarō! 2: I Want to Be Happy
- Kaito Ruby · Toru's Mother
- Girls In The Wind · Kaoru
- The Beauty of the Sundial Mansion · Makiko Goda
- Night Train · Masayo
- Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection · Narrator
- Noozles · Grandma Brown
- Blue Train Travel Alone
- The Beauty of Heaven and Hell
- Hamuretto wa yukue fumei
- Strike the White Ball
- The Last Game
- Waga seishun no eleven
- Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu
- Love Is in the Green Wind · Natsuko Aikawa
- Scalpel · Keiko
- Kininaru Yomesan
- Crescent Scarred Hatamoto
- Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies · Yuko Shiga
- Records of Bloodshed · Yuka
- Easy Money
- Woman Boss
- Gambler's Legacy · Yoshie
- Heiji, the Detective · Oshizu
- The Killing Bottle · Lady X
- Ebirah, Horror of the Deep · Dayo
- The War of the Gargantuas · Akemi Togawa
- Invasion of Astro-Monster · Miss Namikawa
- The White Rose of Hong Kong · Yuko Nakao
- Frankenstein Conquers the World · Dr. Sueko Togami
- A Keg of Powder · Rumi #6
- Blood and Diamonds
- Ant Hell War
- Trap of Suicide Kilometer · Reiko Matsushita
- Whirlwind · The Witch
- We Are Salarymen · Sanae Komuro (Hiroji’s Wife)
- Samurai Pirate · Miwa the Rebel Leader
- Interpol Code 8 · Saeko Kinomiya
- Matango · Mami Sekiguchi - Singer
- Fifty-Fifty
- Warring Clans · Takihime
- The Weed of Crime
- Chûshingura · Saho
- Operation Enemy Fort
- Our Failures
- Operation Sewer Rats · Soldier
- A Woman's Identity
- Counterstroke · Junko
- Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
- The Crimson Sky
- Gorath · Takiko Nomura
- Till Tomorrow Is
- The Tenth Game of New Salarymen: Salaryman Ittoru