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Kumi Mizuno is a Actor Japonaise born on 1 january 1937 at Tokyo (Japon)

Kumi Mizuno

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Birth name Maya Igarashi
Nationality Japon
Birth 1 january 1937 (87 years) at Tokyo (Japon)

Kumi Mizuno (水野久美, Mizuno Kumi, born 1 January 1937) is a Japanese actress, most famous for appearing in several Toho Kaiju films of the 1960s and early 1970s. Her most famous roles include Miss Namikawa in Invasion of Astro-Monster, Dr. Sueko Togami in Frankenstein Conquers the World, and the island girl Dayo in Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster. She is also known for her role as Azami in the 1959 epic The Birth of Japan. Mizuno returned to the kaiju genre for 2002's Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla, and again for 2004's Godzilla: Final Wars.



Mizuno was born Maya Igarashi on 1 January 1937 in Niigata, Japan. She enrolled and eventually graduated from an acting school and began a professional career in film in 1957 in Crazy Society. By the time she started working on A Bridge for Us Alone (1958), her second movie, her name had changed to Kumi Mizuno. Mizuno first worked with director Ishiro Honda in Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers in 1959. She would later work with Honda in Attack of the Mushroom People, Frankenstein Conquers the World, Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster, Gorath, Invasion of Astro-Monster and War of the Gargantuas.

In 1991, she played Kanako Yanagawa in Kihachi Okamoto's Rainbow Kids.

Biography

Diplômée d'une école de comédie, elle fait ses débuts au cinéma en 1957. Repérée par le réalisateur Ishirô Honda, elle va à partir des années 1960 tourner dans de nombreux films de la Toho, studio japonais spécialisé dans la science-fiction et les films de Kaiju eiga (films de monstres géants).

Elle apparaît notamment dans Invasion Planète X (1965) où elle interprète Miss Namikawa ou encore dans Godzilla, Ebirah et Mothra : Duel dans les mers du sud (1966), où elle incarne le personnage de Daiyo. Ces deux rôles lui apportent la célébrité, les films s'exportant très bien à l'étranger. Elle réapparaît en 1968 dans La Guerre des monstres. Kumi arrête ensuite de tourner pour la Toho.

Dans les années 1970-1980, elle alterne sa carrière entre cinéma et télévision. Elle fait son retour dans l'univers de Godzilla dans les années 2000, jouant un rôle dans Godzilla X Mechagodzilla (2002) et incarnant le commandant Namikawa dans Godzilla: Final Wars (2004).

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Kumi Mizuno (19 films)

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YearNameJobRoles
2004Godzilla: Final WarsActressCommander Akiko Namikawa
2002Godzilla Against MechaGodzillaActress1999 Prime Minister Machiko Tsuge
1993Graduation Journey: I Came from JapanActress
1991Rainbow KidsActressKanako Yanagawa, 1st daughter
1988Kaito RubyActressToru's Mother
1966Ebirah, Horror of the DeepActressDaiyo
1966The War of the GargantuasActressAkemi
1966What's Up, Tiger Lily?ActressPhil's date
1965Frankenstein Conquers the WorldActressDr. Sueko Togami
1965Invasion of Astro-MonsterActressMiss Namikawa
1963MatangoActressMami Sekiguchi - Singer
1963Warring ClansActressTakihime
1963Samurai PirateActressMiwa the Rebel Leader
1962GorathActressTakiko Nomura
196247 RoninActressSaho
1959The Three TreasuresActressAzami
1959Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichiActressHatsue Taniguchi
1959A Whistle in My HeartActress
1958Summer CloudsActressHamako