Ikuko Mōri

I'll be honest, Ikuko Mori isn't a name I knew off the top of my head, but the second I clocked her birth year, 1933, I sat up a little straighter. Think about it: she came up in a Japan where television barely existed yet, where acting meant the stage and the screen the old-fashioned way, and she's still on the books decades later. That kind of longevity isn't loud, it's earned. There's no scandal trail, no social feed to scroll, just a long quiet career of showing up and disappearing into roles, which honestly feels rarer and cooler than anything trending. I love that performers like her exist, the steady Showa-era backbone behind the flashier names. Don't know her whole filmography, but I'd bet there's real weight in it. Genuinely hope she's doing well.

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Ikuko Mōri is a Japanese actress born on April 25, 1933. Born under the Taurus zodiac sign in the Year of the Rooster, she belongs to a generation of performers who came of age in the prewar and postwar eras of Japanese entertainment. Further details regarding her active period, affiliated agency, and body of work are not publicly available.

Name (English)

Ikuko Mōri

Name (Japanese)

毛利郁子

Reading

もうり いくこ

Born

April 25, 1933 (age 93)

Origin

Japan

Height

160 cm

Occupation

Actress

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rooster

Active years

1956 - 1969

Spouse

不詳

Works summary

Appearances

97 (1957–1969)

By year

1957: 3, 1958: 9, 1959: 13, 1960: 8, 1961: 8, 1962: 10, 1963: 8, 1964: 9, 1965: 4, 1966: 5, 1967: 5, 1968: 9, 1969: 6

Debut work

透明人間と蝿男

Filmography / notable works

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AF%9B%E5%88%A9%E9%83%81%E5%AD%90
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11547696

Tags

• Actress

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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