Michitaro Mizushima

Born in 1912 — the same year the Titanic went down — Michitarō Mizushima is the kind of figure who puts your own era in sharp perspective. A Tokyo actor who lived all the way through to 1999, he absorbed the whole sweep of Showa-era film and television, from prewar silents to the postwar studio golden age to the explosion of TV drama. That's not a career, that's a civilizational journey. He started out in light theater with Enoken's troupe and the Moulin Rouge Shinjuku-za before becoming a leading man at Daito Film in 1935, and honestly, surviving and working through the militarist years, the devastation of the war, the occupation, the economic miracle — all of that ends up baked into a performer whether they want it or not. Eighty-seven years, born in one Japan, died in a completely different one. I find that quietly remarkable.

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Michitaro Mizushima was a Japanese actor born on January 20, 1912, in Tokyo. He was active during the Showa era, a period that encompassed the growth of Japanese cinema and television. He passed away on March 23, 1999, at the age of 87.

Name (English)

Michitaro Mizushima

Name (Japanese)

水島道太郎

Reading

みずしま みちたろう

Born

January 20, 1912 – March 23, 1999

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Occupation

Actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rat

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B0%B4%E5%B3%B6%E9%81%93%E5%A4%AA%E9%83%8E
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11548523

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Actor

Last updated

September 26, 2026

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