Sumiko Mizukubo

Sumiko Mizukubo was born in Tokyo in 1916, right in the thick of the Taisho era, and that alone makes my head spin a little. This is someone who came of age when cinema was still young and silent, when a performer's entire world was the stage or a single flickering reel — no YouTube clips, no streaming replays, just the moment itself and whatever impression you left on the people in that room. I don't know her filmography well enough to cite specific titles with confidence, but there's something that pulls at me about actors from that generation: they had to carry everything in their body and their presence, no retakes to fall back on, no algorithm to give them a second life. A Tokyo-born actress with Libra's poise and the Dragon's stubborn drive — I like to think she had exactly that kind of quiet authority, the sort that didn't need to announce itself.

Sumiko Mizukubo was a Japanese actor born on October 10, 1916, in Tokyo, Japan. She was active during an era that spanned the late Taisho and Showa periods, a formative time for Japanese film and stage performance. Detailed records of her works, debut, and career arc are not publicly documented in available sources.

Name (English)

Sumiko Mizukubo

Name (Japanese)

水久保澄子

Reading

みずくぼ すみこ

Born

October 10, 1916 (age 109)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Dragon (辰)

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Occupation

Actor

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B0%B4%E4%B9%85%E4%BF%9D%E6%BE%84%E5%AD%90

Tags

• from Tokyo
• actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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