Mori, Mitsuko

Mori Mitsuko (May 9, 1920 - November 10, 2012), real name Murakami Mitsu (村上美津), was an actress and singer and honorary vice president of Japan Actors Union, Nippairen (日本俳優連合). In May 2009, she became the first actor in Japan to have performed Hourouki (放浪記 "A Wanderer's Notebook") 2,000 times. She was born in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. On May 11, 2009, Kawamura Takeo announced that Mori would be awarded the People's Honour Award. Mori died of heart failure on November 10, 2012, at a hospital in Tokyo, aged 92.