Mie Kitahara

Mie Kitahara
Mie Kitahara in 1955
Born	(1933-07-23) 23 July 1933 (age 91) Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1952–1960
Spouse	Yūjirō Ishihara ​ ​ (m. 1960; died 1987)​

Mie Kitahara (北原三枝, Kitahara Mie, born 23 July 1933) is a Japanese actress[1] who appeared in more than 60 films between 1952 and 1960.[2]

Biography

Born in Meguro, Tokyo, Kitahara gave her screen debut in Keisuke Kinoshita's 1952 Carmen's Pure Love.[1] In 1954, she moved from the Shochiku film studios to Nikkatsu.[1][2] She is best known for co-starring in a series of films with Yūjirō Ishihara, starting with Crazed Fruit in 1956.[1] They married in 1960 and she retired from acting,[1] assuming her married name, Makiko Ishihara (石原まき子).[3]

Selected filmography

• A Hole of My Own Making (1955)
• Midori haruka ni (1955)
• The Moon Has Risen (1955)
• The Balloon (1956)
• Ryūri no Kishi (1956)
• Crazed Fruit (1956)
• This Day's Life (1957)
• I Am Waiting (1957)
• Man Who Causes a Storm (1957)
• A Slope in the Sun (1958)
• Fūsoku 40 metres (1958)
• Subarashiki dansei (1958)

References

1. "北原三枝". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 August 2023.
2. "北原三枝". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 August 2023.
3. Kalat, David. "Crazed Fruit". TCM. Retrieved 3 June 2012.

External links

• Mie Kitahara at IMDb