Kumi Mizuno

Kumi Mizuno (水野久美 Mizuno Kumi), born Maya Igarashi (五十嵐麻耶 Igarashi Maya), is a Japanese actress. Despite the large number of films she appeared in early on in her career, Mizuno is best known for her roles in Toho's 1960's kaiju films Matango, Frankenstein vs. Baragon, Invasion of Astro-Monster, Ebirah, Horror of the Deep, and The War of the Gargantuas. Her most iconic role is undoubtedly that of the Xilien agent Namikawa in Invasion of Astro-Monster. She became such a cult figure among kaiju fans that Toho brought her back in 2002 to play a role in Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla and again in 2004 for Godzilla: Final Wars. Mizuno also appeared in Toho's 2009 stage adaptation of its 1960 science fiction film The Human Vapor.

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Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies (1970)

Aboard a night ferry in the Inland Sea, Masaaki Kagari (Akira Kobayashi), a young tough, who supplies hostesses to night spots, encounters Yuko, his ex-sweetheart. He considers himself a private underworld sort of policeman-in the com- munity of such women. Yuko, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiichi Ozawa
CAST:  Akira Kobayashi  •  Ryôhei Uchida  •  Kumi Mizuno  •  Mina Aoe

Aboard a night ferry in the Inland Sea, Masaaki Kagari (Akira Kobayashi), a young tough, who supplies hostesses to night spots, encounters Yuko, his ex-sweetheart. He considers himself a private underworld sort of policeman-in the com- munity of such women. Yuko, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiichi Ozawa
CAST:  Akira Kobayashi  •  Ryôhei Uchida  •  Kumi Mizuno  •  Mina Aoe

My name is Reiko Shiratori! The Movie (1995)

Reiko and Tetsuya continue to live together. Reiko, who was informed by Kyoko that she was engaged to Takada, pretended not to be interested in her marriage, but in her heart, she wanted to marry Tetsuya. Tetsuya, unable to see through Reiko's true feelings, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisao Ogura
CAST:  Yasuko Matsuyuki  •  Masato Hagiwara  •  Yoshihiko Hakamada  •  Narumi Kayashima

Reiko and Tetsuya continue to live together. Reiko, who was informed by Kyoko that she was engaged to Takada, pretended not to be interested in her marriage, but in her heart, she wanted to marry Tetsuya. Tetsuya, unable to see through Reiko's true feelings, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisao Ogura
CAST:  Yasuko Matsuyuki  •  Masato Hagiwara  •  Yoshihiko Hakamada  •  Narumi Kayashima

Ichi ka bachi ka (1963)

The final film by Yuzo Kawashima.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yūzō Kawashima
CAST:  Reiko Dan  •  Kimiko Fukuda  •  Hajime Hana  •  Shigeki Ishida

The final film by Yuzo Kawashima.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yūzō Kawashima
CAST:  Reiko Dan  •  Kimiko Fukuda  •  Hajime Hana  •  Shigeki Ishida
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