is a Japanese former actress active during the

silent film A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, w ...

era in the early 1930s.

Biography

She was born in

Meguro-ku, Tokyo is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is Meguro City. The ward was founded on March 15, 1947. Meguro is predominantly residential in character, but is also home to light in ...

, Japan. Her sister Kiyoko Tagawa () was a dancer. Mizukubo attended the , before training at the revue and musical theatre company of

Shochiku is a Japanese entertainment company. Founded in 1895, it initially managed '' kabuki'' theaters in Kyoto; in 1914, it also acquired ownership of the Kabuki-za theater in Tokyo. In 1920, Shochiku entered the film production industry and establis ...

alongside other future film actors such as Yumeko Aizome and . Mizukubo acted at the Shochiku Kamata and the Nikkatsu Tamagawa studios, and appeared in 39 movies as a young star, including films directed by Naruse Mikio and Ozu Yasujiro. She quit film-acting in 1935, but continued to dance and appear in stage roles.

Filmography

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* 1916 births Possibly living people 20th-century Japanese actresses Japanese film actresses Japanese silent film actresses People from Meguro {{Japan-film-actor-stub