Mitsuko Mori

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Mori Mitsuko (May 9, 1920 - November 10, 2012), whose real name was Murakami Mitsu (村上美津), was an actress and singer as well as the honorary vice president of the Japan Actors Union, Nippairen (日本俳優連合). In May 2009, she became the first actor in Japan to perform 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 receive the People's Honour Award.
Mori died of heart failure on November 10, 2012, at a hospital in Tokyo, at the age of 92.