Kyôko Kishida

Actor Apr 29 (died age 76) Suginami, Tokyo, Japan 1953–2006 (53 year career)

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Biography

Kyōko Kishida (April 29, 1930 – December 17, 2006) was a Japanese actress, voice actress, and writer of children's books. Her father was Kunio Kishida, a playwright and the founder of the Bungaku-za. She became an actress in 1950, and starred in a Yukio Mishima production of Salome (1960). Her film and television drama credits number in the hundreds. Among them are four Taiga drama series on NHK television, with roles such as Aguri (the wife of Asano Naganori and Yodo-Dono (the wife of Toyotomi…

Known For

Film

Woman in the Dunes

The Woman

Film

An Autumn Afternoon

Madame Kaoru

Film

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

Ryûko

Film

The Face of Another

Nurse

Film

Princess Tutu

Narrator (voice)

Film

A Thousand and One Nights

Miriam / Jaris (voice)

Film

Rikyu

Wife

Film

The Inugami Family

Koto Teacher

Filmography

Acting (156)

Movies (117)

Wool 100%

as Ume

Spring Snow

Under the Same Moon

as Azumaya

The Book of the Dead

as Narrator (voice)

Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari

2004

Tracing Jake

2004

7.0

Onna no naka no futatsu no kao

Winter Days

Vengeance for Sale

as Otome

Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji

Chloe

as Cleaning Lady

Legendary Crocodile, Jake and His Fellows

2001

Dora-heita

2000

as Lady of the Sister Wind

Shinsengumi

To Love

as Taeko Kano

Love Song of the Old Capital

1997

The 8-Tomb Village

1996

as Kotake Tajimi / Koume Tajimi

Haunted School 2

as School Master

Fusa

Edo Murasaki Limited Express

1995

Dark Hunter

1994

as Ohama

Zodiac Killers

1991

as Old geisha Miyako (cameo)

Noh Mask Murders

as Natsu Mizukami

Heaven and Earth

as Maid-In-Waiting

Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty

as Narration (voice)

Rikyu

as Wife

Crane

as Kichibi

Princess from the Moon

as Kōgō or Empress

Tokyo Bordello

as Narrator

A Tale of Young Elopement

as Nobuko Kitashiro

Let's Gotokuji

Actress

as Kuginukiya

Sure Death 4

as Benten

The Sea and Poison

as Ohba, Head Nurse

The Hall of the Crying Deer

1986

9.0

Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera

Spring Bell

as Fusako Ishimoto

Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka

Seito shokun!

I Lived, But...

as Self

Detective Story

as Kimie Hasenuma

Japanese Criminal Records: Kurume Chapter

1982

Lullaby of Death

1982

as Mayumi

6.2

Flame of Father and Son

1981

The Shogun's Vault I

1981

Rennyo and His Mother

1981

Toward the Terra

1980

as Grandmother (voice)

6.1

The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail

1980

The Inferno

1979

as Shima Ikegata

6.9

Unico: Black Cloud and White Feathers

Nichiren

Thumbelina

as Narrator / Gekoo (voice)

6.2

Sugata Sanshiro

1977

as Omon

Curse of the Dog God

1977

as Kimiyo Tarumi

6.1

Japanese Godfather: Ambition

as Naoko Anekoji

Utamaro's World

as Ochika

The Inugami Family

as Koto Teacher

World Famous Fairy Tale Series

1975

as Narrator (voice)

7.0

Prophecies of Nostradamus

1974

as Narrator (Voice of the Prophecy)

5.7

Journey Into Solitude

1972

as Mama, the girl's mother

6.5

Sapporo Winter Olympics

1972

as Narrator (voice)

6.9

Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow

1971

as Sanko Otori

6.4

A Woman Called En

1971

Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny

1970

as Sanko Otori

6.8

A Thousand and One Nights

1969

as Miriam / Jaris (voice)

6.7

Vixen

1969

as Akie

6.7

The Time of Reckoning

1968

7.5

Where did Sharaku go?

as Oharu Tsutaya

Mothers

as (voice)

The Shogun and His Mistresses

1967

as Urao

4.7

Who Is Gomez?

1967

as Sonoko

The Face of Another

1966

as Nurse

7.8

Warm Current

1966

as Mikie Shima

Conquest

1965

as Kaoyo

6.0

The Man Who Killed Six Women

The School of Flesh

Woman in the Dunes

as The Woman

Manji

as Sonoko Kakiuchi

Misandry

Hello, Baby

as Ms Okiyama

Love and Greed

as Yoko Saijyo

Brand of Evil

as Takazawa Mitsue

Homicide

as Fumiko Ando

Love

1964

5.2

Comedy: Cheerful Widow

1964

Five Ronins

1963

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

1963

as Lady Hagi

6.7

Miren

1963

as Yuki Kosugi

At the Side of the Bridge 3

1963

An Autumn Afternoon

1962

as Madame Kaoru

7.9

Ninja, A Band of Assassins

as Inone

Being Two Isn't Easy

as Chiyo's Friend

Night Mist Makes Women Cry

1962

as Yoshiko Hoshino

A Flame at the Pier

1962

as Reiko

6.1

The Broken Commandment

as Inoko's wife

Human Zoo

Love at the Fogged Harbor

1962

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

as Ryûko

Ten Women in Black

as Sayoko Goto

The Diplomat's Mansion

as Ranko

Challenge to Live

The Harbor Lights

The Human Condition

as Ryûko

Get 'em All

as Sally

The Twilight Story

Her Brother

as Mrs. Tanuma

Towering Waves

Just Barely

Pilgrimage at Night

as Woman from Brothel

Temptation on Glamour Island

1959

as Sumiko Tsuboi

7.0

The Days of Evil Women

The Lowest Man

as Sakie

Yurakucho 0 Street

as Nagasaki Detective

Yaneura no Onna-tachi

1956

Hanayome no tameiki

1956

The Bride Carries On

1956

An Inlet of Muddy Water

1953

6.2

Television (39)

Love Song

2005

Natsumeke no Shokutaku

稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ

as Kōkin Miyagawa

Bewitched In Tokyo

as Sakura

Joi - Yu

女の中の二つの顔

Animal Doctor

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

Princess Tutu

as Narrator (voice)

The Private Detective Mike

as Yagita's mother

Lone Wolf and Cub

as Narrator

Nurseman

オヤジ探偵

Good News

Maikosan wa Meitantei!

1999

Tokugawa Yoshinobu

1998

as Matsushima

Forbidden Fruit

1997

as Mizukoshi Ayako

Gokenin Zankuro

1995

as Zankurô's mother

8.0

Karin

1993

as 小森晶乃

Kagi-shi

Tales of the Bizarre

道連れ

Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka

1985

as Kie Azuma

Shoujo ni nani ga okotta ka

Romansu

as 真之助の母・香木艶子

Zoku zoku jiken

A-Un

The 47 Ronins of Ako

as Ôishi Riku

Akai Unmei

1976

Wounded Angels

1974

as Ayabe Takako

10.0

Onna: Sono Ai no Series

New Moomin

as Moomin (voice)

Haru no Sakamichi

as Yodo-dono

Moomin

as Moomin (voice)

ゴメスの名はゴメス

Akō Rōshi

as Aguri

Cinépanorama

as Self

Crystal House