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Kyōko Kagawa

Acting

Kyōko Kagawa

Kyōko Kagawa is an actress born on December 5, 1931 in Aso, Namegata, Ibaragi Prefecture, Japan. She is known for High and Low, Sansho the Bailiff and Red Beard. GloboWatch shows where to watch one of her movies and TV shows, country by country.

Known for
Acting
Born
December 5, 1931
Place of birth
Aso, Namegata, Ibaragi Prefecture, Japan
Also known as
카가와 쿄코 · Кёко Кагава

Biography

Kyōko Kagawa (香川 京子 Kagawa Kyōko, born 5 December 1931) is a Japanese actress. She has appeared in leading and supporting roles in such films as Akira Kurosawa's The Bad Sleep Well and High and Low, Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story, and Kenji Mizoguchi's Sansho the Bailiff. She won the "New Face Nomination" sponsored by the Tokyo Shimbun newspaper out of about 6,000 applicants and joined Shintoho. She was also taking entrance exams for a regular company at the same time, and her final interview and the final exam for the New Faces camera test overlapped, but with her mother's advice, she decided to pursue acting. After appearing in Red Beard in 1965 , she gave birth to a child and accompanied her husband to New York where he was posted overseas, leaving the film industry for about three years. She returned to Japan in 1968. As film began to decline, she expanded her field of work to include television dramas and stage productions. She was awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 1998 and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette in 2004 .

Filmography

  1. 2022Shimamori Tower
  2. 2022The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
  3. 2018Omotenashias Shimizu-sensei
  4. 2016Mifune: The Last Samuraias Self - Actress
  5. 2011The Story of Film: An Odysseyas Self · 1 episode
  6. 2008Tokyo Rendezvousas Fujiko Natsumi
  7. 2005Bluestockings
  8. 2004Heaven's Bookstoreas Sachi Hiyama
  9. 1999After Lifeas Kyoko Watanabe
  10. 1996Futarikko150 episodes
  11. 1996Shall We Dance?as Keiko Kishikawa
  12. 1995Deep Riveras Isobe's wife
  13. 1993Madadayoas Professor's Wife
  14. 1990Shikibu monogatarias Isa Otomo
  15. 1985Song of the Spring Pony
  16. 1979Tora-san's Dream of Springas 圭子
  17. 1978Have Wings on Your Heart
  18. 1975Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Directoras Self
  19. 1974The Familyas Ichiko Mima
  20. 1965Red Beardas Madwoman ("The Mantis")
  21. 1963Life of a Floweras Akiyama Shizu · 39 episodes
  22. 1963High and Lowas Reiko Gondo
  23. 1962Till Tomorrow Isas Natsuko
  24. 1961Girls of the Nightas Mrs. Shima
  25. 1961Mothraas Michi Hanamura
  26. 1961Death on the Mountainas Masako Iwase
  27. 1961Daredevil in the Castleas Ai
  28. 1960Scars of Honor
  29. 1960The Bad Sleep Wellas Yoshiko Nishi
  30. 1959The Three Treasuresas Princess Miyazu
  31. 1959Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda
  32. 1959The Human Wallas Fumiko
  33. 1958The Outsidersas Yukiko Saeki
  34. 1958His Scarlet Cloak
  35. 1958Little Peachas Anzukko
  36. 1958Woman Unveiled
  37. 1958Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part IIas Oki
  38. 1957The Lower Depthsas Okayo, Osugi's Sister
  39. 1957Yagyu Secret Scrollsas Oki
  40. 1957An Osaka Storyas Onatsu
  41. 1957A Man in the Stormas Akiko
  42. 1956Shozo, a Cat and Two Womenas Fukuko
  43. 1956Women in Prisonas Taeko Hara, prisoner
  44. 1956Sudden Rainas Ayako (Fumiko's niece)
  45. 1955The Shiinomi Schoolas Kayoko Atsumi
  46. 1954Chikamatsu Monogatarias Osan
  47. 1954Mother's First Love
  48. 1954Five Sisters
  49. 1954Sansho the Bailiffas Anju
  50. 1953Love Letteras Yasuko
  51. 1953Tokyo Storyas Kyoko Hirayama
  52. 1953Tower of Liliesas Fumi Uehara
  53. 1952Lightningas Tsubomi
  54. 1952Motheras Toshiko Fukuhara
  55. 1952Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
  56. 1952A Ripple in a Morningas Sister
  57. 1952Lil's Return from Shanghaias Lil Takemoto / Katsuko Suzuki
  58. 1952Man in the Stormas Tomi Tsuboi
  59. 1951Ginza Cosmeticsas Kyôko
  60. 1950Snow-Flakeas Itakura's sister