Kyôko Kishida
Actor
Born April 29, 1930 in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
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 Hideyoshi). She appeared in various roles, including acting and narrating, in various Ōoku series on television. In the series Gokenin Zankurō, she portrayed the mother of the title character (played by Ken Watanabe), and narrated a Lone Wolf and Cub television series.
Filmography
Crystal House
Wool 100%
Ume
Under the Same Moon
Azumaya
Love Song
Spring Snow
The Book of the Dead
Narrator (voice)
Natsumeke no Shokutaku
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
Kōkin Miyagawa
Tracing Jake
Bewitched In Tokyo
Sakura
Winter Days
Animal Doctor
Lone Wolf and Cub
Narrator
HR
Yagita's mother
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Princess Tutu
Narrator (voice)
The Private Detective Mike
Vengeance for Sale
Otome
Nurseman
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
オヤジ探偵
Chloe
Cleaning Lady
Dora-heita
Lady of the Sister Wind
Shinsengumi
Good News
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Matsushima
Forbidden Fruit
Mizukoshi Ayako
To Love
Taeko Kano
Love Song of the Old Capital
The 8-Tomb Village
Kotake Tajimi / Koume Tajimi
Haunted School 2
School Master
江戸むらさき特急
Fusa
Gokenin Zankuro
Zankurô's mother
Dark Hunter
Ohama
Karin
小森晶乃
Kagi-shi
Zodiac Killers
Old geisha Miyako (cameo)
Noh Mask Murders
Natsu Mizukami
Heaven and Earth
Maid-In-Waiting
Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty
Narration (voice)
Tales of the Bizarre
Rikyu
Wife
Crane
Kichibi
Princess from the Moon
Kōgō or Empress
Tokyo Bordello
Narrator
Sure Death 4
Benten
Let's Gotokuji
A Tale of Young Elopement
Nobuko Kitashiro
Actress
Kuginukiya
The Sea and Poison
Ohba, Head Nurse
The Hall of the Crying Deer
Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera
Spring Bell
Fusako Ishimoto
Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
Kie Azuma
Shoujo ni nani ga okotta ka
Seito shokun!
Romansu
真之助の母・香木艶子
I Lived, But...
Self
Detective Story
Kimie Hasenuma
Lullaby of Death
Mayumi
Japanese Criminal Records: Kurume Chapter
Flame of Father and Son
Rennyo and His Mother
The Shogun's Vault I
Zoku zoku jiken
Toward the Terra
Grandmother (voice)
A-Un
The Inferno
Shima Ikegata
Unico: Black Cloud and White Feathers
Nichiren
Thumbelina
Narrator / Gekoo (voice)
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
Naoko Anekoji
Sugata Sanshiro
Omon
Utamaro's World
Ochika
Curse of the Dog God
Kimiyo Tarumi
The Inugami Family
Koto Teacher
Akai Unmei
World Famous Fairy Tale Series
Narrator (voice)
Wounded Angels
Ayabe Takako
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Narrator (Voice of the Prophecy)
Onna: Sono Ai no Series
Journey Into Solitude
Mama, the girl's mother
Sapporo Winter Olympics
Narrator (voice)
New Moomin
Moomin (voice)
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
Sanko Otori
A Woman Called En
Haru no Sakamichi
Yodo-dono
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
Sanko Otori
Vixen
Akie
Moomin
Moomin (voice)
A Thousand and One Nights
Miriam / Jaris (voice)
Where did Sharaku go?
Oharu Tsutaya
The Time of Reckoning
Chizuko Mochizuki
The Shogun and His Mistresses
Urao
Gomez's Name is Gomez
Sonoko
Mothers
(voice)
The Face of Another
Nurse
Warm Current
Mikie Shima
Conquest
Kaoyo
The Man Who Killed Six Women
The School of Flesh
Love
Manji
Sonoko Kakiuchi
Homicide
Fumiko Ando
Brand of Evil
Takazawa Mitsue
Hello, Baby
Ms Okiyama
Love and Greed
Yoko Saijyo
Woman in the Dunes
The Woman
Misandry
Akō Rōshi
Aguri
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Lady Hagi
Five Ronins
At the Side of the Bridge 3
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
Inone
Being Two Isn't Easy
Chiyo's Friend
An Autumn Afternoon
Madame Kaoru
A Flame at the Pier
Reiko
Human Zoo
The Broken Commandment
Inoko's wife
Love at the Fogged Harbor
The Diplomat's Mansion
Ranko
Challenge to Live
Ten Dark Women
Sayoko Goto
The Harbor Lights
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Ryûko
Get 'em All
Sally
Her Brother
Mrs. Tanuma
Towering Waves
The Twilight Story
Just Barely
Temptation on Glamour Island
Sumiko Tsuboi
The Days of Evil Women
Blackmail
Yurakucho 0 Street
Nagasaki Detective
The Lowest Man
Sakie
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
Cinépanorama
Self
An Inlet of Muddy Water