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Kyôko Kishida
Born · April 29, 1930
Died · December 17, 2006 (76 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Bio
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. Kishida's film credits include Yasujirō Ozu's An Autumn Afternoon (1962), The Broken Commandment (based on a novel by Shimazaki Toson), Hiroshi Teshigahara's The Woman in the Dunes (1964) and The Face of Another (1966) (both from novels by Kōbō Abe), Kon Ichikawa's The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (1987), based on the classic story, Heaven and Earth (1990), and Spring Snow, the 2005 Isao Yukisada adaptation of the Mishima novel. Anime fans know Kishida as the voice of Moomin in the original 1960s television series. She provided narration for Vampire Princess Miyu and Princess Tutu as well as the 2005 Book of the Dead. In addition, she dubbed roles for Columbo and Miss Marple, and narrated Prophecies of Nostradamus. Kishida appeared in commercials for Nestle, TDK, and Asahi Shimbun. Kyōko Kishida died on December 17, 2006 in Tokyo from respiratory failure caused by a brain tumor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kyōko Kishida, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Wool 100%
Ume
5.9
2006
Under the Same Moon
Azumaya
4.0
2005
Love Song
(10 episodes)
0.0
2005
Spring Snow
4.0
2005
The Book of the Dead
Narrator (voice)
6.2
2005
Natsumeke no Shokutaku
(1 episode)
0.0
2005
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
0.0
2004
女の中の二つの顔
(1 episode)
0.0
2004
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
1.0
2004
Joi - Yu
(10 episodes)
0.0
2004
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
Kōkin Miyagawa · (1 episode)
9.0
2004
Tracing Jake
7.0
2004
Bewitched In Tokyo
Sakura · (11 episodes)
0.0
2004
Winter Days
5.7
2003
Animal Doctor
(9 episodes)
0.0
2003
Lone Wolf and Cub
Narrator · (9 episodes)
6.8
2002
HR
Yagita's mother · (23 episodes)
5.0
2002
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
(1 episode)
7.9
2002
Princess Tutu
Narrator (voice) · (38 episodes)
8.0
2002
The Private Detective Mike
(1 episode)
8.4
2002
Vengeance for Sale
Otome
6.4
2002
Nurseman
(18 episodes)
6.0
2002
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
6.0
2001
Chloe
Cleaning Lady
6.0
2001
Dora-heita
Lady of the Sister Wind
5.1
2000
Shinsengumi
0.0
2000
Maikosan wa Meitantei!
(10 episodes)
0.0
1999
Good News
(12 episodes)
10.0
1999
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Matsushima · (49 episodes)
0.0
1998
Forbidden Fruit
Mizukoshi Ayako · (11 episodes)
0.0
1997
To Love
Taeko Kano
5.5
1997
The 8-Tomb Village
Kotake Tajimi / Koume Tajimi
5.7
1996
Haunted School 2
School Master
7.5
1996
Gokenin Zankuro
Zankurô's mother · (8 episodes)
8.0
1995
Dark hunter
Ohama
0.0
1994
Karin
小森晶乃 · (151 episodes)
0.0
1993
Fusa
5.8
1993
Kagi-shi
(1 episode)
0.0
1993
Zodiac Killers
Old geisha Miyako (cameo)
4.6
1991
Noh Mask Murders
Natsu Mizukami
5.6
1991
Heaven and Earth
Maid-In-Waiting
6.2
1990
Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty
Narration (voice)
6.2
1990
道連れ
(1 episode)
0.0
1990
Tales of the Bizarre
(1 episode)
7.8
1990
Rikyu
Wife
7.5
1989
Crane
Kichibi
6.8
1988
Tokyo Bordello
Narrator
5.3
1987
Sure Death 4
Benten
6.6
1987
Let's Gotokuji
0.0
1987
A Tale of Young Elopement
Nobuko Kitashiro
0.0
1987
Actress
Kuginukiya
7.0
1987
The Sea and Poison
Ohba, Head Nurse
6.9
1986
The Hall of the Crying Deer
0.0
1986
Fujiko Fujio no Yume Camera
0.0
1986
Spring Bell
Fusako Ishimoto
6.0
1985
Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
0.0
1985
Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
Kie Azuma · (12 episodes)
0.0
1985
Seito shokun!
0.0
1984
Romansu
真之助の母・香木艶子 · (156 episodes)
2.0
1984
I Lived, But...
Self
6.5
1983
Detective Story
Kimie Hasenuma
6.2
1983
Lullaby of Death
Mayumi
5.0
1982
Flame of Father and Son
0.0
1981
Rennyo and His Mother
0.0
1981
The Shogun's Vault I
0.0
1981
The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
0.0
1980
Zoku zoku jiken
(4 episodes)
0.0
1980
Toward the Terra
Grandmother (voice)
6.2
1980
A-Un
(9 episodes)
0.0
1980
The Inferno
Shima Ikegata
7.2
1979
The 47 Ronins of Ako
Ôishi Riku · (36 episodes)
0.0
1979
Unico - Black Cloud and White Feather
5.8
1979
Nichiren
0.0
1979
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
Naoko Anekoji
8.8
1977
Sugata Sanshiro
Omon
0.0
1977
Curse of the Dog God
Kimiyo Tarumi
6.1
1977
Utamaro's World
Ochika
5.6
1977
The Inugami Family
Koto Teacher
6.9
1976
Akai Unmei
(28 episodes)
0.0
1976
World Famous Fairy Tale Series
Narrator
7.0
1975
Wounded Angels
Ayabe Takako · (26 episodes)
10.0
1974
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Narrator (Voice of the Prophecy)
6.0
1974
Onna: Sono Ai no Series
(1 episode)
0.0
1973
Journey Into Solitude
Mama, the girl's mother
6.5
1972
Sapporo Winter Olympics
Narrator (voice)
6.7
1972
New Moomin
Moomin (voice) · (52 episodes)
5.5
1972
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
Sanko Otori
5.8
1971
A Woman Called En
0.0
1971
Haru no Sakamichi
Yodo-dono · (52 episodes)
0.0
1971
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
Sanko Otori
6.6
1970
Vixen
Akie
6.2
1969
Moomin
Moomin (voice) · (65 episodes)
6.5
1969
A Thousand and One Nights
Miriam / Jaris (voice)
6.8
1969
Where did Sharaku go?
Oharu Tsutaya
0.0
1968
The Time of Reckoning
7.0
1968
The Shogun and His Mistresses
Urao
2.0
1967
ゴメスの名はゴメス
(5 episodes)
0.0
1967
Mothers
(voice)
6.4
1967
The Face of Another
Nurse
7.8
1966
Warm Current
Mikie Shima
0.0
1966
Conquest
Kaoyo
5.0
1965
六人の女を殺した男
0.0
1965
The School of Flesh
2.0
1965
Love
4.9
1964
Manji
Sonoko Kakiuchi
6.5
1964
Homicide
Fumiko Ando
0.0
1964
Brand of Evil
6.5
1964
こんにちは赤ちゃん
Ms Okiyama
10.0
1964
Love and Greed
Yoko Saijyo
6.5
1964
Woman in the Dunes
The Woman
8.2
1964
Akō Rōshi
Aguri · (52 episodes)
7.5
1964
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Lady Hagi
7.0
1963
Five Ronins
0.0
1963
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
Inone
6.4
1962
Being Two Isn't Easy
Chiyo's Friend
6.8
1962
An Autumn Afternoon
Madame Kaoru
7.8
1962
A Flame at the Pier
Reiko
6.0
1962
Human Zoo
3.0
1962
The Broken Commandment
Inoko's wife
6.6
1962
Love at the Fogged Harbor
0.0
1962
Night Mist Makes Women Cry
Yoshiko Hoshino
0.0
1962
Challenge to Live
0.0
1961
Ten Dark Women
Sayoko Goto
5.9
1961
The Harbor Lights
5.0
1961
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Ryûko
8.4
1961
Get 'em All
Sally
6.0
1960
Her Brother
Mrs. Tanuma
6.9
1960
The Twilight Story
8.0
1960
Temptation on Glamour Island
Sumiko Tsuboi
6.0
1959
The Days of Evil Women
0.0
1958
The Lowest Man
Sakie
0.0
1958
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
0.0
1956
Cinépanorama
Self · (1 episode)
8.0
1956
An Inlet of Muddy Water
6.1
1953