Kyôko Kishida
Acting
Born: Apr 29, 1930 — Died: Dec 17, 2006
From: Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Credits: 30 titles
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 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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wool 100% | Ume | 2006 | 5.9 |
| The Book of the Dead | Narrator (voice) | 2005 | 6.5 |
| Spring Snow | 2005 | 6.5 | |
| Tracing Jake | 2004 | 8.0 | |
| Vengeance for Sale | Otome | 2002 | 6.0 |
| Chloe | Cleaning Lady | 2001 | 7.0 |
| To Love | Taeko Kano | 1997 | 6.667 |
| Dark hunter | Ohama | 1994 | — |
| Heaven and Earth | Maid-In-Waiting | 1990 | 6.167 |
| Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty | Narration (voice) | 1990 | 6.5 |
| Rikyu | Wife | 1989 | 7.515 |
| Spring Bell | Fusako Ishimoto | 1985 | 7.0 |
| Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka | 1985 | — | |
| The Shogun's Vault I | 1981 | — | |
| Nichiren | 1979 | 7.0 | |
| The Inferno | Shima Ikegata | 1979 | 6.917 |
| Utamaro's World | Ochika | 1977 | 5.556 |
| Curse of the Dog God | Kimiyo Tarumi | 1977 | 6.1 |
| Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny | Sanko Otori | 1970 | 6.75 |
| The Face of Another | Nurse | 1966 | 7.763 |
| Conquest | Kaoyo | 1965 | 6.0 |
| Woman in the Dunes | The Woman | 1964 | 8.21 |
| Manji | Sonoko Kakiuchi | 1964 | 6.452 |
| Homicide | Fumiko Ando | 1964 | — |
| Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai | Lady Hagi | 1963 | 6.845 |
| Ninja, A Band of Assassins | Inone | 1962 | 6.31 |
| The Broken Commandment | Inoko's wife | 1962 | 6.75 |
| The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer | Ryûko | 1961 | 8.403 |
| Her Brother | Mrs. Tanuma | 1960 | 7.059 |
| An Inlet of Muddy Water | 1953 | 6.25 | |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1930 |
| From | Suginami, Tokyo, Japan |