
Cast
Kyôko Kishida
Acting
Cast
Kyôko Kishida
Known for
Acting
Born
1930-04-29
From
Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Died
2006-12-17
Also known as Kyoko Kishida, Кёко Кисида, کیوکو کیشیدا
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 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.

Woman in the Dunes
as The Woman

Spring Bell
as Fusako Ishimoto

A Thousand and One Nights
as Miriam / Jaris (voice)

The Face of Another
as Nurse

An Autumn Afternoon
as Madame Kaoru

The Inferno
as Shima Ikegata

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
as Ryûko

Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Narrator (Voice of the Prophecy)

Toward the Terra
as Grandmother (voice)

Ten Dark Women
as Sayoko Goto

Her Brother
as Mrs. Tanuma

Tokyo Bordello
as Narrator

Princess from the Moon
as Kōgō or Empress

Spring Snow

Rikyu
as Wife

The Inugami Family
as Koto Teacher

Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
as Sanko Otori

Heaven and Earth
as Maid-In-Waiting

Manji
as Sonoko Kakiuchi

Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji

An Inlet of Muddy Water

The 8-Tomb Village
as Kotake Tajimi / Koume Tajimi

Tracing Jake

Homicide
as Fumiko Ando

Zodiac Killers
as Old geisha Miyako (cameo)

Vixen
as Akie

Japanese Godfather: Ambition
as Naoko Anekoji

Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari

Sure Death 4
as Benten

Actress
as Kuginukiya

Noh Mask Murders
as Natsu Mizukami

Dora-heita
as Lady of the Sister Wind

Ninja, A Band of Assassins
as Inone

Temptation on Glamour Island
as Sumiko Tsuboi

Under the Same Moon
as Azumaya

The Broken Commandment
as Inoko's wife

Love and Greed
as Yoko Saijyo

The Harbor Lights

Journey Into Solitude
as Mama, the girl's mother

To Love
as Taeko Kano

Utamaro's World
as Ochika

Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
as Sanko Otori

Sugata Sanshiro
as Omon

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
as Lady Hagi

Unico: Black Cloud and White Feathers

A Flame at the Pier
as Reiko

Being Two Isn't Easy
as Chiyo's Friend

Onna no naka no futatsu no kao

The Twilight Story

Haunted School 2
as School Master

Warm Current
as Mikie Shima

Curse of the Dog God
as Kimiyo Tarumi

The Sea and Poison
as Ohba, Head Nurse

I Lived, But...
as Self

Let's Gotokuji

The Shogun and His Mistresses
as Urao

The School of Flesh

Fusa

Get 'em All
as Sally

Crane
as Kichibi

The Days of Evil Women

Detective Story
as Kimie Hasenuma

Wool 100%
as Ume

Flame of Father and Son

Chloe
as Cleaning Lady

Conquest
as Kaoyo

Brand of Evil
as Takazawa Mitsue

Lullaby of Death
as Mayumi

Shinsengumi

Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka

Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera

A Tale of Young Elopement
as Nobuko Kitashiro

Towering Waves

Five Ronins

Vengeance for Sale
as Otome

A Woman Called En

World Famous Fairy Tale Series
as Narrator (voice)

Challenge to Live

Where did Sharaku go?
as Oharu Tsutaya

At the Side of the Bridge 3

Hello, Baby
as Ms Okiyama

The Book of the Dead
as Narrator (voice)

Winter Days

Nichiren

Rennyo and His Mother

The Hall of the Crying Deer

Thumbelina
as Narrator / Gekoo (voice)

The Shogun's Vault I

Human Zoo

The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail

The Lowest Man
as Sakie

Dark hunter
as Ohama

Love at the Fogged Harbor

Yaneura no Onna-tachi

The Time of Reckoning

Misandry

Night Mist Makes Women Cry
as Yoshiko Hoshino

Seito shokun!

Mothers
as (voice)

Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty
as Narration (voice)

Gomez's Name is Gomez
as Sonoko

江戸むらさき特急

六人の女を殺した男

Sapporo Winter Olympics
as Narrator (voice)

Love

Yurakucho 0 Street
as Nagasaki Detective

The Diplomat's Mansion
as Ranko
