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.

Kyôko Kishida

Kyôko Kishida

Biography

Woman in the Dunes

Onna no naka no futatsu no kao

A Thousand and One Nights

The Harbor Lights

The Days of Evil Women

Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

The Face of Another

The Lowest Man

An Autumn Afternoon

The Inugami Family

The Inferno

Manji

Rikyu

Wool 100%

Spring Bell

Just Barely

The Diplomat's Mansion

Warm Current

Conquest

Tokyo Bordello

Curse of the Dog God

Nichiren

Thumbelina

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

Prophecies of Nostradamus

Princess from the Moon

Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari

The Sea and Poison

Heaven and Earth

Toward the Terra

Spring Snow

Her Brother

江戸むらさき特急

Blackmail

Ninja, A Band of Assassins

A Flame at the Pier

Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji

Zodiac Killers

Japanese Criminal Records: Kurume Chapter

Dora-heita

Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny

Yurakucho 0 Street

Love Song of the Old Capital

Ten Dark Women

The Shogun and His Mistresses

To Love

Chloe

Japanese Godfather: Ambition

Vixen

Utamaro's World

Sugata Sanshiro

Noh Mask Murders

The Broken Commandment

Journey Into Solitude

Unico: Black Cloud and White Feathers

Sure Death 4

Winter Days

Vengeance for Sale

I Lived, But...

Haunted School 2

An Inlet of Muddy Water

Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow

Detective Story

The 8-Tomb Village

Being Two Isn't Easy

Lullaby of Death

Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera

A Woman Called En

A Tale of Young Elopement

The Book of the Dead

Brand of Evil

The Hall of the Crying Deer

Actress

The Time of Reckoning

Under the Same Moon

Love and Greed