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
