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

Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty

A Thousand and One Nights

Onna no naka no futatsu no kao

The Days of Evil Women

The Harbor Lights

The Lowest Man

The Face of Another

Wool 100%

Japanese Criminal Records: Kurume Chapter

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

The Inferno

Rikyu

Tokyo Bordello

Warm Current

Manji

Conquest

Just Barely

The Diplomat's Mansion

The Inugami Family

The Sea and Poison

Spring Bell

Nichiren

The Shogun and His Mistresses

江戸むらさき特急

An Autumn Afternoon

Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari

Prophecies of Nostradamus

Curse of the Dog God

Heaven and Earth

Yurakucho 0 Street

Vixen

Haunted School 2

Thumbelina

Vengeance for Sale

Love Song of the Old Capital

Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji

Under the Same Moon

Toward the Terra

Sure Death 4

Spring Snow

Utamaro's World

Blackmail

Dora-heita

Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow

Zodiac Killers

Ninja, A Band of Assassins

The Broken Commandment

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

A Flame at the Pier

Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny

Princess from the Moon

Japanese Godfather: Ambition

Lullaby of Death

Journey Into Solitude

Chloe

The 8-Tomb Village

Ten Dark Women

To Love

An Inlet of Muddy Water

A Tale of Young Elopement

Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera

Being Two Isn't Easy

Mothers

Her Brother

The Twilight Story

Tracing Jake

Detective Story

Noh Mask Murders

Temptation on Glamour Island

Gomez's Name is Gomez

Sugata Sanshiro

Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka

Love and Greed

Night Mist Makes Women Cry

Winter Days

The Time of Reckoning