Kyôko Kishida

About

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...

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AIBOU: Tokyo Detective DuoSeries • 2002Tales of the BizarreSeries • 1990Princess TutuAnime • 2002The Private Detective MikeSeries • 2002KarinSeries • 1993RomansuSeries • 1984稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズSeries • 2004Woman in the DunesMovie • 1964Haru no SakamichiSeries • 1971Akō RōshiSeries • 1964The Human Condition III: A Soldier's PrayerMovie • 1961An Autumn AfternoonMovie • 1962A Thousand and One NightsMovie • 1969RikyuMovie • 1989The Face of AnotherMovie • 1966The Inugami FamilyMovie • 1976Ninja, A Band of AssassinsMovie • 1962Bushido: The Cruel Code of the SamuraiMovie • 1963Toward the TerraMovie • 1980Princess from the MoonMovie • 1987Winter DaysMovie • 2003ManjiMovie • 1964Heaven and EarthMovie • 1990LoveMovie • 1964