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person_profile-Kyōko Kishida

Kyōko Kishida Died at age: 76

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Kyōko Kishida

Date of Birth:

Apr 29, 1930

Country of birth:

Japan

Died:

Dec 17, 2006

Biography of

Kyōko Kishida

    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.

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Kyōko Kishida

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Filmography of

Kyōko Kishida

Found 85 Movies in total

Under the Same Moon

Azumaya ( Actor )

... 2005

... 2005

The Book of the Dead

Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 2005

... 2004

... 2004

Vengeance for Sale

Otome ( Actor )

... 2002

... 2001

Chloe

Cleaning Lady ( Actor )

... 2001

... 2000

... 2000

To Love

Taeko Kano ( Actor )

... 1997

The 8-Tomb Village

Kotake Tajimi / Koume Tajimi ( Actor )

... 1996

Haunted School 2

School Master ( Actor )

... 1996

Dark hunter

Ohama ( Actor )

... 1994

Fusa

Actor

... 1993

Zodiac Killers

Old geisha Miyako (cameo) ( Actor )

... 1991

Noh Mask Murders

Natsu Mizukami ( Actor )

... 1991

Heaven and Earth

Maid-In-Waiting ( Actor )

... 1990

Rikyu

Wife ( Actor )

... 1989

Crane

Kichibi ( Actor )

... 1988

Tokyo Bordello

Narrator ( Actor )

... 1987

Sure Death 4

Benten ( Actor )

... 1987

... 1987

A Tale of Young Elopement

Nobuko Kitashiro ( Actor )

... 1987

Actress

Kuginukiya ( Actor )

... 1987

The Sea and Poison

Ohba, Head Nurse ( Actor )

... 1986

... 1986

... 1986

Spring Bell

Fusako Ishimoto ( Actor )

... 1985

... 1985

... 1984

I Lived, But...

Self ( Actor )

... 1983

Detective Story

Kimie Hasenuma ( Actor )

... 1983

... 1982

... 1981

... 1981

... 1981

Toward the Terra

Grandmother (voice) ( Actor )

... 1980

The Inferno

Shima Ikegata ( Actor )

... 1979

Japanese Godfather: Ambition

Naoko Anekoji ( Actor )

... 1977

Curse of the Dog God

Kimiyo Tarumi ( Actor )

... 1977

Utamaro's World

Ochika ( Actor )

... 1977

The Inugami Family

Koto Teacher ( Actor )

... 1976

... 1975

Prophecies of Nostradamus

Narrator (Voice of the Prophecy) ( Actor )

... 1974

Journey Into Solitude

Mama, the girl's mother ( Actor )

... 1972

Sapporo Winter Olympics

Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 1972

... 1971

... 1970

Vixen

Akie ( Actor )

... 1969

A Thousand and One Nights

Miriam / Jaris (voice) ( Actor )

... 1969

Where did Sharaku go?

Oharu Tsutaya ( Actor )

... 1968

... 1968

... 1967

Mothers

(voice) ( Actor )

... 1967

The Face of Another

Nurse ( Actor )

... 1966

Warm Current

Mikie Shima ( Actor )

... 1966

Conquest

Kaoyo ( Actor )

... 1965

... 1965

Manji

Sonoko Kakiuchi ( Actor )

... 1964

Homicide

Fumiko Ando ( Actor )

... 1964

... 1964

こんにちは赤ちゃん

Ms Okiyama ( Actor )

... 1964

Love and Greed

Yoko Saijyo ( Actor )

... 1964

Woman in the Dunes

The Woman ( Actor )

... 1964

... 1963

... 1963

... 1962

An Autumn Afternoon

'Kaoru' no Madame ( Actor )

... 1962

Being Two Isn't Easy

Chiyo's Friend ( Actor )

... 1962

A Flame at the Pier

Reiko ( Actor )

... 1962

The Broken Commandment

Inoko's wife ( Actor )

... 1962

... 1962

... 1961

Ten Dark Women

Sayoko Goto ( Actor )

... 1961

... 1961

... 1961

Get 'em All

Sally ( Actor )

... 1960

Her Brother

Mrs. Tanuma ( Actor )

... 1960

... 1960

Temptation on Glamour Island

Sumiko Tsuboi ( Actor )

... 1959

... 1958

The Lowest Man

Sakie ( Actor )

... 1958

... 1956

... 1953