Kyōko Kagawa
Acting
Born December 5, 1931 · Aso, Namegata, Ibaragi Prefecture, Japan
Kyōko Kagawa (香川 京子 Kagawa Kyōko, born 5 December 1931) is a Japanese actress. She has appeared in leading and supporting roles in such films as Akira Kurosawa's The Bad Sleep Well and High and Low, Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story, and Kenji Mizoguchi's Sansho the Bailiff. She won the "New Face Nomination" sponsored by the Tokyo Shimbun newspaper out of about 6,000 applicants and joined Shintoho. She was also taking entrance exams for a regular company at the same time, and her final interview and the final exam for the New Faces camera test overlapped, but with her mother's advice, she decided to pursue acting. After appearing in Red Beard in 1965 , she gave birth to a child and accompanied her husband to New York where he was posted overseas, leaving the film industry for about three years. She returned to Japan in 1968. As film began to decline, she expanded her field of work to include television dramas and stage productions. She was awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 1998 and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette in 2004 .
Films (107)
The Ozu Diaries
2025
Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About
2022
Shimamori Tower
2022
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
2022
Mo-Ruerani
2021
Omotenashi
2018
Tenshi no Iru Toshokan
2017
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016
Somewhere in Kamakura
2016
Beautiful 2016
2016
東京の日
2015
Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki
2015
The Intermission
2013
Tokyo Rendezvous
2008
Red Whale, White Snake
2006
Bluestockings
2005
Heaven's Bookstore
2004
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
2002
Kokoro no Koukyougaku
2002
After Life
1999
Shall We Dance?
1996
Deep River
1995
Madadayo
1993
Shikibu monogatari
1990
Song of the Spring Pony
1985
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979
Have Wings on Your Heart
1978
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975
The Family
1974
Red Beard
1965
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
The Prodigal Son
1964
High and Low
1963
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
1962
Love at the Fogged Harbor
1962
As Long as There's Tomorrow
1962
Girls of the Night
1961
Mothra
1961
Death on the Mountain
1961
Daredevil in the Castle
1961
Scars of Honor
1960
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
Lord of Red Banner
1960
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
1960
The Three Treasures
1959
Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda
1959
The Human Wall
1959
The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love
1959
Gambler and the Princess
1959
The Outsiders
1958
His Scarlet Cloak
1958
The Child Writers
1958
Little Peach
1958
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
Woman Unveiled
1958
Kampai! Miai Kekkon
1958
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
1958
On This Earth
1957
The Oil-Hell Murder
1957
The Lower Depths
1957
The Shadow Daughter
1957
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957
An Osaka Story
1957
A Man in the Storm
1957
A Strong Wind Blows
1956
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956
Women in Prison
1956
Morishige, where are you going?
1956
流轉
1956
The Wife is a University Student
1956
Girl's Reform School
1956
Rainy Night Duel
1956
Sudden Rain
1956
Christ in Bronze
1955
Ai Sureba Koso
1955
The Shiinomi School
1955
Nonki saiban
1955
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954
Mother's First Love
1954
Tomoshibi
1954
Five Sisters
1954
The Glorious Days
1954
Sansho the Bailiff
1954
Hanran
1954
Love Letter
1953
Tokyo Story
1953
Aiyoku no sabaki
1953
Tower of Lilies
1953
Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
1952
Lightning
1952
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
1952
勘太郎月夜唄
1952
Mother
1952
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
A Ripple in a Morning
1952
Lil's Return from Shanghai
1952
Man in the Storm
1952
Karate Sanshiro
1951
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
1951
Akatsuki no Kyūshū
1951
Farewell to the Highland Station
1951
Ginza Cosmetics
1951
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
1950
Snow-Flake
1950
Mado Kara Tobidase
1950