Kyôko Kishida
Acting
Born April 29, 1930 · Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
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.
Films (106)
Wool 100%
2006
Under the Same Moon
2005
Spring Snow
2005
The Book of the Dead
2005
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
2004
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
2004
Tracing Jake
2004
Winter Days
2003
Vengeance for Sale
2002
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
2001
Chloe
2001
Dora-heita
2000
Shinsengumi
2000
To Love
1997
The 8-Tomb Village
1996
Haunted School 2
1996
江戸むらさき特急
1995
Fusa
1995
Dark hunter
1994
Zodiac Killers
1991
Noh Mask Murders
1991
Heaven and Earth
1990
Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty
1990
Rikyu
1989
Crane
1988
Princess from the Moon
1987
Tokyo Bordello
1987
Sure Death 4
1987
Let's Gotokuji
1987
A Tale of Young Elopement
1987
Actress
1987
The Sea and Poison
1986
The Hall of the Crying Deer
1986
Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera
1986
Spring Bell
1985
Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
1985
Seito shokun!
1984
I Lived, But...
1983
Detective Story
1983
Lullaby of Death
1982
Flame of Father and Son
1981
Rennyo and His Mother
1981
The Shogun's Vault I
1981
The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
1980
Toward the Terra
1980
The Inferno
1979
Unico: Black Cloud and White Feathers
1979
Nichiren
1979
Thumbelina
1978
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
1977
Sugata Sanshiro
1977
Utamaro's World
1977
Curse of the Dog God
1977
The Inugami Family
1976
World Famous Fairy Tale Series
1975
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974
Journey Into Solitude
1972
Sapporo Winter Olympics
1972
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
1971
A Woman Called En
1971
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
1970
Vixen
1969
A Thousand and One Nights
1969
Where did Sharaku go?
1968
The Time of Reckoning
1968
The Shogun and His Mistresses
1967
Gomez's Name is Gomez
1967
Mothers
1967
The Face of Another
1966
Warm Current
1966
Conquest
1965
六人の女を殺した男
1965
The School of Flesh
1965
Love
1964
Manji
1964
Homicide
1964
Brand of Evil
1964
Hello, Baby
1964
Love and Greed
1964
Woman in the Dunes
1964
Misandry
1964
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963
Five Ronins
1963
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962
Being Two Isn't Easy
1962
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
A Flame at the Pier
1962
Human Zoo
1962
The Broken Commandment
1962
Love at the Fogged Harbor
1962
Night Mist Makes Women Cry
1962
Challenge to Live
1961
Ten Dark Women
1961
The Harbor Lights
1961
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
Get 'em All
1960
Her Brother
1960
The Twilight Story
1960
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959
The Days of Evil Women
1958
Blackmail
1958
Yurakucho 0 Street
1958
The Lowest Man
1958
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
1956
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953