Kyôko Kishida

Kyôko 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.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1930-04-29
Place of Birth: Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Also Known As: Kyoko Kishida, Кёко Кисида

Movies List of Kyôko Kishida

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The Book of the Dead

2005 Movie
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Spring Snow

2005 Movie
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Heaven and Earth

1990 Movie
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The Face of Another

1966 Movie
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Rikyu

1989 Movie
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Wool 100%

2006 Movie
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Woman in the Dunes

1964 Movie
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Dark hunter

1994 Movie
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To Love

1997 Movie
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Manji

1964 Movie
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Utamaro's World

1977 Movie
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Spring Bell

1985 Movie
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Nichiren

1979 Movie
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Curse of the Dog God

1977 Movie
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Her Brother

1960 Movie
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Chloe

2001 Movie
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The Shogun's Vault I

1981 Movie
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Conquest

1965 Movie
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Tracing Jake

2004 Movie
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The Inferno

1979 Movie
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Vengeance for Sale

2002 Movie
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Homicide

1964 Movie
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Journey Into Solitude

1972 Movie
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Where did Sharaku go?

1968 Movie
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The School of Flesh

1965 Movie
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Dora-heita

2000 Movie
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Zodiac Killers

1991 Movie
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Under the Same Moon

2005 Movie
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The Sea and Poison

1986 Movie
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The 8-Tomb Village

1996 Movie
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Sure Death 4

1987 Movie
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A Flame at the Pier

1962 Movie
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Rennyo and His Mother

1981 Movie
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Detective Story

1983 Movie
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Vixen

1969 Movie
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Love and Greed

1964 Movie
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The Time of Reckoning

1968 Movie
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The Twilight Story

1960 Movie
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Ten Dark Women

1961 Movie
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Let's Gotokuji

1987 Movie
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Mothers

1967 Movie
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Being Two Isn't Easy

1962 Movie
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Haunted School 2

1996 Movie
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Brand of Evil

1964 Movie
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Lullaby of Death

1982 Movie
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The Inugami Family

1976 Movie
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I Lived, But...

1983 Movie
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Seito shokun!

1984 Movie
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The Harbor Lights

1961 Movie
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Get 'em All

1960 Movie
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Challenge to Live

1961 Movie
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Five Ronins

1963 Movie
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An Autumn Afternoon

1962 Movie
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Toward the Terra

1980 Movie
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The Lowest Man

1958 Movie
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Fusa

1993 Movie
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Crane

1988 Movie
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Noh Mask Murders

1991 Movie
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Actress

1987 Movie
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Winter Days

2003 Movie
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Sugata Sanshiro

1977 Movie
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A Woman Called En

1971 Movie
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Love

1964 Movie
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Human Zoo

1962 Movie
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Tokyo Bordello

1987 Movie
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Shinsengumi

2000 Movie
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Warm Current

1966 Movie
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Yaneura no Onna-tachi

1956 Movie