Kyôko Kishida
Known for
If longevity counts for anything, Kyôko Kishida is a Japanese actress whose name has been turning up in credits for decades. The first screen credit dates from 1953. If the filmography has a home genre, it is drama. The filmography runs to some 79 credits between film and television. 'Woman in the Dunes' is the entry that tends to open any account of the career. There is 'An Autumn Afternoon' as well.
Kyôko Kishida
63 Movies
16 Series
If longevity counts for anything, Kyôko Kishida is a Japanese actress whose name has been turning up in credits for decades. The first screen credit dates from 1953. If the filmography has a home genre, it is drama. The filmography runs to some 79 credits between film and television. 'Woman in the Dunes' is the entry that tends to open any account of the career. There is 'An Autumn Afternoon' as well.
Movies
Plays The Woman
Woman in the Dunes
1964
Plays Miriam / Jaris (voice)
A Thousand and One Nights
1969
Plays Fusako Ishimoto
Spring Bell
1985
Plays Nurse
The Face of Another
1966
Plays Ryûko
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
Plays Madame Kaoru
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
Plays Narration (voice)
Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty
1990
Plays Shima Ikegata
The Inferno
1979
Plays Wife
Rikyu
1989
Plays Maid-In-Waiting
Heaven and Earth
1990
Plays Koto Teacher
The Inugami Family
1976
Plays Lady Hagi
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963
Plays Old geisha Miyako (cameo)
Zodiac Killers
1991
Plays Akie
Vixen
1969
Plays Ume
Wool 100%
2006
Plays Urao
The Shogun and His Mistresses
1967
Plays Kotake Tajimi / Koume Tajimi
The 8-Tomb Village
1996
Plays Sanko Otori
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
1970
Plays Kimiyo Tarumi
Curse of the Dog God
1977
Plays Sonoko Kakiuchi
Manji
1964
Plays Ochika
Utamaro's World
1977
Plays Natsu Mizukami
Noh Mask Murders
1991
Plays Naoko Anekoji
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
1977
Plays Grandmother (voice)
Toward the Terra
1980
Plays Ohba, Head Nurse
The Sea and Poison
1986
Plays Inoko's wife
The Broken Commandment
1962
Plays Kōgō or Empress
Princess from the Moon
1987
Plays Inone
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962
Plays Benten
Sure Death 4
1987
Plays Mrs. Tanuma
Her Brother
1960
Plays Kuginukiya
Actress
1987
Plays Mama, the girl's mother
Journey Into Solitude
1972
Plays Mayumi
Lullaby of Death
1982
Plays Kimie Hasenuma
Detective Story
1983
Plays Kichibi
Crane
1988
Plays Azumaya
Under the Same Moon
2005
Plays Sayoko Goto
Ten Dark Women
1961
Plays Cleaning Lady
Chloe
2001
Plays Yoko Saijyo
Love and Greed
1964
Plays School Master
Haunted School 2
1996
Plays Sanko Otori
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
1971
Plays Taeko Kano
To Love
1997
Plays Lady of the Sister Wind
Dora-heita
2000
Plays Reiko
A Flame at the Pier
1962
Plays Otome
Vengeance for Sale
2002
Plays Takazawa Mitsue
Brand of Evil
1964
Plays Chiyo's Friend
Being Two Isn't Easy
1962
Plays Ms Okiyama
Hello, Baby
1964
TV Shows
Plays 真之助の母・香木艶子
Romansu
1984
Plays 小森晶乃
Karin
1993
Plays Moomin (voice)
Moomin
1969
Plays Yodo-dono
Haru no Sakamichi
1971
Plays Aguri
Akō Rōshi
1964
Plays Moomin (voice)
New Moomin
1972
Plays Matsushima
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
1998
Plays Narrator (voice)
Princess Tutu
2002
Plays Ayabe Takako
Wounded Angels
1974
Plays Yagita's mother
HR
2002
Plays Kie Azuma
Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
1985
Plays Sakura
Bewitched In Tokyo
2004
Plays Mizukoshi Ayako
Forbidden Fruit
1997
Plays Narrator
Lone Wolf and Cub
2002
Plays Zankurô's mother
Gokenin Zankuro
1995
Plays Kōkin Miyagawa
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
2004
Latest Trailers
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Spring Snow
Full Filmography
Wool 100%
Ume
2006
Film
Under the Same Moon
Azumaya
2005
Film
The Book of the Dead
Narrator (voice)
2005
Film
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
Kōkin Miyagawa · 1 episode
2004
TV
Bewitched In Tokyo
Sakura · 11 episodes
2004–
TV
Lone Wolf and Cub
Narrator · 9 episodes
2002
TV
HR
Yagita's mother · 23 episodes
2002–
TV
Princess Tutu
Narrator (voice) · 38 episodes
2002–
TV
Vengeance for Sale
Otome
2002
Film
Photos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Kyôko Kishida still alive?
Kyôko Kishida passed away on December 17, 2006 at age 76.
What are the most famous roles of Kyôko Kishida?
Kyôko Kishida is best known for roles in Woman in the Dunes, An Autumn Afternoon, The Face of Another.
How many movies has Kyôko Kishida been in?
Over a 53-year career (since 1953), Kyôko Kishida has appeared in 61 movies and 14 TV shows.
What was Kyôko Kishida's first movie?
The career of Kyôko Kishida began with An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953).
What is Kyôko Kishida's most recent movie or series?
Kyôko Kishida's most recent release is Wool 100%, which premiered on October 28, 2006.
What TV shows has Kyôko Kishida appeared in?
On television, Kyôko Kishida has appeared in Princess Tutu, AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo, The Private Detective Mike, Tales of the Bizarre.
Kyôko Kishida
1930-04-29 · 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.Kyōko Kishida, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.