Kyōko Kagawa
Born December 05, 1931 (Age: 94)
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Aso, Namegata, Ibaragi Prefecture, Japan
Biography
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 .
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 .
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Filmography
Beautiful 2016
2016
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as
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Age: 84
東京の日
2015
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as Michiko
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Age: 83
Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki
2015
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as Self
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Age: 83
Red Whale, White Snake
2006
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as
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Age: 74
Bluestockings
2005
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as
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Age: 73
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
2002
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as Self
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Age: 70
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
2002
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as Self
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Age: 70
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
2002
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as Self
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Age: 70
Kokoro no Koukyougaku
2002
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as (Voice)
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Age: 70
Shall We Dance?
1996
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as Keiko Kishikawa
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Age: 64
Madadayo
1993
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as Professor's Wife
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Age: 61
Shikibu monogatari
1990
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as Isa Otomo
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Age: 58
No Image
Song of the Spring Pony
1985
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as
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Age: 53
No Image
Have Wings on Your Heart
1978
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as
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Age: 46
The Family
1974
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as Ichiko Mima
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Age: 42
Red Beard
1965
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as Madwoman ("The Mantis")
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Age: 33
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
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as
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Age: 32
No Image
The Prodigal Son
1964
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as His Sister
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Age: 32
High and Low
1963
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as Reiko Gondo
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Age: 31
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
1962
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as
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Age: 30
Love at the Fogged Harbor
1962
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as
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Age: 30
As Long as There's Tomorrow
1962
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as Natsuko
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Age: 30
Girls of the Night
1961
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as Mrs. Shima
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Age: 29
Mothra
1961
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as Michi Hanamura
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Age: 29
Death on the Mountain
1961
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as Masako Iwase
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Age: 29
Daredevil in the Castle
1961
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as Ai
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Age: 29
Scars of Honor
1960
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as
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Age: 28
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
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as Yoshiko Nishi
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Age: 28
Lord of Red Banner
1960
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as
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Age: 28
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
1960
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as
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Age: 28
The Three Treasures
1959
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as Princess Miyazu
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Age: 27
Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda
1959
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as
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Age: 27
The Human Wall
1959
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as Fumiko
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Age: 27
The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love
1959
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as
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Age: 27
Gambler and the Princess
1959
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as Princess Kiku
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Age: 27
The Outsiders
1958
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as Yukiko Saeki
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Age: 26
His Scarlet Cloak
1958
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as
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Age: 26
The Child Writers
1958
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as Fumio's Teacher
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Age: 26
Little Peach
1958
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as Anzukko
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Age: 26
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
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as
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Age: 26
Woman Unveiled
1958
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as
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Age: 26
Kampai! Miai Kekkon
1958
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as Emiko Toda
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Age: 26
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
1958
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as Oki
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Age: 26
A Strong Wind Blows
1956
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as Takako Hiyoshi
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Age: 24
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956
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as Fukuko
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Age: 24
Women in Prison
1956
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as Taeko Hara, prisoner
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Age: 24
Morishige, where are you going?
1956
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as Megumi Mori
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Age: 24
流轉
1956
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as お秋
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Age: 24
The Wife is a University Student
1956
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as Keiko Hiyoshi (Student Wife)
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Age: 24
Girl's Reform School
1956
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as
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Age: 24
Rainy Night Duel
1956
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as Shizue Amaji
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Age: 24
Sudden Rain
1956
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as Ayako (Fumiko's niece)
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Age: 24
Christ in Bronze
1955
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as Mónica
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Age: 23
Ai Sureba Koso
1955
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as Kuniko (segment 2)
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Age: 23
The Shiinomi School
1955
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as Kayoko Atsumi
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Age: 23
Nonki saiban
1955
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as
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Age: 23
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954
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as Osan
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Age: 22
Mother's First Love
1954
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as
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Age: 22
Tomoshibi
1954
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as
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Age: 22
Five Sisters
1954
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as
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Age: 22
The Glorious Days
1954
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as
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Age: 22
Sansho the Bailiff
1954
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as Anju
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Age: 22
Hanran
1954
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as
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Age: 22
Love Letter
1953
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as Yasuko
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Age: 22
Tokyo Story
1953
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as Kyoko Hirayama
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Age: 21
Aiyoku no sabaki
1953
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as Fujikawa Motoko
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Age: 21
Tower of Lilies
1953
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as Fumi Uehara
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Age: 21
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
1950
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as O-Rie
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Age: 18
Snow-Flake
1950
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as Itakura's sister
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Age: 18
Mado Kara Tobidase
1950
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as Mariko Fujieda
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Age: 18