Kyôko Kishida
Born April 29, 1930 (Age: 95)
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Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Biography
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.
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.
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Filmography
Under the Same Moon
2005
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as Azumaya
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Age: 75
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
2004
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as
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Age: 74
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
2004
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as
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Age: 74
Tracing Jake
2004
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as
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Age: 73
Vengeance for Sale
2002
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as Otome
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Age: 71
Dora-heita
2000
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as Lady of the Sister Wind
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Age: 70
Shinsengumi
2000
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as
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Age: 69
To Love
1997
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as Taeko Kano
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Age: 67
The 8-Tomb Village
1996
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as Kotake Tajimi / Koume Tajimi
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Age: 66
Haunted School 2
1996
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as School Master
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Age: 66
No Image
江戸むらさき特急
1995
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as
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Age: 65
Dark hunter
1994
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as Ohama
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Age: 63
Zodiac Killers
1991
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as Old geisha Miyako (cameo)
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Age: 61
Noh Mask Murders
1991
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as Natsu Mizukami
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Age: 60
Heaven and Earth
1990
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as Maid-In-Waiting
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Age: 60
Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty
1990
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as Narration (voice)
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Age: 60
Rikyu
1989
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as Wife
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Age: 59
Crane
1988
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as Kichibi
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Age: 58
Princess from the Moon
1987
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as Kōgō or Empress
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Age: 57
Tokyo Bordello
1987
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as Narrator
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Age: 57
Sure Death 4
1987
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as Benten
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Age: 57
Let's Gotokuji
1987
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as
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Age: 56
A Tale of Young Elopement
1987
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as Nobuko Kitashiro
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Age: 56
Actress
1987
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as Kuginukiya
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Age: 56
Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera
1986
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as
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Age: 55
Spring Bell
1985
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as Fusako Ishimoto
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Age: 55
Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
1985
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as
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Age: 54
Flame of Father and Son
1981
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as
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Age: 51
Rennyo and His Mother
1981
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as
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Age: 51
The Shogun's Vault I
1981
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as
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Age: 51
No Image
The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
1980
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as
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Age: 50
Toward the Terra
1980
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as Grandmother (voice)
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Age: 49
Thumbelina
1978
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as Narrator / Gekoo (voice)
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Age: 47
No Image
Sugata Sanshiro
1977
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as Omon
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Age: 47
The Inugami Family
1976
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as Koto Teacher
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Age: 46
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974
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as Narrator (Voice of the Prophecy)
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Age: 44
Journey Into Solitude
1972
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as Mama, the girl's mother
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Age: 42
Sapporo Winter Olympics
1972
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 42
A Woman Called En
1971
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as
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Age: 41
Vixen
1969
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as Akie
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Age: 39
A Thousand and One Nights
1969
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as Miriam / Jaris (voice)
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Age: 39
Where did Sharaku go?
1968
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as Oharu Tsutaya
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Age: 38
The Time of Reckoning
1968
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as
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Age: 38
Conquest
1965
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as Kaoyo
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Age: 35
六人の女を殺した男
1965
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as
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Age: 35
The School of Flesh
1965
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as
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Age: 34
Love
1964
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as
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Age: 34
Manji
1964
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as Sonoko Kakiuchi
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Age: 34
Homicide
1964
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as Fumiko Ando
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Age: 34
Brand of Evil
1964
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as Takazawa Mitsue
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Age: 34
Hello, Baby
1964
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as Ms Okiyama
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Age: 33
Love and Greed
1964
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as Yoko Saijyo
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Age: 33
Woman in the Dunes
1964
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as The Woman
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Age: 33
Misandry
1964
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as
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Age: 33
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963
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as Lady Hagi
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Age: 32
Five Ronins
1963
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as
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Age: 32
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963
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as
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Age: 32
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962
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as Inone
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Age: 32
Being Two Isn't Easy
1962
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as Chiyo's Friend
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Age: 32
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
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as Madame Kaoru
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Age: 32
A Flame at the Pier
1962
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as Reiko
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Age: 32
Human Zoo
1962
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as
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Age: 32
The Broken Commandment
1962
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as Inoko's wife
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Age: 31
Love at the Fogged Harbor
1962
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as
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Age: 31
No Image
Night Mist Makes Women Cry
1962
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as Yoshiko Hoshino
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Age: 31
Challenge to Live
1961
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as
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Age: 31
Ten Dark Women
1961
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as Sayoko Goto
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Age: 31
The Harbor Lights
1961
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as
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Age: 30
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
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as Ryûko
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Age: 30
Get 'em All
1960
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as Sally
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Age: 30
Her Brother
1960
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as Mrs. Tanuma
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Age: 30
The Twilight Story
1960
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as
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Age: 30
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959
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as Sumiko Tsuboi
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Age: 28
The Days of Evil Women
1958
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as
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Age: 28
Blackmail
1958
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as
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Age: 28
Yurakucho 0 Street
1958
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as Nagasaki Detective
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Age: 28
The Lowest Man
1958
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as Sakie
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Age: 28
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
1956
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as
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Age: 26
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
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as
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Age: 23