Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
4/29/1930
Place of Birth
Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Also Known As
Kyoko KishidaКёко Кисидаکیوکو کیشیدا
Kyôko Kishida
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 o...
Known For
Spring Bell
as Fusako Ishimoto
Sure Death 4
as Benten
Heaven and Earth
as Maid-In-Waiting
Woman in the Dunes
as The Woman
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
as Ryûko
The Inferno
as Shima Ikegata
A Thousand and One Nights
as Miriam / Jaris (voice)
Love
Unknown Role
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
Unknown Role
The Face of Another
as Nurse
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
as Lady Hagi
The Inugami Family
as Koto Teacher
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
Unknown Role
Tokyo Bordello
as Narrator
Detective Story
as Kimie Hasenuma
Noh Mask Murders
as Natsu Mizukami
An Autumn Afternoon
as Madame Kaoru
Spring Snow
Unknown Role
Manji
as Sonoko Kakiuchi
Thumbelina
as Narrator / Gekoo (voice)
Career Timeline
2005
2004
2002
1990
1987
1986
1985
1981
1980
1979
1977
1974
1972
1971
1969
1967
1964
1963
1962
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
as Inone
Being Two Isn't Easy
as Chiyo's Friend
An Autumn Afternoon
as Madame Kaoru
A Flame at the Pier
as Reiko
Human Zoo
Role unknown
The Broken Commandment
as Inoko's wife
Love at the Fogged Harbor
Role unknown
Night Mist Makes Women Cry
as Yoshiko Hoshino