Kyōko Kagawa
Acting
Born: December 5, 1931 (age 94) · Aso, Namegata, Ibaragi Prefecture, Japan
Highest Rated
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 .
Known for
Tokyo Story
1953
High and Low
1963
Sansho the Bailiff
1954
Red Beard
1965
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
After Life
1999
Mothra
1961
Shall We Dance?
1996
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954
The Lower Depths
1957
Madadayo
1993
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011
Photos (3)
Movies (104)
High and Low
Reiko Gondo
Tokyo Story
Kyoko Hirayama
Red Beard
Madwoman ("The Mantis")
Sansho the Bailiff
Anju
After Life
Kyoko Watanabe
The Bad Sleep Well
Yoshiko Nishi
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Osan
Mothra
Michi Hanamura
Shall We Dance?
Keiko Kishikawa
The Bell of Love
1959
The Lower Depths
Okayo, Osugi's Sister
Madadayo
Professor's Wife
Heaven's Bookstore
Sachi Hiyama
Women in Prison
Taeko Hara, prisoner
The Three Treasures
Princess Miyazu
Girls of the Night
Mrs. Shima
Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda
1959
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
A Man in the Storm
Akiko
Daigaku no kotengu
1952
Mother
Toshiko Fukuhara
Gambler and the Princess
Princess Kiku
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
1951
Love Letter
Yasuko
The Intermission
2013
Tokyo Rendezvous
Fujiko Natsumi
Lord of Red Banner
1960
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Keiko
Girl's Reform School
1956
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
2022
Nonki saiban
1955
Snow-Flake
Itakura's sister
Daredevil in the Castle
Ai
Lightning
Tsubomi
Death on the Mountain
Masako Iwase
Mother's First Love
1954
Tower of Lilies
Fumi Uehara
明るいほうへ 明るいほうへ -童謡詩人 金子みすゞ-
2001
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
Ginza Cosmetics
Kyôko
Christ in Bronze
Mónica
His Scarlet Cloak
1958
The Family
Ichiko Mima
The Outsiders
Yukiko Saeki
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Oki
Deep River
Isobe's wife
Beautiful 2016
2016
The Glorious Days
1954
Hanran
1954
The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love
1959
On This Earth
Fuyuko
Kokoro no Koukyougaku
(Voice)
Sudden Rain
Ayako (Fumiko's niece)
If Indeed One Loves
Kuniko (segment 2)
A Ripple in a Morning
Sister
Kampai! Miai Kekkon
Emiko Toda
Morishige, where are you going?
Megumi Mori
Scars of Honor
1960
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
Tokyo Day
Michiko
Omotenashi
Shimizu-sensei
Little Peach
Anzukko
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Fukuko
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
1960
Rainy Night Duel
Shizue Amaji
Tenshi no Iru Toshokan
Reiko Ashitaka
Bluestockings
2005
Farewell to the Highland Station
Yuki
Till Tomorrow Is
Natsuko
The Oil-Hell Murder
1957
Aiyoku no sabaki
Fujikawa Motoko
Shimamori Tower
2022
The Shiinomi School
Kayoko Atsumi
Akatsuki no Kyūshū
Yukie Murata
The Human Wall
Fumiko
An Osaka Story
Onatsu
Love at the Fogged Harbor
1962
Moth Lamp
1953
Tomoshibi
1954
The Shadow Daughter
Fusako
The Child Writers
Fumio's Teacher
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
1962
Shikibu monogatari
Isa Otomo
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
Mitsuko Kawai
Mo-Ruerani
Fukiko
Lil's Return from Shanghai
Lil Takemoto / Katsuko Suzuki
Kantarou zukiyo-uta
1952
流轉
お秋
Woman Unveiled
1958
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Oki
Man in the Storm
Tomi Tsuboi
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
O-Rie
Red Whale, White Snake
2006
Five Sisters
1954
Mado Kara Tobidase
Mariko Fujieda
Love at Forty
1955
August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan
Kimiko Sasaki
I Am Three People
1958
A Strong Wind Blows
Takako Hiyoshi
Karate Sanshiro
1951
The Wife is a University Student
Keiko Hiyoshi (Student Wife)
Somewhere in Kamakura
2016
Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
1952
My Friend Death
1960
TV Shows (7)
Self / Appearances (10)
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Self · 1 eps
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Self - Actress
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Self
The Ozu Diaries
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
Self
Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About
Self
Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Red Beard'
Self