Kyōko Kagawa
Acting
Born: December 5, 1931 (age 94) · Aso [now Namegata], Ibaraki, 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 (112)
High and Low
Reiko Gondo
Red Beard
Madwoman ("The Mantis")
Tokyo Story
Kyoko Hirayama
Sansho the Bailiff
Anju
The Bad Sleep Well
Yoshiko Nishi
Mothra
Michi Hanamura
After Life
Kyoko Watanabe
Shall We Dance?
Keiko Kishikawa
Sudden Rain
Ayako (Fumiko's niece)
Ginza Cosmetics
Kyôko
Madadayo
Professor's Wife
Mother
Toshiko Fukuhara
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Osan
Tenshi no Iru Toshokan
Reiko Ashitaka
Heaven's Bookstore
Sachi Hiyama
Girls of the Night
Mrs. Shima
The Three Treasures
Princess Miyazu
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Fukuko
Love Letter
Yasuko
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onibi tōrō
1958
The Lower Depths
Okayo, Osugi's Sister
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
圭子
The Bell of Love
1959
Dawn Chorus
1955
Ginji of the Seven Faces
1955
On This Earth
Fuyuko
The Intermission
2013
Lightning
Tsubomi
Snow-Flake
Itakura's sister
The Family
Ichiko Mima
Little Peach
Anzukko
Morishige, where are you going?
Megumi Mori
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
A Man in the Storm
Akiko
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Oki
Chakkari fujin to ukkari fujin
1952
Daigaku no kotengu
1952
Tomoshibi
1954
Deep River
Isobe's wife
Daredevil in the Castle
Ai
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
O-Rie
Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda
1959
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
2022
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
Nonki saiban
1955
Love at the Fogged Harbor
1962
Tower of Lilies
Fumi Uehara
Mo-Ruerani
Fukiko
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
1962
If Indeed One Loves
Kuniko (segment 2)
Woman Unveiled
1958
Five Sisters
1954
Christ in Bronze
Mónica
I Am Three People
1958
The Human Wall
Fumiko
Girl's Reform School
1956
A Ripple in a Morning
Sister
Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae
1956
The Outsiders
Yukiko Saeki
Shimamori Tower
2022
Karate Sanshiro
1951
Lil's Return from Shanghai
Lil Takemoto / Katsuko Suzuki
Omotenashi
Shimizu-sensei
Aiyoku no sabaki
Fujikawa Motoko
An Osaka Story
Onatsu
Bluestockings
2005
My Friend Death
1960
Kampai! Miai Kekkon
Emiko Toda
Hanran
1954
The Shadow Daughter
Fusako
Scars of Honor
1960
Rainy Night Duel
Shizue Amaji
Moth Lamp
1953
Shikibu monogatari
Isa Otomo
The Shiinomi School
Kayoko Atsumi
Man in the Storm
Tomi Tsuboi
Till Tomorrow Is
Natsuko
Love at Forty
1955
The Glorious Days
1954
Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
1952
Mother's First Love
1954
Akatsuki no Kyūshū
Yukie Murata
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
1960
The Footmark of a Snow Fairy
1958
Kantarou zukiyo-uta
1952
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Oki
Tokyo Rendezvous
Fujiko Natsumi
Mado Kara Tobidase
Mariko Fujieda
The Child Writers
Fumio's Teacher
Red Whale, White Snake
2006
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
1951
Women in Prison
Taeko Hara, prisoner
Tokyo Day
Michiko
Gambler and the Princess
Princess Kiku
Kokoro no Koukyougaku
(Voice)
Farewell to the Highland Station
Yuki
His Scarlet Cloak
1958
流轉
お秋
New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune
1956
Somewhere in Kamakura
2016
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
Lord of Red Banner
1960
The Wife is a University Student
Keiko Hiyoshi (Student Wife)
The Oil-Hell Murder
1957
Beautiful 2016
2016
Death on the Mountain
Masako Iwase
Tekka bugyō
1954
A Strong Wind Blows
Takako Hiyoshi
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
Mitsuko Kawai
明るいほうへ 明るいほうへ -童謡詩人 金子みすゞ-
2001
The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love
1959
August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan
Kimiko Sasaki
TV Shows (7)
Self / Appearances (10)
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Self · 1 eps
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Self - Actress
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
Self
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
Self
Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki
Self
The Ozu Diaries
Self
Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Red Beard'
Self