Kyôko Kishida
Acting
Born: April 29, 1930 · Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Died: December 17, 2006 (aged 76)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Woman in the Dunes
1964
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
The Face of Another
1966
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
A Thousand and One Nights
1969
Manji
1964
The Inugami Family
1976
Princess Tutu
2002
Rikyu
1989
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963
Love
1964
Photos (1)
Movies (111)
Woman in the Dunes
The Woman
A Thousand and One Nights
Miriam / Jaris (voice)
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Ryûko
An Autumn Afternoon
Madame Kaoru
The Face of Another
Nurse
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
Sanko Otori
Tokyo Bordello
Narrator
The Inferno
Shima Ikegata
Spring Bell
Fusako Ishimoto
Wool 100%
Ume
Heaven and Earth
Maid-In-Waiting
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
2001
Her Brother
Mrs. Tanuma
The Lowest Man
Sakie
Spring Snow
2005
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
2004
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
Inone
Vixen
Akie
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Narrator (Voice of the Prophecy)
Haunted School 2
School Master
The Inugami Family
Koto Teacher
The 8-Tomb Village
Kotake Tajimi / Koume Tajimi
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Lady Hagi
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
2004
Ten Dark Women
Sayoko Goto
Manji
Sonoko Kakiuchi
Princess from the Moon
Kōgō or Empress
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
Naoko Anekoji
Toward the Terra
Grandmother (voice)
Unico: Black Cloud and White Feathers
1979
Actress
Kuginukiya
Zodiac Killers
Old geisha Miyako (cameo)
Tracing Jake
2004
Sugata Sanshiro
Omon
The Harbor Lights
1961
The Sea and Poison
Ohba, Head Nurse
World Famous Fairy Tale Series
Narrator (voice)
Thumbelina
Narrator / Gekoo (voice)
Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty
Narration (voice)
Love and Greed
Yoko Saijyo
The Broken Commandment
Inoko's wife
Winter Days
2003
Being Two Isn't Easy
Chiyo's Friend
Journey Into Solitude
Mama, the girl's mother
A Tale of Young Elopement
Nobuko Kitashiro
Rikyu
Wife
Utamaro's World
Ochika
Where did Sharaku go?
Oharu Tsutaya
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
Dora-heita
Lady of the Sister Wind
Curse of the Dog God
Kimiyo Tarumi
Sure Death 4
Benten
The Days of Evil Women
1958
Detective Story
Kimie Hasenuma
Noh Mask Murders
Natsu Mizukami
Crane
Kichibi
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
Sanko Otori
Vengeance for Sale
Otome
Nichiren
1979
Get 'em All
Sally
Conquest
Kaoyo
The School of Flesh
1965
Rennyo and His Mother
1981
A Flame at the Pier
Reiko
Let's Gotokuji
1987
Chloe
Cleaning Lady
The Twilight Story
1960
Temptation on Glamour Island
Sumiko Tsuboi
Hello, Baby
Ms Okiyama
Pilgrimage at Night
Woman from Brothel
Towering Waves
1960
The Shogun's Vault I
1981
Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera
1986
Brand of Evil
Takazawa Mitsue
Mothers
(voice)
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963
Lullaby of Death
Mayumi
Love at the Fogged Harbor
1962
The Shogun and His Mistresses
Urao
Under the Same Moon
Azumaya
Shinsengumi
2000
Homicide
Fumiko Ando
The Man Who Killed Six Women
1965
A Woman Called En
1971
The Time of Reckoning
Chizuko Mochizuki
Just Barely
1960
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
1956
The Hall of the Crying Deer
1986
Challenge to Live
1961
Flame of Father and Son
1981
Fusa
1995
Yurakucho 0 Street
Nagasaki Detective
To Love
Taeko Kano
Five Ronins
1963
Sapporo Winter Olympics
Narrator (voice)
The Book of the Dead
Narrator (voice)
Japanese Criminal Records: Kurume Chapter
1982
Warm Current
Mikie Shima
Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
1985
Love
1964
Miren
Yuki Kosugi
Human Zoo
1962
Edo Murasaki Limited Express
1995
Dark Hunter
Ohama
Gomez's Name is Gomez
Sonoko
Seito shokun!
1984
The Diplomat's Mansion
Ranko
Blackmail
1958
Misandry
1964
Love Song of the Old Capital
1997
Comedy: Cheerful Widow
1964
TV Shows (31)
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
1 eps
Tales of the Bizarre
1 eps
Princess Tutu
Narrator (voice) · 38 eps
Haru no Sakamichi
Yodo-dono · 52 eps
Wounded Angels
Ayabe Takako · 26 eps
Animal Doctor
11 eps
The Private Detective Mike
1 eps
Moomin
Moomin (voice) · 65 eps
Romansu
真之助の母・香木艶子 · 156 eps
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
Kōkin Miyagawa · 1 eps
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Matsushima · 49 eps
Akō Rōshi
Aguri · 52 eps
Akai Unmei
28 eps
Gokenin Zankuro
Zankurô's mother · 8 eps
New Moomin
Moomin (voice) · 52 eps
Karin
小森晶乃 · 151 eps
Onna: Sono Ai no Series
1 eps
HR
Yagita's mother · 23 eps
Lone Wolf and Cub
Narrator · 9 eps
Zoku zoku jiken
4 eps
Forbidden Fruit
Mizukoshi Ayako · 11 eps
A-Un
9 eps
Nurseman
18 eps
Bewitched In Tokyo
Sakura · 11 eps
Shoujo ni nani ga okotta ka
12 eps
Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
Kie Azuma · 12 eps
Good News
12 eps
Love Song
10 eps
Natsumeke no Shokutaku
1 eps
Kagi-shi
1 eps
オヤジ探偵
2 eps
