Kyōko Kagawa
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 5, 1931 (age 94)
- Birthplace
- Aso [now Namegata], Ibaraki, Japan
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
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Filmography
The Ozu Diaries
Movie · as Self
Shimamori Tower
Movie
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
Movie
Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About
Movie · as Self
Mo-Ruerani
Movie · as Fukiko
Omotenashi
Movie · as Shimizu-sensei
Tenshi no Iru Toshokan
Movie · as Reiko Ashitaka
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Movie · as Self - Actress
Somewhere in Kamakura
Movie
Beautiful 2016
Movie
Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki
Movie · as Self
Tokyo Day
Movie · as Michiko
Silent Poor
TV · as Fusae Eda · 9 eps
The Intermission
Movie
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tokyo Rendezvous
Movie · as Fujiko Natsumi
Red Whale, White Snake
Movie
Imo Tako Nankin
TV · as 花岡和代 · 151 eps
Bluestockings
Movie
Heaven's Bookstore
Movie · as Sachi Hiyama
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
Movie · as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
Movie · as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
Movie · as Self
Kokoro no Koukyougaku
Movie · as (Voice)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Red Beard'
Movie · as Self
明るいほうへ 明るいほうへ -童謡詩人 金子みすゞ-
Movie
After Life
Movie · as Kyoko Watanabe
Shall We Dance?
Movie · as Keiko Kishikawa
Futarikko
TV · 150 eps
Deep River
Movie · as Isobe's wife
Kura
TV · 6 eps
Madadayo
Movie · as Professor's Wife
The Tale of Genji
TV · 2 eps
Shikibu monogatari
Movie · as Isa Otomo
Song of the Spring Pony
Movie
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Movie · as 圭子
Have Wings on Your Heart
Movie
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Movie · as Self
Mizuiro no toki
TV · as 知子の母・松宮房子 · 156 eps
The Family
Movie · as Ichiko Mima
Red Beard
Movie · as Madwoman ("The Mantis")
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
Movie
The Prodigal Son
Movie · as His Sister
High and Low
Movie · as Reiko Gondo
Life of a Flower
TV · as Akiyama Shizu · 39 eps
Till Tomorrow Is
Movie · as Natsuko
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
Movie
Love at the Fogged Harbor
Movie
Mothra
Movie · as Michi Hanamura
Daredevil in the Castle
Movie · as Ai
Death on the Mountain
Movie · as Masako Iwase
Girls of the Night
Movie · as Mrs. Shima
The Bad Sleep Well
Movie · as Yoshiko Nishi
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
Movie
Scars of Honor
Movie
Lord of Red Banner
Movie
My Friend Death
Movie
The Human Wall
Movie · as Fumiko
Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda
Movie
The Three Treasures
Movie · as Princess Miyazu
Gambler and the Princess
Movie · as Princess Kiku
The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love
Movie
The Bell of Love
Movie
The Outsiders
Movie · as Yukiko Saeki
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Movie · as Oki
Little Peach
Movie · as Anzukko
Woman Unveiled
Movie
His Scarlet Cloak
Movie
The Child Writers
Movie · as Fumio's Teacher
Kampai! Miai Kekkon
Movie · as Emiko Toda
Holiday in Tokyo
Movie
I Am Three People
Movie
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onibi tōrō
Movie
The Footmark of a Snow Fairy
Movie
The Lower Depths
Movie · as Okayo, Osugi's Sister
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Movie · as Oki
An Osaka Story
Movie · as Onatsu
A Man in the Storm
Movie · as Akiko
On This Earth
Movie · as Fuyuko
The Shadow Daughter
Movie · as Fusako
The Oil-Hell Murder
Movie
Sudden Rain
Movie · as Ayako (Fumiko's niece)
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Movie · as Fukuko
流轉
Movie · as お秋
Women in Prison
Movie · as Taeko Hara, prisoner
Rainy Night Duel
Movie · as Shizue Amaji
Girl's Reform School
Movie
Morishige, where are you going?
Movie · as Megumi Mori
The Wife is a University Student
Movie · as Keiko Hiyoshi (Student Wife)
A Strong Wind Blows
Movie · as Takako Hiyoshi
New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune
Movie
Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae
Movie
The Shiinomi School
Movie · as Kayoko Atsumi
Nonki saiban
Movie
Christ in Bronze
Movie · as Mónica
If Indeed One Loves
Movie · as Kuniko (segment 2)
Love at Forty
Movie
Ginji of the Seven Faces
Movie
Dawn Chorus
Movie
Sansho the Bailiff
Movie · as Anju
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Movie · as Osan
Hanran
Movie
Five Sisters
Movie
Mother's First Love
Movie
Tomoshibi
Movie
The Glorious Days
Movie
Tekka bugyō
Movie
Tokyo Story
Movie · as Kyoko Hirayama
Tower of Lilies
Movie · as Fumi Uehara
Love Letter
Movie · as Yasuko
Aiyoku no sabaki
Movie · as Fujikawa Motoko
Moth Lamp
Movie
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Movie
Mother
Movie · as Toshiko Fukuhara
Man in the Storm
Movie · as Tomi Tsuboi
Lightning
Movie · as Tsubomi
Lil's Return from Shanghai
Movie · as Lil Takemoto / Katsuko Suzuki
Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
Movie
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
Movie · as Mitsuko Kawai
A Ripple in a Morning
Movie · as Sister
Kantarou zukiyo-uta
Movie
August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan
Movie · as Kimiko Sasaki
Daigaku no kotengu
Movie
Chakkari fujin to ukkari fujin
Movie
Ginza Cosmetics
Movie · as Kyôko
Akatsuki no Kyūshū
Movie · as Yukie Murata
Karate Sanshiro
Movie
Farewell to the Highland Station
Movie · as Yuki
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
Movie
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
Movie · as O-Rie
Snow-Flake
Movie · as Itakura's sister
Mado Kara Tobidase
Movie · as Mariko Fujieda