Name
Kyôko Kishida
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1930-04-29
Deathday
2006-12-17 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
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.
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Known For
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After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manch...
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A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his new doctor, but the ...
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Widower Shuhei Hirayama's caretaker is his 24-year-old daughter, Michiko. Gradually, he co...
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Hong Kong student Ben Lee becomes friends with his mainland Chinese classmate Chang Chih w...
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Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realiz...
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When a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on...
- 1962 Ninja, A Band of Assassins as Inone
- 2005 The Book of the Dead as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 Spring Snow
- 1961 The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer as Ryûko
- 1990 Heaven and Earth as Maid-In-Waiting
- 1966 The Face of Another as Nurse
- 1989 Rikyu as Wife
- 2006 Wool 100% as Ume
- 1964 Woman in the Dunes as The Woman
- 1994 Dark Hunter as Ohama
- 1997 To Love as Taeko Kano
- 1964 Manji as Sonoko Kakiuchi
- 1977 Utamaro's World as Ochika
- 1963 Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai as Lady Hagi
- 1985 Spring Bell as Fusako Ishimoto
- 1979 Nichiren
- 1977 Curse of the Dog God as Kimiyo Tarumi
- 1960 Her Brother as Mrs. Tanuma
- 1962 The Broken Commandment as Inoko's wife
- 2001 Chloe as Cleaning Lady
- 1981 The Shogun's Vault I
- 1990 Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty as Narration (voice)
- 1965 Conquest as Kaoyo
- 2004 Tracing Jake
- 1970 Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny as Sanko Otori
- 1979 The Inferno as Shima Ikegata
- 2002 Vengeance for Sale as Otome
- 1964 Homicide as Fumiko Ando
- 1953 An Inlet of Muddy Water
- 1972 Journey Into Solitude as Mama, the girl's mother
- 1971 Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow as Sanko Otori
- 1968 Where did Sharaku go? as Oharu Tsutaya
- 1972 Sapporo Winter Olympics as Narrator (voice)
- 1969 A Thousand and One Nights as Miriam / Jaris (voice)
- 1965 The School of Flesh
- 2000 Dora-heita as Lady of the Sister Wind
- 1991 Zodiac Killers as Old geisha Miyako (cameo)
- 2005 Under the Same Moon as Azumaya
- 1986 The Sea and Poison as Ohba, Head Nurse
- 1996 The 8-Tomb Village as Kotake Tajimi / Koume Tajimi
- 1987 Sure Death 4 as Benten
- 1962 A Flame at the Pier as Reiko
- 1981 Rennyo and His Mother
- 1983 Detective Story as Kimie Hasenuma
- 1969 Vixen as Akie
- 1964 Love and Greed as Yoko Saijyo
- 1981 Flame of Father and Son
- 1968 The Time of Reckoning as Chizuko Mochizuki
- 1960 The Twilight Story
- 1980 The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
- 1961 Ten Women in Black as Goyako Goto
- 2001 Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
- 1975 World Famous Fairy Tale Series as Narrator (voice)
- 1987 Let's Gotokuji
- 1967 Mothers as (voice)
- 1962 Being Two Isn't Easy as Chiyo's Friend
- 1979 Unico: Black Cloud and White Feathers
- 1996 Haunted School 2 as School Master
- 1964 Brand of Evil as Takazawa Mitsue
- 1964 Hello, Baby as Ms Okiyama
- 1982 Lullaby of Death as Mayumi
- 1976 The Inugami Family as Koto Teacher
- 1962 Love at the Fogged Harbor
- 1983 I Lived, But... as Self
- 1984 Seito shokun!
- 1961 The Harbor Lights
- 1958 The Days of Evil Women
- 1960 Get 'em All as Sally
- 1961 Challenge to Live
- 1963 Five Ronins
- 1967 The Shogun and His Mistresses as Urao
- 1987 A Tale of Young Elopement as Nobuko Kitashiro
- 2004 Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
- 1962 An Autumn Afternoon as Madame Kaoru
- 1980 Toward the Terra as Grandmother (voice)
- 1958 The Lowest Man as Sakie
- 1995 Fusa
- 1977 Japanese Godfather: Ambition as Naoko Anekoji
- 1962 Night Mist Makes Women Cry as Yoshiko Hoshino
- 2004 Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
- 1988 Crane as Kichibi
- 1974 Prophecies of Nostradamus as Narrator (Voice of the Prophecy)
- 1991 Noh Mask Murders as Natsu Mizukami
- 1987 Actress as Kuginukiya
- 2003 Winter Days
- 1977 Sugata Sanshiro as Omon
- 1971 A Woman Called En
- 1964 Love
- 1962 Human Zoo
- 1959 Temptation on Glamour Island as Sumiko Tsuboi
- 1987 Tokyo Bordello as Narrator
- 2000 Shinsengumi
- 1966 Warm Current as Mikie Shima
- 1986 The Hall of the Crying Deer
- 1956 Yaneura no Onna-tachi
- 1986 Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera
- 1965 The Man Who Killed Six Women
- 1963 At the Side of the Bridge 3
- 1967 Who Is Gomez? as Sonoko
- 1987 Princess from the Moon as Kōgō or Empress
- 1964 Misandry
- 1978 Thumbelina as Narrator / Gekoo (voice)
- 1958 Yurakucho 0 Street as Nagasaki Detective
- 1995 Edo Murasaki Limited Express
- 1958 Blackmail
- 1961 The Diplomat's Mansion as Ranko
- 1960 Towering Waves
- 1960 Just Barely
- 1982 Japanese Criminal Records: Kurume Chapter
- 1997 Love Song of the Old Capital
- 1959 Pilgrimage at Night as Woman from Brothel
- 1963 Miren as Yuki Kosugi
- 1964 Comedy: Cheerful Widow
- 1956 Hanayome no tameiki
- 1956 The Bride Carries On
- 2001 Legendary Crocodile, Jake and His Fellows
- 1961 Adorable Schemers
- 1971 Haru no Sakamichi ( 52 episodes ) as Yodo-dono
- 1964 Akō Rōshi ( 52 episodes ) as Aguri
- 1973 Onna: Sono Ai no Series ( 1 episode )
- 1993 Kagi-shi ( 1 episode )
- 1999 Maikosan wa Meitantei! ( 10 episodes )
- 2005 Love Song ( 10 episodes )
- 1999 Good News ( 12 episodes )
- 2004 Joi - Yu ( 10 episodes )
- 2003 Animal Doctor ( 11 episodes )
- 2002 Princess Tutu ( 38 episodes ) as Narrator (voice)
- 1976 Akai Unmei ( 28 episodes )
- 2004 女の中の二つの顔 ( 1 episode )
- 2002 The Private Detective Mike ( 1 episode )
- 2002 HR ( 23 episodes ) as Yagita's mother
- 2004 Bewitched In Tokyo ( 11 episodes ) as Sakura
- 1972 New Moomin ( 52 episodes ) as Moomin (voice)
- 2002 Lone Wolf and Cub ( 9 episodes ) as Narrator
- 1969 Moomin ( 65 episodes ) as Moomin (voice)
- 1980 A-Un ( 9 episodes )
- 1967 ゴメスの名はゴメス ( 5 episodes )
- 1995 Gokenin Zankuro ( 8 episodes ) as Zankurô's mother
- 1985 Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka ( 12 episodes ) as Kie Azuma
- 2002 AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo ( 1 episode )
- 2005 Natsumeke no Shokutaku ( 1 episode )
- 1993 Karin ( 151 episodes ) as 小森晶乃
- 1990 Tales of the Bizarre ( 1 episode )
- 1984 Romansu ( 156 episodes ) as 真之助の母・香木艶子
- 2004 稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ ( 1 episode ) as Kōkin Miyagawa
- 1997 Forbidden Fruit ( 11 episodes ) as Mizukoshi Ayako
- 1979 The 47 Ronins of Ako ( 36 episodes ) as Ôishi Riku
- 2002 Nurseman ( 18 episodes )
- 1956 Cinépanorama ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1980 Zoku zoku jiken ( 4 episodes )
- 1998 Tokugawa Yoshinobu ( 49 episodes ) as Matsushima
- 1974 Wounded Angels ( 26 episodes ) as Ayabe Takako
- 1990 道連れ ( 1 episode )
- Soon Crystal House ( 1 episode )
- 2001 オヤジ探偵 ( 2 episodes )
