Kyôko Kishida
Acting
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.
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Ume
Under the Same Moon
Azumaya
Spring Snow
The Book of the Dead
Narrator (voice)
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
Tracing Jake
Winter Days
Vengeance for Sale
Otome
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
Chloe
Cleaning Lady
Dora-heita
Lady of the Sister Wind
Shinsengumi
To Love
Taeko Kano
The 8-Tomb Village
Kotake Tajimi / Koume Tajimi
Haunted School 2
School Master
江戸むらさき特急
Fusa
Dark hunter
Ohama
Zodiac Killers
Old geisha Miyako (cameo)
Noh Mask Murders
Natsu Mizukami
Heaven and Earth
Maid-In-Waiting
Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty
Narration (voice)
Rikyu
Wife
Crane
Kichibi
Princess from the Moon
Kōgō or Empress
Tokyo Bordello
Narrator
Sure Death 4
Benten
Let's Gotokuji
A Tale of Young Elopement
Nobuko Kitashiro
Actress
Kuginukiya
The Sea and Poison
Ohba, Head Nurse
The Hall of the Crying Deer
Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera
Spring Bell
Fusako Ishimoto
Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
Seito shokun!
I Lived, But...
Self
Detective Story
Kimie Hasenuma
Lullaby of Death
Mayumi
Flame of Father and Son
Rennyo and His Mother
The Shogun's Vault I
The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
Toward the Terra
Grandmother (voice)
The Inferno
Shima Ikegata
Unico: Black Cloud and White Feathers
Nichiren
Thumbelina
Narrator / Gekoo (voice)
Sugata Sanshiro
Omon
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
Naoko Anekoji
Utamaro's World
Ochika
Curse of the Dog God
Kimiyo Tarumi
The Inugami Family
Koto Teacher
World Famous Fairy Tale Series
Narrator (voice)
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Narrator (Voice of the Prophecy)
Journey Into Solitude
Mama, the girl's mother
Sapporo Winter Olympics
Narrator (voice)
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
Sanko Otori
A Woman Called En
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
Sanko Otori
Vixen
Akie
A Thousand and One Nights
Miriam / Jaris (voice)
Where did Sharaku go?
Oharu Tsutaya
The Time of Reckoning
The Shogun and His Mistresses
Urao
Gomez's Name is Gomez
Sonoko
Mothers
(voice)
The Face of Another
Nurse
Warm Current
Mikie Shima
Conquest
Kaoyo
六人の女を殺した男
The School of Flesh
Love
Manji
Sonoko Kakiuchi
Homicide
Fumiko Ando
Brand of Evil
Takazawa Mitsue
Hello, Baby
Ms Okiyama
Love and Greed
Yoko Saijyo
Woman in the Dunes
The Woman
Misandry
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Lady Hagi
Five Ronins
At the Side of the Bridge 3
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
Inone
An Autumn Afternoon
Madame Kaoru
Being Two Isn't Easy
Chiyo's Friend
A Flame at the Pier
Reiko
Human Zoo
The Broken Commandment
Inoko's wife
Love at the Fogged Harbor
Night Mist Makes Women Cry
Yoshiko Hoshino
Challenge to Live
Ten Dark Women
Sayoko Goto
The Harbor Lights
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Ryûko
Get 'em All
Sally
Her Brother
Mrs. Tanuma
The Twilight Story
Temptation on Glamour Island
Sumiko Tsuboi
The Days of Evil Women
Blackmail
Yurakucho 0 Street
Nagasaki Detective
The Lowest Man
Sakie
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
An Inlet of Muddy Water