Kyôko Kishida

Known for ActingBorn 1930-04-29Died 2006-12-17Suginami, Tokyo, Japan

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Good News

Tokugawa Yoshinobu

Sugata Sanshiro

Wounded Angels

Hello, Baby

稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ

Shinsengumi

Let's Gotokuji

A Tale of Young Elopement

The Hall of the Crying Deer

Seito shokun!

Rennyo and His Mother

Challenge to Live

The Lowest Man

The Private Detective Mike

Cinépanorama

The Twilight Story

Tracing Jake

Princess Tutu

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

Gokenin Zankuro

Woman in the Dunes

Tales of the Bizarre

Where did Sharaku go?

Misandry

Night Mist Makes Women Cry

The Diplomat's Mansion

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

Actress

An Autumn Afternoon

Japanese Godfather: Ambition

The Face of Another

Rikyu

Love and Greed

Haunted School 2

Brand of Evil

Lone Wolf and Cub

The Time of Reckoning

Akō Rōshi

Spring Bell

Natsumeke no Shokutaku

Chloe

The Sea and Poison

Sure Death 4

Nichiren

Vengeance for Sale

The Inugami Family

World Famous Fairy Tale Series