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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 5, 1931
Place of Birth
Aso, Namegata, Ibaragi Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As
- 카가와 쿄코
- Кёко Кагава
Kyōko Kagawa
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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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Self
The Ozu Diaries
2025
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Self
Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About
2022
7.6
Shimamori Tower
2022
7.1
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
2022
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Fukiko
Mo-Ruerani
2021
4.0
Shimizu-sensei
Omotenashi
2018
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Reiko Ashitaka
Tenshi no Iru Toshokan
2017
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Self - Actress
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016
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Somewhere in Kamakura
2016
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Beautiful 2016
2016
Credits
The Ozu Diaries
as Self
2025
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Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About
as Self
2022
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Shimamori Tower
2022
7.6
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
2022
7.1
Mo-Ruerani
as Fukiko
2021
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Omotenashi
as Shimizu-sensei
2018
4.0
Tenshi no Iru Toshokan
as Reiko Ashitaka
2017
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Mifune: The Last Samurai
as Self - Actress
2016
7.2
Somewhere in Kamakura
2016
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Beautiful 2016
2016
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東京の日
as Michiko
2015
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Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki
as Self
2015
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Silent Poor
as Fusae Eda
2014
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The Intermission
2013
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The Story of Film: An Odyssey
as Self
2011
7.7
Tokyo Rendezvous
as Fujiko Natsumi
2008
5.4
Red Whale, White Snake
2006
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Imo Tako Nankin
as 花岡和代
2006
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Bluestockings
2005
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Heaven's Bookstore
as Sachi Hiyama
2004
5.5
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
as Self
2002
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
as Self
2002
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
as Self
2002
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Kokoro no Koukyougaku
as (Voice)
2002
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After Life
as Kyoko Watanabe
1999
7.2
Futarikko
1996
7.3
Shall We Dance?
as Keiko Kishikawa
1996
7.4
Kura
1995
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Deep River
as Isobe's wife
1995
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Madadayo
as Professor's Wife
1993
7.3
The Tale of Genji
1991
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Shikibu monogatari
as Isa Otomo
1990
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Song of the Spring Pony
1985
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Tora-san's Dream of Spring
as Keiko
1979
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Have Wings on Your Heart
1978
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Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
as Self
1975
7.1
Mizuiro no toki
as 知子の母・松宮房子
1975
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The Family
as Ichiko Mima
1974
10.0
Red Beard
as Madwoman ("The Mantis")
1965
8.1
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
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Life of a Flower
as Akiyama Shizu
1963
7.0
High and Low
as Reiko Gondo
1963
8.3
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
1962
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Love at the Fogged Harbor
1962
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As Long as There's Tomorrow
as Natsuko
1962
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Girls of the Night
as Mrs. Shima
1961
6.4
Mothra
as Michi Hanamura
1961
7.1
Death on the Mountain
as Masako Iwase
1961
6.5
Daredevil in the Castle
as Ai
1961
7.1
Scars of Honor
1960
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The Bad Sleep Well
as Yoshiko Nishi
1960
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Lord of Red Banner
1960
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The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
1960
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The Three Treasures
as Princess Miyazu
1959
5.3
Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda
1959
7.5
The Human Wall
as Fumiko
1959
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Gambler and the Princess
as Princess Kiku
1959
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The Outsiders
as Yukiko Saeki
1958
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His Scarlet Cloak
1958
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The Child Writers
as Fumio's Teacher
1958
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Little Peach
as Anzukko
1958
5.9
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
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Woman Unveiled
1958
6.0
Kampai! Miai Kekkon
as Emiko Toda
1958
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Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
as Oki
1958
5.3
On This Earth
as Fuyuko
1957
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The Oil-Hell Murder
1957
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The Lower Depths
as Okayo, Osugi's Sister
1957
7.1
The Shadow Daughter
1957
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Yagyu Secret Scrolls
as Oki
1957
7.0
An Osaka Story
as Onatsu
1957
5.4
A Man in the Storm
as Akiko
1957
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A Strong Wind Blows
as Takako Hiyoshi
1956
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Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
as Fukuko
1956
6.7
Women in Prison
as Taeko Hara, prisoner
1956
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Morishige, where are you going?
as Megumi Mori
1956
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流轉
as お秋
1956
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The Wife is a University Student
as Keiko Hiyoshi (Student Wife)
1956
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Girl's Reform School
1956
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Rainy Night Duel
as Shizue Amaji
1956
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Sudden Rain
as Ayako (Fumiko's niece)
1956
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Christ in Bronze
as Mónica
1955
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Ai Sureba Koso
as Kuniko (segment 2)
1955
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The Shiinomi School
as Kayoko Atsumi
1955
6.5
Nonki saiban
1955
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Chikamatsu Monogatari
as Osan
1954
7.7
Mother's First Love
1954
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Tomoshibi
1954
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Five Sisters
1954
7.7
The Glorious Days
1954
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Sansho the Bailiff
as Anju
1954
8.1
Hanran
1954
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Love Letter
as Yasuko
1953
6.8
Tokyo Story
as Kyoko Hirayama
1953
8.2
Aiyoku no sabaki
as Fujikawa Motoko
1953
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Tower of Lilies
as Fumi Uehara
1953
6.8
Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
1952
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Lightning
as Tsubomi
1952
7.1
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
as Mitsuko Kawai
1952
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勘太郎月夜唄
1952
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Mother
as Toshiko Fukuhara
1952
6.8
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
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A Ripple in a Morning
as Sister
1952
6.0
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Lil's Return from Shanghai
as Lil Takemoto / Katsuko Suzuki
1952
7.0
Man in the Storm
as Tomi Tsuboi
1952
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Karate Sanshiro
1951
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Who Knows a Woman's Heart
1951
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Akatsuki no Kyūshū
as Yukie Murata
1951
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Farewell to the Highland Station
as Yuki
1951
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Ginza Cosmetics
as Kyôko
1951
6.1
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
as O-Rie
1950
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Snow-Flake
as Itakura's sister
1950
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Mado Kara Tobidase
as Mariko Fujieda
1950
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