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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 29, 1930
Died
December 17, 2006
Place of Birth
Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Also Known As
- Kyoko Kishida
- Кёко Кисида
- کیوکو کیشیدا
Kyôko Kishida
1.1 Popularity
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kyōko Kishida, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
Wool 100%
as Ume
2006
5.9
Under the Same Moon
as Azumaya
2005
4.0
Love Song
2005
0.0
Spring Snow
2005
4.0
The Book of the Dead
as Narrator (voice)
2005
6.2
Natsumeke no Shokutaku
2005
0.0
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
2004
0.0
🎬
女の中の二つの顔
2004
0.0
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
2004
1.0
🎬
Joi - Yu
2004
0.0
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
as Kōkin Miyagawa
2004
9.0
Tracing Jake
2004
7.0
Bewitched In Tokyo
as Sakura
2004
0.0
Winter Days
2003
5.9
Animal Doctor
2003
0.0
Lone Wolf and Cub
as Narrator
2002
6.8
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
2002
7.6
HR
as Yagita's mother
2002
5.0
Princess Tutu
as Narrator (voice)
2002
8.1
The Private Detective Mike
2002
8.4
Vengeance for Sale
as Otome
2002
6.4
Nurseman
2002
6.0
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
2001
5.4
Chloe
as Cleaning Lady
2001
6.0
Dora-heita
as Lady of the Sister Wind
2000
5.1
Shinsengumi
2000
0.0
🎬
Maikosan wa Meitantei!
1999
0.0
Good News
1999
10.0
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
as Matsushima
1998
0.0
Forbidden Fruit
as Mizukoshi Ayako
1997
0.0
To Love
as Taeko Kano
1997
5.5
The 8-Tomb Village
as Kotake Tajimi / Koume Tajimi
1996
5.7
Haunted School 2
as School Master
1996
7.5
Fusa
1995
5.8
Gokenin Zankuro
as Zankurô's mother
1995
8.0
Dark hunter
as Ohama
1994
0.0
Karin
as 小森晶乃
1993
0.0
Kagi-shi
1993
0.0
Zodiac Killers
as Old geisha Miyako (cameo)
1991
4.2
Noh Mask Murders
as Natsu Mizukami
1991
5.6
Heaven and Earth
as Maid-In-Waiting
1990
6.2
Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty
as Narration (voice)
1990
6.2
🎬
道連れ
1990
0.0
Tales of the Bizarre
1990
7.8
Rikyu
as Wife
1989
7.5
Crane
as Kichibi
1988
6.8
Princess from the Moon
as Kōgō or Empress
1987
6.3
Tokyo Bordello
as Narrator
1987
5.0
Sure Death 4
as Benten
1987
6.6
Let's Gotokuji
1987
0.0
A Tale of Young Elopement
as Nobuko Kitashiro
1987
0.0
Actress
as Kuginukiya
1987
7.0
The Sea and Poison
as Ohba, Head Nurse
1986
6.9
The Hall of the Crying Deer
1986
0.0
Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera
1986
6.0
Spring Bell
as Fusako Ishimoto
1985
6.0
Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
1985
0.0
Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
as Kie Azuma
1985
0.0
Shoujo ni nani ga okotta ka
1985
0.0
Seito shokun!
1984
0.0
Romansu
as 真之助の母・香木艶子
1984
2.0
I Lived, But...
as Self
1983
6.5
Detective Story
as Kimie Hasenuma
1983
6.2
Lullaby of Death
as Mayumi
1982
5.0
Flame of Father and Son
1981
0.0
Rennyo and His Mother
1981
0.0
The Shogun's Vault I
1981
0.0
🎬
The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
1980
0.0
Zoku zoku jiken
1980
0.0
Toward the Terra
as Grandmother (voice)
1980
6.1
A-Un
1980
0.0
The Inferno
as Shima Ikegata
1979
6.6
🎬
The 47 Ronins of Ako
as Ôishi Riku
1979
0.0
Unico: Black Cloud and White Feathers
1979
5.8
Nichiren
1979
0.0
Thumbelina
as Narrator / Gekoo (voice)
1978
6.0
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
as Naoko Anekoji
1977
8.8
🎬
Sugata Sanshiro
as Omon
1977
0.0
Utamaro's World
as Ochika
1977
5.0
Curse of the Dog God
as Kimiyo Tarumi
1977
6.1
The Inugami Family
as Koto Teacher
1976
6.9
Akai Unmei
1976
0.0
World Famous Fairy Tale Series
as Narrator (voice)
1975
7.0
Wounded Angels
as Ayabe Takako
1974
10.0
Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Narrator (Voice of the Prophecy)
1974
6.0
Onna: Sono Ai no Series
1973
0.0
Journey Into Solitude
as Mama, the girl's mother
1972
6.5
Sapporo Winter Olympics
as Narrator (voice)
1972
6.7
New Moomin
as Moomin (voice)
1972
5.5
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
as Sanko Otori
1971
5.8
A Woman Called En
1971
0.0
Haru no Sakamichi
as Yodo-dono
1971
0.0
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
as Sanko Otori
1970
6.6
Vixen
as Akie
1969
6.4
Moomin
as Moomin (voice)
1969
6.5
A Thousand and One Nights
as Miriam / Jaris (voice)
1969
6.7
Where did Sharaku go?
as Oharu Tsutaya
1968
0.0
The Time of Reckoning
1968
7.0
The Shogun and His Mistresses
as Urao
1967
2.0
Gomez's Name is Gomez
as Sonoko
1967
0.0
🎬
ゴメスの名はゴメス
1967
0.0
Mothers
as (voice)
1967
6.4
The Face of Another
as Nurse
1966
7.8
Warm Current
as Mikie Shima
1966
0.0
Conquest
as Kaoyo
1965
5.0
六人の女を殺した男
1965
0.0
The School of Flesh
1965
4.7
Love
1964
4.9
Manji
as Sonoko Kakiuchi
1964
6.3
Homicide
as Fumiko Ando
1964
0.0
Brand of Evil
as Takazawa Mitsue
1964
7.5
Hello, Baby
as Ms Okiyama
1964
10.0
Love and Greed
as Yoko Saijyo
1964
7.0
Woman in the Dunes
as The Woman
1964
8.2
Misandry
1964
0.0
Akō Rōshi
as Aguri
1964
7.5
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
as Lady Hagi
1963
6.8
Five Ronins
1963
0.0
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963
0.0
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
as Inone
1962
6.2
Being Two Isn't Easy
as Chiyo's Friend
1962
6.8
An Autumn Afternoon
as Madame Kaoru
1962
7.8
A Flame at the Pier
as Reiko
1962
6.0
🎬
Human Zoo
1962
3.0
The Broken Commandment
as Inoko's wife
1962
6.6
Love at the Fogged Harbor
1962
0.0
🎬
Night Mist Makes Women Cry
as Yoshiko Hoshino
1962
0.0
Challenge to Live
1961
0.0
Ten Dark Women
as Sayoko Goto
1961
5.5
The Harbor Lights
1961
5.0
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
as Ryûko
1961
8.4
Get 'em All
as Sally
1960
6.0
Her Brother
as Mrs. Tanuma
1960
6.9
The Twilight Story
1960
8.0
Temptation on Glamour Island
as Sumiko Tsuboi
1959
6.0
The Days of Evil Women
1958
0.0
Yurakucho 0 Street
as Nagasaki Detective
1958
0.0
The Lowest Man
as Sakie
1958
0.0
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
1956
0.0
Cinépanorama
as Self
1956
8.0
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
6.1
🎬
江戸むらさき特急
N/A
0.0
Crystal House
N/A
0.0