Kyôko Kishida
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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Acted in
Wool 100%
2006
as Ume
Under the Same Moon
2005
as Azumaya
Love Song
2005
Spring Snow
2005
The Book of the Dead
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Natsumeke no Shokutaku
2005
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
2004
女の中の二つの顔
2004
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
2004
Joi - Yu
2004
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
2004
as Kōkin Miyagawa
Tracing Jake
2004
Bewitched In Tokyo
2004
as Sakura
Winter Days
2003
Animal Doctor
2003
Lone Wolf and Cub
2002
as Narrator
HR
2002
as Yagita's mother
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
2002
Princess Tutu
2002
as Narrator (voice)
The Private Detective Mike
2002
Vengeance for Sale
2002
as Otome
Nurseman
2002
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
2001
Chloe
2001
as Cleaning Lady
Dora-heita
2000
as Lady of the Sister Wind
Shinsengumi
2000
Maikosan wa Meitantei!
1999
Good News
1999
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
1998
as Matsushima
Forbidden Fruit
1997
as Mizukoshi Ayako
To Love
1997
as Taeko Kano
The 8-Tomb Village
1996
as Kotake Tajimi / Koume Tajimi
Haunted School 2
1996
as School Master
Gokenin Zankuro
1995
as Zankurô's mother
Dark hunter
1994
as Ohama
Karin
1993
as 小森晶乃
Fusa
1993
Kagi-shi
1993
Zodiac Killers
1991
as Old geisha Miyako (cameo)
Noh Mask Murders
1991
as Natsu Mizukami
Heaven and Earth
1990
as Maid-In-Waiting
Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty
1990
as Narration (voice)
道連れ
1990
Tales of the Bizarre
1990
Rikyu
1989
as Wife
Crane
1988
as Kichibi
Tokyo Bordello
1987
as Narrator
Sure Death 4
1987
as Benten
Let's Gotokuji
1987
A Tale of Young Elopement
1987
as Nobuko Kitashiro
Actress
1987
as Kuginukiya
The Sea and Poison
1986
as Ohba, Head Nurse
The Hall of the Crying Deer
1986
Spring Bell
1985
as Fusako Ishimoto
Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
1985
Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
1985
as Kie Azuma
Seito shokun!
1984
Romansu
1984
as 真之助の母・香木艶子
I Lived, But...
1983
as Self
Detective Story
1983
as Kimie Hasenuma
Lullaby of Death
1982
as Mayumi
Flame of Father and Son
1981
Rennyo and His Mother
1981
The Shogun's Vault I
1981
The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
1980
Zoku zoku jiken
1980
Toward the Terra
1980
as Grandmother (voice)
A-Un
1980
The Inferno
1979
as Shima Ikegata
The 47 Ronins of Ako
1979
as Ôishi Riku
Unico - Black Cloud and White Feather
1979
Nichiren
1979
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
1977
as Naoko Anekoji
Sugata Sanshiro
1977
as Omon
Curse of the Dog God
1977
as Kimiyo Tarumi
Utamaro's World
1977
as Ochika
The Inugami Family
1976
as Koto Teacher
Akai Unmei
1976
World Famous Fairy Tale Series
1975
as Narrator
Wounded Angels
1974
as Ayabe Takako
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974
as Narrator (Voice of the Prophecy)
Onna: Sono Ai no Series
1973
Journey Into Solitude
1972
as Mama, the girl's mother
Sapporo Winter Olympics
1972
as Narrator (voice)
New Moomin
1972
as Moomin (voice)
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
1971
as Sanko Otori
A Woman Called En
1971
Haru no Sakamichi
1971
as Yodo-dono
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
1970
as Sanko Otori
Vixen
1969
as Akie
Moomin
1969
as Moomin (voice)
A Thousand and One Nights
1969
as Miriam / Jaris (voice)
Where did Sharaku go?
1968
as Oharu Tsutaya
The Time of Reckoning
1968
The Shogun and His Mistresses
1967
as Urao
ゴメスの名はゴメス
1967
Mothers
1967
as (voice)
The Face of Another
1966
as Nurse
Warm Current
1966
as Mikie Shima
Conquest
1965
as Kaoyo
The School of Flesh
1965
Love
1964
Manji
1964
as Sonoko Kakiuchi
Homicide
1964
as Fumiko Ando
Brand of Evil
1964
こんにちは赤ちゃん
1964
as Ms Okiyama
Love and Greed
1964
as Yoko Saijyo
Woman in the Dunes
1964
as The Woman
Akō Rōshi
1964
as Aguri
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963
as Lady Hagi
Five Ronins
1963
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962
as Inone
Being Two Isn't Easy
1962
as Chiyo's Friend
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
as Madame Kaoru
A Flame at the Pier
1962
as Reiko
Human Zoo
1962
The Broken Commandment
1962
as Inoko's wife
Love at the Fogged Harbor
1962
Night Mist Makes Women Cry
1962
as Yoshiko Hoshino
Challenge to Live
1961
Ten Dark Women
1961
as Sayoko Goto
The Harbor Lights
1961
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
as Ryûko
Get 'em All
1960
as Sally
Her Brother
1960
as Mrs. Tanuma
The Twilight Story
1960
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959
as Sumiko Tsuboi
The Days of Evil Women
1958
The Lowest Man
1958
as Sakie
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
1956
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953