Kyōko Kagawa
115 movies · 7 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 5, 1931 (age 94)
- Place of birth
- Aso, Namegata, Ibaragi Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as
- 카가와 쿄코 · Кёко Кагава
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.
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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 .
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Known for
Kyōko Kagawa: movies and TV shows
Acting (122)
- 2022
- 2022
- 2021 Mo-Ruerani
as Fukiko
- 2018 Omotenashi
as Shimizu-sensei
- 2017 Tenshi no Iru Toshokan
as Reiko Ashitaka
- 2016
- 2016
- 2015 Tokyo Day
as Michiko
- 2014
- 2013
- 2008 Tokyo Rendezvous
as Fujiko Natsumi
- 2006
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004 Heaven's Bookstore
as Sachi Hiyama
- 2002 Kokoro no Koukyougaku
as (Voice)
- 2001
- 1999 After Life
as Kyoko Watanabe
- 1996
- 1996 Shall We Dance?
as Keiko Kishikawa
- 1995
- 1995 Deep River
as Isobe's wife
- 1993 Madadayo
as Professor's Wife
- 1991
- 1990 Shikibu monogatari
as Isa Otomo
- 1985
- 1979
- 1978
- 1975
- 1974 The Family
as Ichiko Mima
- 1965 Red Beard
as Madwoman ("The Mantis")
- 1964
- 1964 The Prodigal Son
as His Sister
- 1963
- 1963 High and Low
as Reiko Gondo
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962 Till Tomorrow Is
as Natsuko
- 1961 Girls of the Night
as Mrs. Shima
- 1961 Mothra
as Michi Hanamura
- 1961 Death on the Mountain
as Masako Iwase
- 1961 Daredevil in the Castle
as Ai
- 1960
- 1960 The Bad Sleep Well
as Yoshiko Nishi
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1959 The Three Treasures
as Princess Miyazu
- 1959
- 1959 The Human Wall
as Fumiko
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959 Gambler and the Princess
as Princess Kiku
- 1958
- 1958 The Outsiders
as Yukiko Saeki
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 The Child Writers
as Fumio's Teacher
- 1958
- 1958 Little Peach
as Anzukko
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 Kampai! Miai Kekkon
as Emiko Toda
- 1958
- 1957 On This Earth
as Fuyuko
- 1957
- 1957 The Lower Depths
as Okayo, Osugi's Sister
- 1957 The Shadow Daughter
as Fusako
- 1957 Yagyu Secret Scrolls
as Oki
- 1957 An Osaka Story
as Onatsu
- 1957 A Man in the Storm
as Akiko
- 1956
- 1956 A Strong Wind Blows
as Takako Hiyoshi
- 1956 Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
as Fukuko
- 1956 Women in Prison
as Taeko Hara, prisoner
- 1956 Morishige, where are you going?
as Megumi Mori
- 1956
- 1956 流轉
as お秋
- 1956 The Wife is a University Student
as Keiko Hiyoshi (Student Wife)
- 1956
- 1956 Rainy Night Duel
as Shizue Amaji
- 1956 Sudden Rain
as Ayako (Fumiko's niece)
- 1955
- 1955 Christ in Bronze
as Mónica
- 1955 If Indeed One Loves
as Kuniko (segment 2)
- 1955 The Shiinomi School
as Kayoko Atsumi
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1954 Chikamatsu Monogatari
as Osan
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954 Sansho the Bailiff
as Anju
- 1954
- 1953 Love Letter
as Yasuko
- 1953 Tokyo Story
as Kyoko Hirayama
- 1953
- 1953 Aiyoku no sabaki
as Fujikawa Motoko
- 1953 Tower of Lilies
as Fumi Uehara
- 1952
- 1952 Lightning
as Tsubomi
- 1952 Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
as Mitsuko Kawai
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952 Mother
as Toshiko Fukuhara
- 1952
- 1952 A Ripple in a Morning
as Sister
- 1952 August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan
as Kimiko Sasaki
- 1952
- 1952 Lil's Return from Shanghai
as Lil Takemoto / Katsuko Suzuki
- 1952 Man in the Storm
as Tomi Tsuboi
- 1951
- 1951
- 1951 Akatsuki no Kyūshū
as Yukie Murata
- 1951 Farewell to the Highland Station
as Yuki
- 1951 Ginza Cosmetics
as Kyôko
- 1950 Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
as O-Rie
- 1950 Snow-Flake
as Itakura's sister
- 1950 Mado Kara Tobidase
as Mariko Fujieda
Talk shows and appearances (10)
- 2025
- 2022
- 2016
- 2015
- 2011 The Story of Film: An Odyssey
1 episode
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 1975