Kyôko Kishida

Acting

147 titles

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.

Filmography

Wool 100%

2006

Under the Same Moon

2005

Love Song

2005

Spring Snow

2005

The Book of the Dead

2005

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

Tracing Jake

2004

Bewitched In Tokyo

2004

Winter Days

2003

Animal Doctor

2003

Lone Wolf and Cub

2002

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

2002

Princess Tutu

2002

The Private Detective Mike

2002

Vengeance for Sale

2002

Nurseman

2002

Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji

2001

オヤジ探偵

2001

Chloe

2001

Dora-heita

2000

Shinsengumi

2000

Maikosan wa Meitantei!

1999

Good News

1999

Tokugawa Yoshinobu

1998

Forbidden Fruit

1997

To Love

1997

The 8-Tomb Village

1996

Haunted School 2

1996

江戸むらさき特急

1995

Fusa

1995

Gokenin Zankuro

1995

Dark Hunter

1994

Karin

1993

Kagi-shi

1993

Zodiac Killers

1991

Noh Mask Murders

1991

Heaven and Earth

1990

Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty

1990

道連れ

1990

Tales of the Bizarre

1990

Rikyu

1989

Crane

1988

Princess from the Moon

1987

Tokyo Bordello

1987

Sure Death 4

1987

Let's Gotokuji

1987

A Tale of Young Elopement

1987

Actress

1987

The Sea and Poison

1986

The Hall of the Crying Deer

1986

Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera

1986

Spring Bell

1985

Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka

1985

Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka

1985

Shoujo ni nani ga okotta ka

1985

Seito shokun!

1984

Romansu

1984

I Lived, But...

1983

Detective Story

1983

Lullaby of Death

1982

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

A-Un

1980

The Inferno

1979

The 47 Ronins of Ako

1979

Unico: Black Cloud and White Feathers

1979

Nichiren

1979

Thumbelina

1978

Japanese Godfather: Ambition

1977

Sugata Sanshiro

1977

Utamaro's World

1977

Curse of the Dog God

1977

The Inugami Family

1976

Akai Unmei

1976

World Famous Fairy Tale Series

1975

Wounded Angels

1974

Prophecies of Nostradamus

1974

Onna: Sono Ai no Series

1973

Journey Into Solitude

1972

Sapporo Winter Olympics

1972

New Moomin

1972

Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow

1971

A Woman Called En

1971

Haru no Sakamichi

1971

Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny

1970

Vixen

1969

Moomin

1969

A Thousand and One Nights

1969

Where did Sharaku go?

1968

The Time of Reckoning

1968

The Shogun and His Mistresses

1967

Gomez's Name is Gomez

1967

ゴメスの名はゴメス

1967

Mothers

1967

The Face of Another

1966

Warm Current

1966

Conquest

1965

六人の女を殺した男

1965

The School of Flesh

1965

Love

1964

Manji

1964

Homicide

1964

Brand of Evil

1964

Hello, Baby

1964

Love and Greed

1964

Woman in the Dunes

1964

Misandry

1964

Akō Rōshi

1964

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

1963

Five Ronins

1963

At the Side of the Bridge 3

1963

Ninja, A Band of Assassins

1962

Being Two Isn't Easy

1962

An Autumn Afternoon

1962

A Flame at the Pier

1962

Human Zoo

1962

The Broken Commandment

1962

Love at the Fogged Harbor

1962

Night Mist Makes Women Cry

1962

The Diplomat's Mansion

1961

Challenge to Live

1961

Ten Dark Women

1961

The Harbor Lights

1961

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

1961

Get 'em All

1960

Her Brother

1960

Towering Waves

1960

The Twilight Story

1960

Temptation on Glamour Island

1959

The Days of Evil Women

1958

Blackmail

1958

Yurakucho 0 Street

1958

The Lowest Man

1958

Yaneura no Onna-tachi

1956

Cinépanorama

1956

An Inlet of Muddy Water

1953

Crystal House