Kyôko Kishida
Acting
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
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movieUnder the Same Moon
2005
Azumaya
movieThe Book of the Dead
2005
Narrator (voice)
tv稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
2004
Kōkin Miyagawa
tvBewitched In Tokyo
2004
Sakura
tvLone Wolf and Cub
2002
Narrator
tvHR
2002
Yagita's mother
tvPrincess Tutu
2002
Narrator (voice)
movieChloe
2001
Cleaning Lady
movieDora-heita
2000
Lady of the Sister Wind
tvTokugawa Yoshinobu
1998
Matsushima
tvForbidden Fruit
1997
Mizukoshi Ayako
movieTo Love
1997
Taeko Kano
movieThe 8-Tomb Village
1996
Kotake Tajimi / Koume Tajimi
movieHaunted School 2
1996
School Master
tvGokenin Zankuro
1995
Zankurô's mother
movieDark Hunter
1994
Ohama
tvKarin
1993
小森晶乃
movieZodiac Killers
1991
Old geisha Miyako (cameo)
movieNoh Mask Murders
1991
Natsu Mizukami
movieHeaven and Earth
1990
Maid-In-Waiting
movieBriar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty
1990
Narration (voice)
movieRikyu
1989
Wife
movieCrane
1988
Kichibi
moviePrincess from the Moon
1987
Kōgō or Empress
movieTokyo Bordello
1987
Narrator
movieSure Death 4
1987
Benten
movieA Tale of Young Elopement
1987
Nobuko Kitashiro
movieActress
1987
Kuginukiya
movieThe Sea and Poison
1986
Ohba, Head Nurse
movieSpring Bell
1985
Fusako Ishimoto
tvShoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
1985
Kie Azuma
tvRomansu
1984
真之助の母・香木艶子
movieDetective Story
1983
Kimie Hasenuma
movieToward the Terra
1980
Grandmother (voice)
movieThe Inferno
1979
Shima Ikegata
movieThumbelina
1978
Narrator / Gekoo (voice)
movieJapanese Godfather: Ambition
1977
Naoko Anekoji
movieUtamaro's World
1977
Ochika
movieCurse of the Dog God
1977
Kimiyo Tarumi
movieThe Inugami Family
1976
Koto Teacher
movieWorld Famous Fairy Tale Series
1975
Narrator (voice)
tvWounded Angels
1974
Ayabe Takako
movieProphecies of Nostradamus
1974
Narrator (Voice of the Prophecy)
movieJourney Into Solitude
1972
Mama, the girl's mother
movieSapporo Winter Olympics
1972
Narrator (voice)
tvNew Moomin
1972
Moomin (voice)
tvHaru no Sakamichi
1971
Yodo-dono
movieMen and War I: Prelude to Destiny
1970
Sanko Otori
movieVixen
1969
Akie
tvMoomin
1969
Moomin (voice)
movieA Thousand and One Nights
1969
Miriam / Jaris (voice)
movieWhere did Sharaku go?
1968
Oharu Tsutaya
movieThe Time of Reckoning
1968
Chizuko Mochizuki
movieMothers
1967
(voice)
movieWarm Current
1966
Mikie Shima
movieConquest
1965
Kaoyo
movieManji
1964
Sonoko Kakiuchi
movieHomicide
1964
Fumiko Ando
movieBrand of Evil
1964
Takazawa Mitsue
movieHello, Baby
1964
Ms Okiyama
movieLove and Greed
1964
Yoko Saijyo
movieWoman in the Dunes
1964
The Woman
tvAkō Rōshi
1964
Aguri
movieBeing Two Isn't Easy
1962
Chiyo's Friend
movieAn Autumn Afternoon
1962
Madame Kaoru
movieThe Broken Commandment
1962
Inoko's wife
movieTen Dark Women
1961
Sayoko Goto
movieGet 'em All
1960
Sally
movieHer Brother
1960
Mrs. Tanuma
movieTemptation on Glamour Island
1959
Sumiko Tsuboi
movieYurakucho 0 Street
1958
Nagasaki Detective
