About

Known credits:
124
Birthday:
1930-04-29
Place of birth:
Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Website:
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Kyôko Kishida

Overview

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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Known for

Acting
2006 Wool 100% Actor Ume 59
Average
2005 Under the Same Moon Actor Azumaya 59
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2005 Love Song Actor N/A
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2005 Spring Snow Actor 59
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2005 The Book of the Dead Actor Narrator (voice) 59
Average
2004 Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari Actor N/A
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2004 女の中の二つの顔 Actor N/A
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2004 Onna no naka no futatsu no kao Actor 59
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2004 Joi - Yu Actor N/A
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2004 Tracing Jake Actor 59
Average
2004 Bewitched In Tokyo Actor Sakura N/A
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2003 Winter Days Actor 58
Average
2003 Animal Doctor Actor N/A
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2002 Lone Wolf and Cub Actor Narrator 69
Fair
2002 HR Actor Yagita's mother 69
Fair
2002 Princess Tutu Actor Narrator (voice) 72
Good
2002 Vengeance for Sale Actor Otome 59
Average
2002 Nurseman Actor 69
Fair
2001 Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji Actor 59
Average
2001 Chloe Actor Cleaning Lady 59
Average
2000 Dora-heita Actor Lady of the Sister Wind 58
Average
2000 Shinsengumi Actor N/A
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1999 Maikosan wa Meitantei! Actor N/A
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1999 Good News Actor 70
Good
1998 Tokugawa Yoshinobu Actor Matsushima N/A
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1997 Forbidden Fruit Actor Mizukoshi Ayako N/A
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1997 To Love Actor Taeko Kano 59
Average
1996 The 8-Tomb Village Actor Kotake Tajimi / Koume Tajimi 59
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1996 Haunted School 2 Actor School Master 59
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1994 Dark hunter Actor Ohama N/A
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1993 Karin Actor 小森晶乃 N/A
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1993 Fusa Actor 59
Average
1993 Kagi-shi Actor N/A
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1991 Zodiac Killers Actor Old geisha Miyako (cameo) 58
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1991 Noh Mask Murders Actor Natsu Mizukami 58
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1990 Heaven and Earth Actor Maid-In-Waiting 58
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1990 Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty Actor Narration (voice) 58
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1990 道連れ Actor N/A
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1989 Rikyu Actor Wife 59
Average
1988 Crane Actor Kichibi 59
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1987 Tokyo Bordello Actor Narrator 59
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1987 Sure Death 4 Actor Benten 59
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1987 Let's Gotokuji Actor N/A
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1987 A Tale of Young Elopement Actor Nobuko Kitashiro N/A
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1987 Actress Actor Kuginukiya 59
Average
1986 The Sea and Poison Actor Ohba, Head Nurse 59
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1986 The Hall of the Crying Deer Actor N/A
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1985 Spring Bell Actor Fusako Ishimoto 59
Average
1985 Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka Actor N/A
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1985 Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka Actor Kie Azuma N/A
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1984 Seito shokun! Actor N/A
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1984 Romansu Actor 真之助の母・香木艶子 69
Fair
1983 I Lived, But... Actor Self 59
Average
1983 Detective Story Actor Kimie Hasenuma 58
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1982 Lullaby of Death Actor Mayumi 58
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1981 Flame of Father and Son Actor N/A
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1981 Rennyo and His Mother Actor N/A
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1981 The Shogun's Vault I Actor N/A
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1980 The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail Actor N/A
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1980 Toward the Terra Actor Grandmother (voice) 59
Average
1980 A-Un Actor N/A
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1979 The Inferno Actor Shima Ikegata 59
Average
1979 The 47 Ronins of Ako Actor Ôishi Riku N/A
N/A
1979 Unico - Black Cloud and White Feather Actor 58
Average
1979 Nichiren Actor N/A
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1977 Japanese Godfather: Ambition Actor Naoko Anekoji 59
Average
1977 Sugata Sanshiro Actor Omon N/A
N/A
1977 Curse of the Dog God Actor Kimiyo Tarumi 58
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1977 Utamaro's World Actor Ochika 59
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1976 The Inugamis Actor Koto Teacher 59
Average
1976 Akai Unmei Actor N/A
N/A
1975 World Famous Fairy Tale Series Actor Narrator 58
Average
1974 Wounded Angels Actor Ayabe Takako 70
Good
1974 Prophecies of Nostradamus Actor Narrator (Voice of the Prophecy) 58
Average
1973 Onna: Sono Ai no Series Actor N/A
N/A
1972 Journey Into Solitude Actor Mama, the girl's mother 59
Average
1972 Sapporo Winter Olympics Actor Narrator (voice) 59
Average
1972 New Moomin Actor Moomin (voice) 69
Fair
1971 Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow Actor Sanko Otori 59
Average
1971 A Woman Called En Actor N/A
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1971 Haru no Sakamichi Actor Yodo-dono N/A
N/A
1970 Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny Actor Sanko Otori 59
Average
1969 Vixen Actor Akie 59
Average
1969 Moomin Actor Moomin (voice) 69
Fair
1969 A Thousand and One Nights Actor Miriam / Jaris (voice) 59
Average
1968 Where did Sharaku go? Actor Oharu Tsutaya N/A
N/A
1968 The Time of Reckoning Actor 58
Average
1967 The Shogun and His Mistresses Actor Urao 59
Average
1967 ゴメスの名はゴメス Actor N/A
N/A
1967 Mothers Actor (voice) 59
Average
1966 The Face of Another Actor Nurse 65
Fair
1966 Warm Current Actor Mikie Shima N/A
N/A
1965 Conquest Actor Kaoyo N/A
N/A
1965 The School of Flesh Actor N/A
N/A
1964 Love Actor 58
Average
1964 Manji Actor Sonoko Kakiuchi 59
Average
1964 Homicide Actor Fumiko Ando N/A
N/A
1964 Brand of Evil Actor N/A
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1964 こんにちは赤ちゃん Actor Ms Okiyama 59
Average
1964 Love and Greed Actor Yoko Saijyo 58
Average
1964 Woman in the Dunes Actor The Woman 69
Fair
1964 Akō Rōshi Actor Aguri 69
Fair
1963 Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai Actor Lady Hagi 59
Average
1963 Five Ronins Actor N/A
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1962 Ninja, A Band of Assassins Actor Inone 59
Average
1962 An Autumn Afternoon Actor Madame Kaoru 66
Fair
1962 Being Two Isn't Easy Actor Chiyo's Friend 59
Average
1962 A Flame at the Pier Actor Reiko 59
Average
1962 Human Zoo Actor 59
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1962 The Broken Commandment Actor Inoko's wife 59
Average
1962 Love at the Fogged Harbor Actor N/A
N/A
1962 Night Mist Makes Women Cry Actor Yoshiko Hoshino N/A
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1961 Challenge to Live Actor N/A
N/A
1961 Ten Dark Women Actor Sayoko Goto 59
Average
1961 The Harbor Lights Actor 59
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1961 The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer Actor Ryûko 65
Fair
1960 Get 'em All Actor Sally 59
Average
1960 Her Brother Actor Mrs. Tanuma 59
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1960 The Twilight Story Actor 59
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1959 Temptation on Glamour Island Actor Sumiko Tsuboi 59
Average
1958 The Days of Evil Women Actor N/A
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1958 The Lowest Man Actor Sakie N/A
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1956 Yaneura no Onna-tachi Actor N/A
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1953 An Inlet of Muddy Water Actor 59
Average