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.
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Filmography of
Kyôko Kishida
Ume
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Azumaya
... 2005
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Narrator (voice)
... 2005
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Otome
... 2002
Cleaning Lady
... 2001
Lady of the Sister Wind
... 2000
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Taeko Kano
... 1997
Kotake Tajimi / Koume Tajimi
... 1996
School Master
... 1996
... 1995
Ohama
... 1994
Old geisha Miyako (cameo)
... 1991
Natsu Mizukami
... 1991
Maid-In-Waiting
... 1990
Narration (voice)
... 1990
Wife
... 1989
Kichibi
... 1988
Kōgō or Empress
... 1987
Narrator
... 1987
Benten
... 1987
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Nobuko Kitashiro
... 1987
Kuginukiya
... 1987
Ohba, Head Nurse
... 1986
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Fusako Ishimoto
... 1985
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Self
... 1983
Kimie Hasenuma
... 1983
Mayumi
... 1982
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Grandmother (voice)
... 1980
Shima Ikegata
... 1979
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Naoko Anekoji
... 1977
Omon
... 1977
Ochika
... 1977
Kimiyo Tarumi
... 1977
Koto Teacher
... 1976
Narrator (voice)
... 1975
Narrator (Voice of the Prophecy)
... 1974
Mama, the girl's mother
... 1972
Narrator (voice)
... 1972
Sanko Otori
... 1971
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Sanko Otori
... 1970
Akie
... 1969
Miriam / Jaris (voice)
... 1969
Oharu Tsutaya
... 1968
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Sonoko
... 1967
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... 1967
Nurse
... 1966
Mikie Shima
... 1966
Kaoyo
... 1965
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Sonoko Kakiuchi
... 1964
Fumiko Ando
... 1964
Takazawa Mitsue
... 1964
Ms Okiyama
... 1964
Yoko Saijyo
... 1964
The Woman
... 1964
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Lady Hagi
... 1963
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Chiyo's Friend
... 1962
Madame Kaoru
... 1962
Reiko
... 1962
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Inoko's wife
... 1962
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Yoshiko Hoshino
... 1962
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Sayoko Goto
... 1961
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Sally
... 1960
Mrs. Tanuma
... 1960
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Sumiko Tsuboi
... 1959
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Sakie
... 1958
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