Kyôko Kishida
Biography
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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Movies 119
Woman in the Dunes
as The Woman
1964
A Thousand and One Nights
as Miriam / Jaris (voice)
1969
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
as Ryûko
1961
The Face of Another
as Nurse
1966
An Autumn Afternoon
as Madame Kaoru
1962
The Inugami Family
as Koto Teacher
1976
Tokyo Bordello
as Narrator
1987
Lullaby of Death
as Mayumi
1982
Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Narrator (Voice of the Prophecy)
1974
Manji
as Sonoko Kakiuchi
1964
Her Brother
as Mrs. Tanuma
1960
Heaven and Earth
as Maid-In-Waiting
1990
The Inferno
as Shima Ikegata
1979
Zodiac Killers
as Old geisha Miyako (cameo)
1991
Vixen
as Akie
1969
Spring Bell
as Fusako Ishimoto
1985
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
as Inone
1962
Sure Death 4
as Benten
1987
The Broken Commandment
as Inoko's wife
1962
Thumbelina
as Narrator / Gekoo (voice)
1978
Winter Days
2003
Toward the Terra
as Grandmother (voice)
1980
Spring Snow
2005
Princess from the Moon
as Kōgō or Empress
1987
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
as Lady Hagi
1963
Rikyu
as Wife
1989
The Sea and Poison
as Ohba, Head Nurse
1986
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
as Naoko Anekoji
1977
Journey Into Solitude
as Mama, the girl's mother
1972
Vengeance for Sale
as Otome
2002
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
Yurakucho 0 Street
as Nagasaki Detective
1958
Get 'em All
as Sally
1960
Nichiren
1979
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
as Sanko Otori
1970
The Shogun and His Mistresses
as Urao
1967
The Time of Reckoning
as Chizuko Mochizuki
1968
Chloe
as Cleaning Lady
2001
The School of Flesh
1965
Curse of the Dog God
as Kimiyo Tarumi
1977
Conquest
as Kaoyo
1965
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
2001
Noh Mask Murders
as Natsu Mizukami
1991
World Famous Fairy Tale Series
as Narrator (voice)
1975
Brand of Evil
as Takazawa Mitsue
1964
Haunted School 2
as School Master
1996
Ten Women in Black
as Goyako Goto
1961
Hello, Baby
as Ms Okiyama
1964
The Book of the Dead
as Narrator (voice)
2005
Love and Greed
as Yoko Saijyo
1964
Actress
as Kuginukiya
1987
Sugata Sanshiro
as Omon
1977
Five Ronins
1963
Edo Murasaki Limited Express
1995
Pilgrimage at Night
as Woman from Brothel
1959
Tracing Jake
2004
The Twilight Story
1960
The 8-Tomb Village
as Kotake Tajimi / Koume Tajimi
1996
Wool 100%
as Ume
2006
To Love
as Taeko Kano
1997
Detective Story
as Kimie Hasenuma
1983
The Harbor Lights
1961
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
as Sanko Otori
1971
The Bride Carries On
1956
Flame of Father and Son
1981
Utamaro's World
as Ochika
1977
Shinsengumi
2000
The Hall of the Crying Deer
1986
A Woman Called En
1971
The Lowest Man
as Sakie
1958
Japanese Criminal Records: Secret Magistrate
1978
Fusa
1995
Towering Waves
1960
Unico: Black Cloud and White Feathers
1979
The Shogun's Vault I
1981
Love Song of the Old Capital
1997
I Lived, But...
as Self
1983
Being Two Isn't Easy
as Chiyo's Friend
1962
Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty
as Narration (voice)
1990
Hanayome no tameiki
1956
A Flame at the Pier
as Reiko
1962
A Tale of Young Elopement
as Nobuko Kitashiro
1987
Crane
as Kichibi
1988
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
2004
Adorable Schemers
1961
Let's Gotokuji
1987
Dark Hunter
as Ohama
1994
Sapporo Winter Olympics
as Narrator (voice)
1972
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
2004
Under the Same Moon
as Azumaya
2005
Love
1964
Just Barely
1960
The Days of Evil Women
1958
Japanese Criminal Records: Kanazawa Chapter
1981
Temptation on Glamour Island
as Sumiko Tsuboi
1959
The Man Who Killed Six Women
1965
Human Zoo
1962
Warm Current
as Mikie Shima
1966
Rennyo and His Mother
1981
Misandry
1964
Comedy: Cheerful Widow
1964
Challenge to Live
1961
Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera
1986
Love at the Fogged Harbor
1962
Miren
as Yuki Kosugi
1963
Dora-heita
as Lady of the Sister Wind
2000
Where did Sharaku go?
as Oharu Tsutaya
1968
Legendary Crocodile, Jake and His Fellows
2001
Homicide
as Fumiko Ando
1964
The Diplomat's Mansion
as Ranko
1961
The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
1980
Japanese Criminal Records: Kurume Chapter
1982
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963
Night Mist Makes Women Cry
as Yoshiko Hoshino
1962
Blackmail
1958
Seito shokun!
1984
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
1956
Who Is Gomez?
as Sonoko
1967
Mothers
as (voice)
1967TV Shows 39
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
2002
Tales of the Bizarre
1990
Cinépanorama
as Self
1956
Princess Tutu
as Narrator (voice)
2002
Romansu
as 真之助の母・香木艶子
1984
Karin
as 小森晶乃
1993
Haru no Sakamichi
as Yodo-dono
1971
Moomin
as Moomin (voice)
1969
Akō Rōshi
as Aguri
1964
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
as Matsushima
1998
The Private Detective Mike
2002
The 47 Ronins of Ako
as Ôishi Riku
1979
Wounded Angels
as Ayabe Takako
1974
Gokenin Zankuro
as Zankurô's mother
1995
HR
as Yagita's mother
2002
Akai Unmei
1976
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
as Kōkin Miyagawa
2004
New Moomin
as Moomin (voice)
1972
Forbidden Fruit
as Mizukoshi Ayako
1997
Zoku zoku jiken
1980
Nurseman
2002
Lone Wolf and Cub
as Narrator
2002
Bewitched In Tokyo
as Sakura
2004
Love Song
2005
Good News
1999
Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
as Kie Azuma
1985
Animal Doctor
2003
Kagi-shi
1993
ゴメスの名はゴメス
1967
A-Un
1980
Natsumeke no Shokutaku
2005
Joi - Yu
2004
Maikosan wa Meitantei!
1999
道連れ
1990
Crystal House
女の中の二つの顔
2004
Onna: Sono Ai no Series
1973
オヤジ探偵
2001