10.0
10.0
Hello, Baby
1964
as Ms Okiyama
Kyôko Kishida
Acting
Born:April 29, 1930
Died:December 17, 2006(aged 76)
Birthplace:Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
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CommunityBiography
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 (96 movies)
8.8
8.8
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
1977
as Naoko Anekoji
8.4
8.4
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
as Ryûko
8.2
8.2
Woman in the Dunes
1964
as The Woman
8.0
8.0
The Twilight Story
1960
7.8
7.8
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
as Madame Kaoru
7.8
7.8
The Face of Another
1966
as Nurse
7.5
7.5
Haunted School 2
1996
as School Master
7.5
7.5
Rikyu
1989
as Wife
7.0
7.0
Actress
1987
as Kuginukiya
7.0
7.0
World Famous Fairy Tale Series
1975
as Narrator (voice)
7.0
7.0
The Time of Reckoning
1968
6.9
6.9
Her Brother
1960
as Mrs. Tanuma
6.9
6.9
The Sea and Poison
1986
as Ohba, Head Nurse
6.8
6.8
Crane
1988
as Kichibi
6.8
6.8
Being Two Isn't Easy
1962
as Chiyo's Friend
6.8
6.8
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963
as Lady Hagi
6.7
6.7
A Thousand and One Nights
1969
as Miriam / Jaris (voice)
6.7
6.7
Sapporo Winter Olympics
1972
as Narrator (voice)
6.6
6.6
The Inferno
1979
as Shima Ikegata
6.6
6.6
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
1970
as Sanko Otori
6.6
6.6
The Broken Commandment
1962
as Inoko's wife
6.5
6.5
Brand of Evil
1964
as Takazawa Mitsue
6.5
6.5
Love and Greed
1964
as Yoko Saijyo
6.5
6.5
Journey Into Solitude
1972
as Mama, the girl's mother
6.4
6.4
Mothers
1967
as (voice)
6.4
6.4
Vixen
1969
as Akie
6.4
6.4
Vengeance for Sale
2002
as Otome
6.3
6.3
Manji
1964
as Sonoko Kakiuchi
6.3
6.3
Princess from the Moon
1987
as Kōgō or Empress
6.2
6.2
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962
as Inone
6.2
6.2
Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty
1990
as Narration (voice)
6.2
6.2
Heaven and Earth
1990
as Maid-In-Waiting
6.2
6.2
Detective Story
1983
as Kimie Hasenuma
6.2
6.2
The Book of the Dead
2005
as Narrator (voice)
6.1
6.1
Toward the Terra
1980
as Grandmother (voice)
6.1
6.1
Curse of the Dog God
1977
as Kimiyo Tarumi
6.0
6.0
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974
as Narrator (Voice of the Prophecy)
6.0
6.0
Spring Bell
1985
as Fusako Ishimoto
6.0
6.0
Chloe
2001
as Cleaning Lady
6.0
6.0
A Flame at the Pier
1962
as Reiko
6.0
6.0
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959
as Sumiko Tsuboi
6.0
6.0
Get 'em All
1960
as Sally
5.9
5.9
Thumbelina
1978
5.9
5.9
Wool 100%
2006
as Ume
5.9
5.9
Winter Days
2003
5.8
5.8
Fusa
1995
5.8
5.8
Unico: Black Cloud and White Feathers
1979
5.8
5.8
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
1971
as Sanko Otori
5.7
5.7
The 8-Tomb Village
1996
as Kotake Tajimi / Koume Tajimi
5.5
5.5
To Love
1997
as Taeko Kano
5.5
5.5
Ten Dark Women
1961
as Sayoko Goto
5.4
5.4
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
2001
5.1
5.1
Dora-heita
2000
as Lady of the Sister Wind
5.0
5.0
Lullaby of Death
1982
as Mayumi
5.0
5.0
Tokyo Bordello
1987
as Narrator
5.0
5.0
The Harbor Lights
1961
5.0
5.0
Conquest
1965
as Kaoyo
4.9
4.9
Love
1964
4.7
4.7
The School of Flesh
1965
4.2
4.2
Zodiac Killers
1991
as Old geisha Miyako (cameo)
4.0
4.0
Under the Same Moon
2005
as Azumaya
3.0
3.0
Human Zoo
1962
2.0
2.0
The Shogun and His Mistresses
1967
as Urao
1.0
1.0
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
2004
Nichiren
1979
Challenge to Live
1961
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
2004
Five Ronins
1963
A Tale of Young Elopement
1987
as Nobuko Kitashiro
Night Mist Makes Women Cry
1962
as Yoshiko Hoshino
A Woman Called En
1971
Sugata Sanshiro
1977
as Omon
Shinsengumi
2000
Warm Current
1966
as Mikie Shima
The Hall of the Crying Deer
1986
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
1956
Dark hunter
1994
as Ohama
Where did Sharaku go?
1968
as Oharu Tsutaya
The Shogun's Vault I
1981
Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
1985
Homicide
1964
as Fumiko Ando
Flame of Father and Son
1981
Fujiko Fujio no Yume Camera
1986
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963
六人の女を殺した男
1965
Gomez's Name is Gomez
1967
as Sonoko
Misandry
1964
Yurakucho 0 Street
1958
as Nagasaki Detective
Let's Gotokuji
1987
Rennyo and His Mother
1981
The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
1980
The Lowest Man
1958
as Sakie
Love at the Fogged Harbor
1962
Seito shokun!
1984
The Days of Evil Women
1958
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