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Kyôko Kishida
Actor
Died December 17, 2006 (76 years)
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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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
Filmography
| 2006 | Wool 100% · as Ume |
| 2005 | Under the Same Moon · as Azumaya |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | The Book of the Dead · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2002 | Lone Wolf and Cub (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2002 | Princess Tutu (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2002 | The Private Detective Mike Hama (TV Series) |
| 2001 | Vengeance for Sale · as Otome |
| 2001 | |
| 2001 | Kuroe · as Cleaning Lady |
| 2000 | AIBOU (TV Series) |
| 2000 | I Went To · as Lady Of The Sister Wind |
| 1997 | Forbidden Fruit (JP) (TV Series) · as Mizukoshi Ayako |
| 1997 | To Love · as Taeko Kano |
| 1996 | The 8-Tomb Village · as Kotake Tajimi / Koume Tajimi |
| 1996 | Haunted School 2 · as School Master |
| 1995 | Zankuro (TV Series) · as Zankurô's Mother |
| 1993 | |
| 1991 | Zodiac Killers · as Old Geisha Miyako (cameo) |
| 1991 | Noh Mask Murders · as Natsu Mizukami |
| 1990 | Heaven and Earth · as Maid-In-Waiting |
| 1990 | Tales of the Unusual (TV Series) |
| 1989 | Rikyu · as Wife |
| 1987 | Princess from the Moon · as Kougo |
| 1987 | Tokyo Bordello · as Narrator |
| 1987 | Hissatsu 4: Urami harashimasu · as Benten |
| 1987 | Seishun kakeochi-hen · as Nobuko Kitashiro |
| 1987 | Actress · as Kuginukiya |
| 1986 | The Sea and Poison · as Ohba, Head Nurse |
| 1984 | Romansu (TV Series) · as 真之助の母・香木艶子 |
| 1983 | Detective Story · as Kimie Hasenuma |
| 1982 | Kono ko no nanatsu no oiwai ni · as Mayumi |
| 1980 | Terra e... · as Grandmother (voice) |
| 1979 | Hell · as Shima Ikegata |
| 1979 | |
| 1978 | Thumbelina · as Gekoo |
| 1977 | Nippon no Don: Yabohen · as Naoko Anekoji |
| 1977 | Curse of the God Dog · as Kimiyo Tarumi |
| 1977 | Utamaro's World · as Ochika |
| 1976 | The Inugami Family · as Koto Teacher |
| 1974 | Heartbroken angel (TV Series) · as Ayabe Takako |
| 1974 | Prophecies of Nostradamus · as Narrator (voice Of The Prophecy) |
| 1972 | Journey Into Solitude · as Mama, The Girl's Mother |
| 1972 | Sapporo Winter Olympics · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1972 | New Moomin (TV Series) · as Moomin (voice) |
| 1971 | Men and War II · as Sanko Otori |
| 1970 | The Battle of Manchuria · as Sanko Otori |
| 1969 | Vixen · as Akie |
| 1969 | A Thousand & One Nights · as Miriam / Jaris (voice) |
| 1969 | Moomin (1969) (TV Series) · as Moomin (voice) |
| 1966 | The Face of Another · as Nurse |
| 1965 | The Conquest · as Kaoyo |
| 1964 | Woman in the Dunes · as The Woman |
| 1964 | Swastika · as Sonoko Kakiuchi |
| 1964 | Kon'nichiwa akachan · as Ms Okiyama |
| 1964 | Otto ga mita 'Onna no kobako' yori · as Yoko Saijyo |
| 1963 | Bushido · as Lady Hagi |
| 1962 | Ninja, a Band of Assassins · as Inone |
| 1962 | An Autumn Afternoon · as Madame Kaoru |
| 1962 | Being Two Isn't Easy · as Chiyo's Friend |
| 1962 | A Flame at the Pier · as Reiko |
| 1962 | The Outcast · as Inoko's Wife |
| 1962 | |
| 1961 | Ten Dark Women · as Sayoko Goto |
| 1961 | The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer · as Ryûko |
| 1960 | Brother · as Mrs. Tanuma |
| 1960 | Towering Waves · as Cast |
| 1960 | |
| 1959 | Temptation on Glamour Island · as Sumiko Tsuboi |
| 1953 |