Kyōko Kagawa
Birthday: 1931-12-05
Birthplace: Aso, Namegata, Ibaragi Prefecture, Japan
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned
Kyōko Kagawa (香川 京子 Kagawa Kyōko, born 5 December 1931) is a Japanese actress. She has appeared in leading and supporting roles in such films as Akira Kurosawa's The Bad Sleep Well and High and Low, Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story, and Kenji Mizoguchi's Sansho the Bailiff.
She won the "New Face Nomination" sponsored by the Tokyo Shimbun newspaper out of about 6,000 applicants and joined Shintoho. She was also taking entrance exams for a regular company at the same time, and her final interview and the final exam for the New Faces camera test overlapped, but with her mother's advice, she decided to pursue acting.
After appearing in Red Beard in 1965 , she gave birth to a child and accompanied her husband to New York where he was posted overseas, leaving the film industry for about three years.
She returned to Japan in 1968. As film began to decline, she expanded her field of work to include television dramas and stage productions. She was awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 1998 and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette in 2004 .
Credits
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2022-07-22 | Shimamori Tower | |
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2022-06-17 | The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai | |
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2021-02-06 | Mo-Ruerani | Fukiko |
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2018-03-03 | Omotenashi | Shimizu-sensei |
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2017-02-18 | Tenshi no Iru Toshokan | Reiko Ashitaka |
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2016-03-23 | Somewhere in Kamakura | |
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2016-03-23 | Beautiful 2016 | |
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2015-10-31 | 東京の日 | Michiko |
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2013-02-23 | The Intermission | |
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2008-09-20 | Tokyo Rendezvous | Fujiko Natsumi |
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2006-11-25 | Red Whale, White Snake | |
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2005-01-23 | Bluestockings | |
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2004-06-05 | Heaven's Bookstore | Sachi Hiyama |
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2002-01-01 | Kokoro no Koukyougaku | (Voice) |
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1999-04-17 | After Life | Kyoko Watanabe |
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1996-01-27 | Shall We Dance? | Keiko Kishikawa |
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1995-04-01 | Deep River | Isobe's wife |
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1993-04-17 | Madadayo | Professor's Wife |
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1990-10-06 | Shikibu monogatari | Isa Otomo |
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1985-03-22 | Song of the Spring Pony | |
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1979-12-28 | Tora-san's Dream of Spring | Keiko |
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1978-10-14 | Have Wings on Your Heart | |
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1974-01-26 | The Family | Ichiko Mima |
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1965-03-04 | Red Beard | Madwoman ("The Mantis") |
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1964-02-12 | Mr. Giant's Victory Flag | |
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1964-01-31 | The Prodigal Son | His Sister |
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1963-03-01 | High and Low | Reiko Gondo |
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1962-09-08 | The Daughters of the Saotome Family | |
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1962-02-21 | Love at the Fogged Harbor | |
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1962-02-10 | Till Tomorrow Is | Natsuko |
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1961-09-04 | Girls of the Night | Mrs. Shima |
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1961-07-30 | Mothra | Michi Hanamura |
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1961-06-17 | Death on the Mountain | Masako Iwase |
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1961-01-03 | Daredevil in the Castle | Ai |
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1960-09-20 | Scars of Honor | |
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1960-09-19 | The Bad Sleep Well | Yoshiko Nishi |
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1960-02-14 | Lord of Red Banner | |
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1960-02-07 | The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo | |
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1959-11-01 | The Three Treasures | Princess Miyazu |
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1959-10-25 | Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda | |
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1959-10-18 | The Human Wall | Fumiko |
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1959-05-19 | The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love | |
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1959-01-28 | Gambler and the Princess | Princess Kiku |
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1958-11-26 | The Outsiders | Yukiko Saeki |
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1958-09-23 | His Scarlet Cloak | |
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1958-08-23 | The Child Writers | Fumio's Teacher |
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1958-05-13 | Little Peach | Anzukko |
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1958-04-15 | Holiday in Tokyo | |
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1958-01-15 | Woman Unveiled | |
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1958-01-09 | Kampai! Miai Kekkon | Emiko Toda |
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1958-01-03 | Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II | Oki |
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1957-11-22 | On This Earth | Fuyuko |
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1957-11-15 | The Oil-Hell Murder | |
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1957-10-01 | The Lower Depths | Okayo, Osugi's Sister |
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1957-06-05 | The Shadow Daughter | |
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1957-04-14 | Yagyu Secret Scrolls | Oki |
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1957-03-06 | An Osaka Story | Onatsu |
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1957-02-05 | A Man in the Storm | Akiko |
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1956-11-13 | A Strong Wind Blows | Takako Hiyoshi |
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1956-10-09 | Shozo, a Cat and Two Women | Fukuko |
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1956-09-11 | Women in Prison | Taeko Hara, prisoner |
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1956-06-14 | Morishige, where are you going? | Megumi Mori |
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1956-04-25 | 流轉 | お秋 |
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1956-02-26 | The Wife is a University Student | Keiko Hiyoshi (Student Wife) |
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1956-02-05 | Girl's Reform School | |
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1956-01-29 | Rainy Night Duel | Shizue Amaji |
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1956-01-14 | Sudden Rain | Ayako (Fumiko's niece) |
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1955-10-11 | Christ in Bronze | Mónica |
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1955-07-05 | If Indeed One Loves | Kuniko (segment 2) |
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1955-06-28 | The Shiinomi School | Kayoko Atsumi |
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1955-04-24 | Nonki saiban | |
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1954-11-23 | Chikamatsu Monogatari | Osan |
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1954-09-17 | Mother's First Love | |
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1954-06-22 | Tomoshibi | |
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1954-06-08 | Five Sisters | |
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1954-04-14 | The Glorious Days | |
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1954-03-31 | Sansho the Bailiff | Anju |
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1954-01-03 | Hanran | |
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1953-12-13 | Love Letter | Yasuko |
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1953-11-03 | Tokyo Story | Kyoko Hirayama |
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1953-05-06 | Aiyoku no sabaki | Fujikawa Motoko |
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1953-01-09 | Tower of Lilies | Fumi Uehara |
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1952-12-17 | Kanpai! Tokyo Musume | |
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1952-10-09 | Lightning | Tsubomi |
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1952-10-09 | Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete | Mitsuko Kawai |
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1952-09-11 | 勘太郎月夜唄 | |
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1952-06-12 | Mother | Toshiko Fukuhara |
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1952-05-14 | Kin no tamago: Golden Girl | |
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1952-05-01 | A Ripple in a Morning | Sister |
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1952-05-01 | Dawn Fifteen of August | Kimiko Sasaki |
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1952-04-04 | Lil's Return from Shanghai | Lil Takemoto / Katsuko Suzuki |
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1952-02-07 | Man in the Storm | Tomi Tsuboi |
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1951-12-28 | Karate Sanshiro | |
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1951-12-21 | Who Knows a Woman's Heart | |
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1951-12-14 | Akatsuki no Kyūshū | Yukie Murata |
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1951-10-05 | Farewell to the Highland Station | Yuki |
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1951-04-14 | Ginza Cosmetics | Kyôko |
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1950-11-18 | Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog | O-Rie |
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1950-05-17 | Snow-Flake | Itakura's sister |
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1950-03-26 | Mado Kara Tobidase | Mariko Fujieda |