
Kyōko Kagawa
Acting • Born 1931-12-05
Biography
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 .
Filmography
115 credits
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Movie • 1952

Red Beard
Movie • 1965
Madwoman ("The Mantis")

Sansho the Bailiff
Movie • 1954
Anju

The Bad Sleep Well
Movie • 1960
Yoshiko Nishi

The Lower Depths
Movie • 1957
Okayo, Osugi's Sister

High and Low
Movie • 1963
Reiko Gondo

Madadayo
Movie • 1993
Professor's Wife

Mother
Movie • 1952
Toshiko Fukuhara

Chikamatsu Monogatari
Movie • 1954
Osan

As Long as There's Tomorrow
Movie • 1962
Natsuko

Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
Movie • 1950
O-Rie

After Life
Movie • 1999
Kyoko Watanabe

Mothra
Movie • 1961
Michi Hanamura

Tokyo Story
Movie • 1953
Kyoko Hirayama

The Outsiders
Movie • 1958
Yukiko Saeki

Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Movie • 1957
Oki

Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Movie • 1958
Oki

Sudden Rain
Movie • 1956
Ayako (Fumiko's niece)

Tokyo Rendezvous
Movie • 2008
Fujiko Natsumi

Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Movie • 1979
Keiko

Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Movie • 1956
Fukuko

Daredevil in the Castle
Movie • 1961
Ai

Little Peach
Movie • 1958
Anzukko

The Shiinomi School
Movie • 1955
Kayoko Atsumi

An Osaka Story
Movie • 1957
Onatsu

Tower of Lilies
Movie • 1953
Fumi Uehara

Hanran
Movie • 1954

Love Letter
Movie • 1953
Yasuko

Man in the Storm
Movie • 1952
Tomi Tsuboi

Five Sisters
Movie • 1954

A Man in the Storm
Movie • 1957
Akiko

流轉
Movie • 1956
お秋

The Daughters of the Saotome Family
Movie • 1962

Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki
Movie • 2015
Self

Song of the Spring Pony
Movie • 1985

Lightning
Movie • 1952
Tsubomi

Shimamori Tower
Movie • 2022

The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
Movie • 1960

Ginza Cosmetics
Movie • 1951
Kyôko

The Family
Movie • 1974
Ichiko Mima

東京の日
Movie • 2015
Michiko

Red Whale, White Snake
Movie • 2006

Have Wings on Your Heart
Movie • 1978

Mother's First Love
Movie • 1954

Akatsuki no Kyūshū
Movie • 1951
Yukie Murata

Lil's Return from Shanghai
Movie • 1952
Lil Takemoto / Katsuko Suzuki

Woman Unveiled
Movie • 1958

His Scarlet Cloak
Movie • 1958

Mifune: The Last Samurai
Movie • 2016
Self - Actress

The Human Wall
Movie • 1959
Fumiko

Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
Movie • 1952

Nonki saiban
Movie • 1955

Christ in Bronze
Movie • 1955
Mónica

On This Earth
Movie • 1957
Fuyuko

Ai Sureba Koso
Movie • 1955
Kuniko (segment 2)

Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
Movie • 1952
Mitsuko Kawai

Death on the Mountain
Movie • 1961
Masako Iwase

Love at the Fogged Harbor
Movie • 1962

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Movie • 1975
Self

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
Movie • 2002
Self

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
Movie • 2002
Self

Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda
Movie • 1959

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
Movie • 2002
Self

Scars of Honor
Movie • 1960

The Three Treasures
Movie • 1959
Princess Miyazu

Snow-Flake
Movie • 1950
Itakura's sister

Gambler and the Princess
Movie • 1959
Princess Kiku

A Ripple in a Morning
Movie • 1952
Sister

Girls of the Night
Movie • 1961
Mrs. Shima

Omotenashi
Movie • 2018
Shimizu-sensei

Tenshi no Iru Toshokan
Movie • 2017
Reiko Ashitaka

Heaven's Bookstore
Movie • 2004
Sachi Hiyama

Mo-Ruerani
Movie • 2021
Fukiko

Shikibu monogatari
Movie • 1990
Isa Otomo

Women in Prison
Movie • 1956
Taeko Hara, prisoner

Aiyoku no sabaki
Movie • 1953
Fujikawa Motoko

Bluestockings
Movie • 2005

Shall We Dance?
Movie • 1996
Keiko Kishikawa

Karate Sanshiro
Movie • 1951

Deep River
Movie • 1995
Isobe's wife

Lord of Red Banner
Movie • 1960

The Intermission
Movie • 2013

Farewell to the Highland Station
Movie • 1951
Yuki

Who Knows a Woman's Heart
Movie • 1951

Tomoshibi
Movie • 1954

Rainy Night Duel
Movie • 1956
Shizue Amaji

Kokoro no Koukyougaku
Movie • 2002
(Voice)

The Child Writers
Movie • 1958
Fumio's Teacher

The Glorious Days
Movie • 1954

The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
Movie • 2022

Girl's Reform School
Movie • 1956

Mado Kara Tobidase
Movie • 1950
Mariko Fujieda

Somewhere in Kamakura
Movie • 2016

Morishige, where are you going?
Movie • 1956
Megumi Mori

勘太郎月夜唄
Movie • 1952

The Shadow Daughter
Movie • 1957

Kampai! Miai Kekkon
Movie • 1958
Emiko Toda

The Ozu Diaries
Movie • 2025
Self

Beautiful 2016
Movie • 2016

The Oil-Hell Murder
Movie • 1957

Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About
Movie • 2022
Self

Holiday in Tokyo
Movie • 1958

The Wife is a University Student
Movie • 1956
Keiko Hiyoshi (Student Wife)

A Strong Wind Blows
Movie • 1956
Takako Hiyoshi

Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
Movie • 1964

The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love
Movie • 1959

The Prodigal Son
Movie • 1964
His Sister

Life of a Flower
TV • 1963
Akiyama Shizu

The Story of Film: An Odyssey
TV • 2011
Self

Imo Tako Nankin
TV • 2006
花岡和代

Mizuiro no toki
TV • 1975
知子の母・松宮房子

Silent Poor
TV • 2014
Fusae Eda

Futarikko
TV • 1996

Kura
TV • 1995

The Tale of Genji
TV • 1991