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