Kyôko Kishida
Acting • Born 1930-04-29 – Died 2006-12-17
Biography
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
144 credits
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
Movie • 1962
Inone
The Book of the Dead
Movie • 2005
Narrator (voice)
Spring Snow
Movie • 2005
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Movie • 1961
Ryûko
Heaven and Earth
Movie • 1990
Maid-In-Waiting
The Face of Another
Movie • 1966
Nurse
Rikyu
Movie • 1989
Wife
Wool 100%
Movie • 2006
Ume
Woman in the Dunes
Movie • 1964
The Woman
Dark hunter
Movie • 1994
Ohama
To Love
Movie • 1997
Taeko Kano
Manji
Movie • 1964
Sonoko Kakiuchi
Utamaro's World
Movie • 1977
Ochika
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Movie • 1963
Lady Hagi
Spring Bell
Movie • 1985
Fusako Ishimoto
Nichiren
Movie • 1979
Curse of the Dog God
Movie • 1977
Kimiyo Tarumi
Her Brother
Movie • 1960
Mrs. Tanuma
The Broken Commandment
Movie • 1962
Inoko's wife
Chloe
Movie • 2001
Cleaning Lady
The Shogun's Vault I
Movie • 1981
Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty
Movie • 1990
Narration (voice)
Conquest
Movie • 1965
Kaoyo
Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
Movie • 1985
Tracing Jake
Movie • 2004
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
Movie • 1970
Sanko Otori
The Inferno
Movie • 1979
Shima Ikegata
Vengeance for Sale
Movie • 2002
Otome
Homicide
Movie • 1964
Fumiko Ando
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Movie • 1953
Journey Into Solitude
Movie • 1972
Mama, the girl's mother
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
Movie • 1971
Sanko Otori
Where did Sharaku go?
Movie • 1968
Oharu Tsutaya
Sapporo Winter Olympics
Movie • 1972
Narrator (voice)
A Thousand and One Nights
Movie • 1969
Miriam / Jaris (voice)
The School of Flesh
Movie • 1965
Dora-heita
Movie • 2000
Lady of the Sister Wind
Zodiac Killers
Movie • 1991
Old geisha Miyako (cameo)
Under the Same Moon
Movie • 2005
Azumaya
The Sea and Poison
Movie • 1986
Ohba, Head Nurse
The 8-Tomb Village
Movie • 1996
Kotake Tajimi / Koume Tajimi
Sure Death 4
Movie • 1987
Benten
A Flame at the Pier
Movie • 1962
Reiko
Rennyo and His Mother
Movie • 1981
Detective Story
Movie • 1983
Kimie Hasenuma
Vixen
Movie • 1969
Akie
Love and Greed
Movie • 1964
Yoko Saijyo
Flame of Father and Son
Movie • 1981
The Time of Reckoning
Movie • 1968
The Twilight Story
Movie • 1960
The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
Movie • 1980
Ten Dark Women
Movie • 1961
Sayoko Goto
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
Movie • 2001
World Famous Fairy Tale Series
Movie • 1975
Narrator (voice)
Let's Gotokuji
Movie • 1987
Mothers
Movie • 1967
(voice)
Being Two Isn't Easy
Movie • 1962
Chiyo's Friend
Unico: Black Cloud and White Feathers
Movie • 1979
Haunted School 2
Movie • 1996
School Master
Brand of Evil
Movie • 1964
Takazawa Mitsue
Hello, Baby
Movie • 1964
Ms Okiyama
Lullaby of Death
Movie • 1982
Mayumi
The Inugami Family
Movie • 1976
Koto Teacher
Love at the Fogged Harbor
Movie • 1962
I Lived, But...
Movie • 1983
Self
Seito shokun!
Movie • 1984
The Harbor Lights
Movie • 1961
The Days of Evil Women
Movie • 1958
Get 'em All
Movie • 1960
Sally
Challenge to Live
Movie • 1961
Five Ronins
Movie • 1963
The Shogun and His Mistresses
Movie • 1967
Urao
A Tale of Young Elopement
Movie • 1987
Nobuko Kitashiro
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
Movie • 2004
An Autumn Afternoon
Movie • 1962
Madame Kaoru
Toward the Terra
Movie • 1980
Grandmother (voice)
The Lowest Man
Movie • 1958
Sakie
Fusa
Movie • 1995
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
Movie • 1977
Naoko Anekoji
Night Mist Makes Women Cry
Movie • 1962
Yoshiko Hoshino
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
Movie • 2004
Crane
Movie • 1988
Kichibi
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Movie • 1974
Narrator (Voice of the Prophecy)
Noh Mask Murders
Movie • 1991
Natsu Mizukami
Actress
Movie • 1987
Kuginukiya
Winter Days
Movie • 2003
Sugata Sanshiro
Movie • 1977
Omon
A Woman Called En
Movie • 1971
Love
Movie • 1964
Human Zoo
Movie • 1962
Temptation on Glamour Island
Movie • 1959
Sumiko Tsuboi
Tokyo Bordello
Movie • 1987
Narrator
Shinsengumi
Movie • 2000
Warm Current
Movie • 1966
Mikie Shima
The Hall of the Crying Deer
Movie • 1986
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
Movie • 1956
Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera
Movie • 1986
六人の女を殺した男
Movie • 1965
At the Side of the Bridge 3
Movie • 1963
Gomez's Name is Gomez
Movie • 1967
Sonoko
Princess from the Moon
Movie • 1987
Kōgō or Empress
Misandry
Movie • 1964
Thumbelina
Movie • 1978
Narrator / Gekoo (voice)
Yurakucho 0 Street
Movie • 1958
Nagasaki Detective
江戸むらさき特急
Movie • 1995
Blackmail
Movie • 1958
Haru no Sakamichi
TV • 1971
Yodo-dono
Akō Rōshi
TV • 1964
Aguri
Onna: Sono Ai no Series
TV • 1973
Kagi-shi
TV • 1993
Maikosan wa Meitantei!
TV • 1999
Love Song
TV • 2005
Good News
TV • 1999
Joi - Yu
TV • 2004
Animal Doctor
TV • 2003
Princess Tutu
TV • 2002
Narrator (voice)
Akai Unmei
TV • 1976
女の中の二つの顔
TV • 2004
The Private Detective Mike
TV • 2002
HR
TV • 2002
Yagita's mother
Bewitched In Tokyo
TV • 2004
Sakura
New Moomin
TV • 1972
Moomin (voice)
Lone Wolf and Cub
TV • 2002
Narrator
Moomin
TV • 1969
Moomin (voice)
A-Un
TV • 1980
ゴメスの名はゴメス
TV • 1967
Gokenin Zankuro
TV • 1995
Zankurô's mother
Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
TV • 1985
Kie Azuma
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
TV • 2002
Natsumeke no Shokutaku
TV • 2005
Karin
TV • 1993
小森晶乃
Tales of the Bizarre
TV • 1990
Romansu
TV • 1984
真之助の母・香木艶子
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
TV • 2004
Kōkin Miyagawa
Forbidden Fruit
TV • 1997
Mizukoshi Ayako
The 47 Ronins of Ako
TV • 1979
Ôishi Riku
Nurseman
TV • 2002
Cinépanorama
TV • 1956
Self
Zoku zoku jiken
TV • 1980
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
TV • 1998
Matsushima
Wounded Angels
TV • 1974
Ayabe Takako
道連れ
TV • 1990
Shoujo ni nani ga okotta ka
TV • 1985
Crystal House
TV