Kyôko Kishida

Kyôko Kishida

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.

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Personal info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1930-04-29

Place of birth

Suginami, Tokyo, Japan

Images

Cast

Spring Snow

Spring Snow

2005

4.00

Rikyu

Rikyu

1989

7.47

Wool 100%

Wool 100%

2006

5.90

Dark hunter

Dark hunter

1994

0.00

To Love

To Love

1997

5.50

Manji

Manji

1964

6.30

Spring Bell

Spring Bell

1985

6.00

Nichiren

Nichiren

1979

0.00

Her Brother

Her Brother

1960

6.90

Chloe

Chloe

2001

6.00

Conquest

Conquest

1965

5.00

Tracing Jake

Tracing Jake

2004

7.00

The Inferno

The Inferno

1979

6.60

Homicide

Homicide

1964

0.00

Dora-heita

Dora-heita

2000

5.10

Sure Death 4

Sure Death 4

1987

6.60

Vixen

Vixen

1969

6.40

Mothers

Mothers

1967

6.40

Hello, Baby

Hello, Baby

1964

10.00

Get 'em All

Get 'em All

1960

6.00

Five Ronins

Five Ronins

1963

0.00

Fusa

Fusa

1995

5.80

Crane

Crane

1988

6.80

Actress

Actress

1987

7.00

Winter Days

Winter Days

2003

5.90

Love

Love

1964

4.90

Human Zoo

Human Zoo

1962

3.00

Shinsengumi

Shinsengumi

2000

0.00

Warm Current

Warm Current

1966

0.00

Misandry

Misandry

1964

0.00

Thumbelina

Thumbelina

1978

6.00