
Kyôko Kishida
Acting
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…

Woman in the Dunes
1964
The Woman

An Autumn Afternoon
1962
Madame Kaoru

The Face of Another
1966
Nurse

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
Ryûko

A Thousand and One Nights
1969
Miriam / Jaris (voice)

Manji
1964
Sonoko Kakiuchi

The Inugami Family
1976
Koto Teacher

Rikyu
1989
Wife

Princess Tutu
2002
Narrator (voice)

Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962
Inone

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963
Lady Hagi

Love
1964

Princess from the Moon
1987
Kōgō or Empress

Toward the Terra
1980
Grandmother (voice)

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
2002

Winter Days
2003

Heaven and Earth
1990
Maid-In-Waiting

Her Brother
1960
Mrs. Tanuma

Being Two Isn't Easy
1962
Chiyo's Friend

The Sea and Poison
1986
Ohba, Head Nurse
