Kyôko Kishida
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.
147 acting credits
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AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
2002
Tales of the Bizarre
1990
The Private Detective Mike
2002
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
2004
Cinépanorama
1956
Princess Tutu
2002
Akō Rōshi
1964
Haru no Sakamichi
1971
HR
2002
The 47 Ronins of Ako
1979
Wounded Angels
1974
Karin
1993
Zoku zoku jiken
1980
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
1998
Gokenin Zankuro
1995
Romansu
1984
A Thousand and One Nights
1969
A-Un
1980
Woman in the Dunes
1964
Moomin
1969
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
Spring Bell
1985
Forbidden Fruit
1997
Natsumeke no Shokutaku
2005
ゴメスの名はゴメス
1967
Lone Wolf and Cub
2002
Akai Unmei
1976
Bewitched In Tokyo
2004
Nurseman
2002
Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
1985
The Face of Another
1966
Onna: Sono Ai no Series
1973
The Inugami Family
1976
Heaven and Earth
1990
Princess from the Moon
1987
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962
Haunted School 2
1996
Toward the Terra
1980
Shoujo ni nani ga okotta ka
1985
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
Kagi-shi
1993
Good News
1999
New Moomin
1972
Ten Dark Women
1961
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
Rikyu
1989
The Inferno
1979
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974
Dora-heita
2000
Zodiac Killers
1991
Tokyo Bordello
1987
Her Brother
1960
The Sea and Poison
1986
Love Song
2005
Under the Same Moon
2005
Spring Snow
2005
Manji
1964
Utamaro's World
1977
Get 'em All
1960
Noh Mask Murders
1991
Vengeance for Sale
2002
The Twilight Story
1960
Sure Death 4
1987
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
1971
女の中の二つの顔
2004
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
1970
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
1977
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
2001
Love and Greed
1964
Brand of Evil
1964
Curse of the Dog God
1977
The 8-Tomb Village
1996
Animal Doctor
2003
Joi - Yu
2004
道連れ
1990
The Time of Reckoning
1968
Tracing Jake
2004
Actress
1987
Lullaby of Death
1982
A Woman Called En
1971
The Broken Commandment
1962
The School of Flesh
1965
I Lived, But...
1983
Winter Days
2003
Maikosan wa Meitantei!
1999
Flame of Father and Son
1981
Shinsengumi
2000
Vixen
1969
Detective Story
1983
Being Two Isn't Easy
1962
A Flame at the Pier
1962
Challenge to Live
1961
Sugata Sanshiro
1977
Chloe
2001
Unico: Black Cloud and White Feathers
1979
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959
Five Ronins
1963
Thumbelina
1978
Where did Sharaku go?
1968
Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
1985
Human Zoo
1962
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963
Crane
1988
A Tale of Young Elopement
1987
Journey Into Solitude
1972
Towering Waves
1960
Homicide
1964
Fusa
1995
To Love
1997
Rennyo and His Mother
1981
Conquest
1965
Love at the Fogged Harbor
1962
The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
1980
Seito shokun!
1984
World Famous Fairy Tale Series
1975
The Hall of the Crying Deer
1986
Let's Gotokuji
1987
Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera
1986
Crystal House
—
The Book of the Dead
2005
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
2004
The Harbor Lights
1961
Sapporo Winter Olympics
1972
Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty
1990
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
1956
Dark hunter
1994
Night Mist Makes Women Cry
1962
Hello, Baby
1964
Gomez's Name is Gomez
1967
The Shogun's Vault I
1981
The Days of Evil Women
1958
Nichiren
1979
Mothers
1967
Misandry
1964
Love
1964
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
2004
Wool 100%
2006
The Lowest Man
1958
六人の女を殺した男
1965
The Shogun and His Mistresses
1967
江戸むらさき特急
1995
Warm Current
1966
オヤジ探偵
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Yurakucho 0 Street
1958
Blackmail
1958
The Diplomat's Mansion
1961