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