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