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
Princess Tutu
Narrator (voice)
Romansu
真之助の母・香木艶子
Karin
小森晶乃
Forbidden Fruit
Mizukoshi Ayako
Akō Rōshi
Aguri
The Lowest Man
Sakie
Moomin
Moomin (voice)
Haru no Sakamichi
Yodo-dono
The Inferno
Shima Ikegata
Dark hunter
Ohama
Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera
The Private Detective Mike
Spring Snow
The Face of Another
Nurse
The 47 Ronins of Ako
Ôishi Riku
Animal Doctor
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Matsushima
An Autumn Afternoon
Madame Kaoru
Woman in the Dunes
The Woman
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
Kōkin Miyagawa
Gokenin Zankuro
Zankurô's mother
A Thousand and One Nights
Miriam / Jaris (voice)
Lone Wolf and Cub
Narrator
Wounded Angels
Ayabe Takako
Spring Bell
Fusako Ishimoto
Thumbelina
Narrator / Gekoo (voice)
The Inugami Family
Koto Teacher
Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
Kie Azuma
Unico: Black Cloud and White Feathers
Detective Story
Kimie Hasenuma
HR
Yagita's mother
Her Brother
Mrs. Tanuma
Heaven and Earth
Maid-In-Waiting
A Flame at the Pier
Reiko
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Narrator (Voice of the Prophecy)
Bewitched In Tokyo
Sakura
New Moomin
Moomin (voice)
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Ryûko
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
Naoko Anekoji
Tokyo Bordello
Narrator
The Broken Commandment
Inoko's wife
Chloe
Cleaning Lady
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
Sanko Otori
Nurseman
The Sea and Poison
Ohba, Head Nurse
Love Song
Lullaby of Death
Mayumi
Temptation on Glamour Island
Sumiko Tsuboi
Dora-heita
Lady of the Sister Wind
Toward the Terra
Grandmother (voice)
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
Sanko Otori
Ten Dark Women
Sayoko Goto
Good News
The School of Flesh
Vengeance for Sale
Otome
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Lady Hagi
I Lived, But...
Self
The Twilight Story
Brand of Evil
Takazawa Mitsue
Zoku zoku jiken
Under the Same Moon
Azumaya
Homicide
Fumiko Ando
Challenge to Live
The Shogun and His Mistresses
Urao
Akai Unmei
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Manji
Sonoko Kakiuchi
Being Two Isn't Easy
Chiyo's Friend
Winter Days
Love and Greed
Yoko Saijyo
Zodiac Killers
Old geisha Miyako (cameo)
The Hall of the Crying Deer
Joi - Yu
Actress
Kuginukiya
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
Five Ronins
Where did Sharaku go?
Oharu Tsutaya
A-Un
Journey Into Solitude
Mama, the girl's mother
Curse of the Dog God
Kimiyo Tarumi
Utamaro's World
Ochika
Wool 100%
Ume
Love at the Fogged Harbor
Noh Mask Murders
Natsu Mizukami
Flame of Father and Son
Sugata Sanshiro
Omon
Princess from the Moon
Kōgō or Empress
The Time of Reckoning
Night Mist Makes Women Cry
Yoshiko Hoshino
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
Inone
Rennyo and His Mother
Vixen
Akie
Hello, Baby
Ms Okiyama
To Love
Taeko Kano
Crane
Kichibi
Get 'em All
Sally
Seito shokun!
Rikyu
Wife
At the Side of the Bridge 3
六人の女を殺した男
Tracing Jake
Nichiren
A Woman Called En
Gomez's Name is Gomez
Sonoko
The 8-Tomb Village
Kotake Tajimi / Koume Tajimi
World Famous Fairy Tale Series
Narrator (voice)
Human Zoo
Kagi-shi
The Book of the Dead
Narrator (voice)
Sure Death 4
Benten
Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
Natsumeke no Shokutaku
Shoujo ni nani ga okotta ka
The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
Shinsengumi
Sapporo Winter Olympics
Narrator (voice)
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
Let's Gotokuji
Misandry
The Harbor Lights
Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty
Narration (voice)
ゴメスの名はゴメス
Conquest
Kaoyo
The Days of Evil Women
Haunted School 2
School Master
A Tale of Young Elopement
Nobuko Kitashiro
女の中の二つの顔
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
道連れ
Maikosan wa Meitantei!
Crystal House
The Shogun's Vault I
Onna: Sono Ai no Series
Fusa
Love
Warm Current
Mikie Shima
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
Mothers
(voice)
江戸むらさき特急
Yurakucho 0 Street
Nagasaki Detective
Blackmail
Cinépanorama
Self