Kyôko Kishida
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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Filmography (146 Appearances)
Crystal House
オヤジ探偵
Wool 100%
Under the Same Moon
Love Song
Spring Snow
The Book of the Dead
Natsumeke no Shokutaku
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
女の中の二つの顔
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
Joi - Yu
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
Tracing Jake
Bewitched In Tokyo
Winter Days
Animal Doctor
Lone Wolf and Cub
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
HR
Princess Tutu
The Private Detective Mike
Vengeance for Sale
Nurseman
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
Chloe
Dora-heita
Shinsengumi
Maikosan wa Meitantei!
Good News
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Forbidden Fruit
To Love
The 8-Tomb Village
Haunted School 2
江戸むらさき特急
Fusa
Gokenin Zankuro
Dark hunter
Karin
Kagi-shi
Zodiac Killers
Noh Mask Murders
Heaven and Earth
Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty
道連れ
Tales of the Bizarre
Rikyu
Crane
Princess from the Moon
Tokyo Bordello
Sure Death 4
Let's Gotokuji
A Tale of Young Elopement
Actress
The Sea and Poison
The Hall of the Crying Deer
Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera
Spring Bell
Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
Shoujo ni nani ga okotta ka
Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
Seito shokun!
Romansu
I Lived, But...
Detective Story
Lullaby of Death
Flame of Father and Son
Rennyo and His Mother
The Shogun's Vault I
The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
Zoku zoku jiken
Toward the Terra
A-Un
The Inferno
The 47 Ronins of Ako
Unico: Black Cloud and White Feathers
Nichiren
Thumbelina
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
Sugata Sanshiro
Utamaro's World
Curse of the Dog God
The Inugami Family
Akai Unmei
World Famous Fairy Tale Series
Wounded Angels
Prophecies of Nostradamus
Onna: Sono Ai no Series
Journey Into Solitude
Sapporo Winter Olympics
New Moomin
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
A Woman Called En
Haru no Sakamichi
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
Vixen
Moomin
A Thousand and One Nights
Where did Sharaku go?
The Time of Reckoning
The Shogun and His Mistresses
Gomez's Name is Gomez
ゴメスの名はゴメス
Mothers
The Face of Another
Warm Current
Conquest
六人の女を殺した男
The School of Flesh
Love
Manji
Homicide
Brand of Evil
Hello, Baby
Love and Greed
Woman in the Dunes
Misandry
Akō Rōshi
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Five Ronins
At the Side of the Bridge 3
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
Being Two Isn't Easy
An Autumn Afternoon
A Flame at the Pier
Human Zoo
The Broken Commandment
Love at the Fogged Harbor
Night Mist Makes Women Cry
The Diplomat's Mansion
Challenge to Live
Ten Dark Women
The Harbor Lights
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Get 'em All
Her Brother
The Twilight Story
Temptation on Glamour Island
The Days of Evil Women
Blackmail
Yurakucho 0 Street
The Lowest Man
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
Cinépanorama
An Inlet of Muddy Water