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.
111 movies · 38 shows
Wool 100%
2006·5.9
Under the Same Moon
2005·6.0
Spring Snow
2005·6.5
The Book of the Dead
2005·6.5
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
2004·0.0
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
2004·1.0
Tracing Jake
2004·8.0
Winter Days
2003·6.0
Vengeance for Sale
2002·6.8
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
2001·5.9
Chloe
2001·7.0
Dora-heita
2000·5.4
Shinsengumi
2000·9.0
To Love
1997·6.7
Love Song of the Old Capital
1997·0.0
The 8-Tomb Village
1996·6.8
Haunted School 2
1996·7.3
Edo Murasaki Limited Express
1995·0.0
Fusa
1995·5.9
Dark Hunter
1994·0.0
Zodiac Killers
1991·4.7
Noh Mask Murders
1991·6.3
Heaven and Earth
1990·6.2
Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty
1990·6.4
Rikyu
1989·7.5
Crane
1988·6.8
Princess from the Moon
1987·6.5
Tokyo Bordello
1987·5.6
Sure Death 4
1987·7.0
Let's Gotokuji
1987·9.0
A Tale of Young Elopement
1987·9.0
Actress
1987·7.7
The Sea and Poison
1986·7.1
The Hall of the Crying Deer
1986·9.0
Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera
1986·6.0
Spring Bell
1985·7.3
Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
1985·0.0
Seito shokun!
1984·9.0
I Lived, But...
1983·6.8
Detective Story
1983·6.7
Lullaby of Death
1982·6.3
Japanese Criminal Records: Kurume Chapter
1982·0.0
Flame of Father and Son
1981·0.0
Rennyo and His Mother
1981·9.0
The Shogun's Vault I
1981·0.0
The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
1980·0.0
Toward the Terra
1980·6.3
The Inferno
1979·6.9
Unico: Black Cloud and White Feathers
1979·6.9
Nichiren
1979·7.0
Thumbelina
1978·6.3
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
1977·7.7
Sugata Sanshiro
1977·10.0
Utamaro's World
1977·5.6
Curse of the Dog God
1977·5.6
The Inugami Family
1976·7.0
World Famous Fairy Tale Series
1975·7.0
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974·5.9
Journey Into Solitude
1972·6.9
Sapporo Winter Olympics
1972·6.9
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
1971·6.4
A Woman Called En
1971·0.0
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
1970·6.8
Vixen
1969·6.7
A Thousand and One Nights
1969·6.7
Where did Sharaku go?
1968·8.0
The Time of Reckoning
1968·7.5
The Shogun and His Mistresses
1967·4.7
Gomez's Name is Gomez
1967·0.0
Mothers
1967·6.4
The Face of Another
1966·7.7
Warm Current
1966·0.0
Conquest
1965·6.0
The Man Who Killed Six Women
1965·0.0
The School of Flesh
1965·5.8
Love
1964·5.1
Manji
1964·6.5
Homicide
1964·0.0
Brand of Evil
1964·7.7
Hello, Baby
1964·10.0
Love and Greed
1964·7.8
Woman in the Dunes
1964·8.2
Misandry
1964·8.0
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963·6.8
Five Ronins
1963·0.0
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963·0.0
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962·6.3
Being Two Isn't Easy
1962·6.9
An Autumn Afternoon
1962·7.9
A Flame at the Pier
1962·6.1
Human Zoo
1962·3.7
The Broken Commandment
1962·6.8
Love at the Fogged Harbor
1962·0.0
Night Mist Makes Women Cry
1962·8.0
The Diplomat's Mansion
1961·8.0
Challenge to Live
1961·9.0
Ten Dark Women
1961·5.8
The Harbor Lights
1961·6.3
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961·8.4
Get 'em All
1960·7.0
Her Brother
1960·7.1
Towering Waves
1960·1.0
The Twilight Story
1960·8.5
Just Barely
1960·0.0
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959·7.0
The Days of Evil Women
1958·7.0
Blackmail
1958·0.0
Yurakucho 0 Street
1958·0.0
The Lowest Man
1958·9.0
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
1956·0.0
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953·6.3