Person Details

Birthday: 1930-04-29 18:25:19

Death: 2006-12-17 18:25:19

Aliases: Kyoko Kishida , 岸田 今日子 , 岸田今日子

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Suginami, Tokyo, Japan

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Movie Involvements: 55

TV Involvements: 12


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Most Famous Work

Moomin
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7

Moomin

(1969) Moomin (voice)
Woman in the Dunes
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8

Woman in the Dunes

(1964) The Woman
HR
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5

HR

(2002) Yagita's mother
Karin
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0

Karin

(1993) 小森晶乃
Haru no Sakamichi
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0

Haru no Sakamichi

(1971) Yodo-dono
The Face of Another
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8

The Face of Another

(1966) Nurse
An Autumn Afternoon
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8

An Autumn Afternoon

(1962) Madame Kaoru
Manji
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6

Manji

(1964) Sonoko Kakiuchi

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2006 Ume
2005 Azumaya
N/A
N/A
Narrator (voice)
2004 N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Sakura
2003 N/A
N/A
2002 Narrator
Yagita's mother
N/A
Narrator (voice)
N/A
Otome
N/A
2001 N/A
Cleaning Lady
2000 N/A
N/A
1999 N/A
N/A
1998 Matsushima
1997 Mizukoshi Ayako
Taeko Kano
1996 Kotake Tajimi / Koume Tajimi
School Master
1995 Zankurô's mother
1994 Ohama
1993 小森晶乃
N/A
N/A
1991 Old geisha Miyako (cameo)
Natsu Mizukami
1990 Maid-In-Waiting
Narration (voice)
N/A
1989 Wife
1988 Kichibi
1987 Narrator
Benten
N/A
Nobuko Kitashiro
Kuginukiya
1986 Ohba, Head Nurse
N/A
1985 Fusako Ishimoto
N/A
Kie Azuma
1984 N/A
真之助の母・香木艶子
1983 Self
Kimie Hasenuma
1982 N/A
1981 N/A
N/A
1980 N/A
Grandmother (voice)
N/A
1979 Shima Ikegata
N/A
1977 Naoko Anekoji
Omon
Kimiyo Tarumi
Ochika
1976 Koto Teacher
N/A
1974 Ayabe Takako
Narrator (Voice of the Prophecy)
1973 N/A
1972 Mama, the girl's mother
Narrator (voice)
Moomin (voice)
1971 Sanko Otori
N/A
Yodo-dono
1970 Sanko Otori
1969 Akie
Moomin (voice)
Miriam / Jaris (voice)
1968 Oharu Tsutaya
N/A
1967 Urao
N/A
(voice)
1966 Nurse
Mikie Shima
1965 Kaoyo
N/A
1964 N/A
Sonoko Kakiuchi
Fumiko Ando
N/A
Ms Okiyama
Yoko Saijyo
The Woman
Aguri
1963 Lady Hagi
N/A
1962 Inone
Madame Kaoru
Chiyo's Friend
Reiko
N/A
Inoko's wife
N/A
Yoshiko Hoshino
1961 N/A
Sayoko Goto
N/A
Ryûko
1960 Sally
Mrs. Tanuma
N/A
1959 Sumiko Tsuboi
1958 N/A
Sakie
1956 N/A
Self
1953 N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

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