Kyōko Kagawa

Biography

Kyōko Kagawa (香川 京子 Kagawa Kyōko, born 5 December 1931) is a Japanese actress. She has appeared in leading and supporting roles in such films as Akira Kurosawa's The Bad Sleep Well and High and Low, Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story, and Kenji Mizoguchi's Sansho the Bailiff. She won the "New Face Nomination" sponsored by the Tokyo Shimbun newspaper out of about 6,000 applicants and joined Shintoho. She was also taking entrance exams for a regular company at the same time, and her final interview and the final exam for the New Faces camera test overlapped, but with her mother's advice, she decided to pursue acting. After appearing in Red Beard in 1965 , she gave birth to a child and accompanied her husband to New York where he was posted overseas, leaving the film industry for about three years. She returned to Japan in 1968. As film began to decline, she expanded her field of work to include television dramas and stage productions. She was awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 1998 and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette in 2004 .

Known For

High and Low

Life of a Flower

Mizuiro no toki

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

Imo Tako Nankin

Tokyo Story

Futarikko

Red Beard

All Movies (110)

• The Ozu Diaries2025 · as Self
• Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About2022 · as Self
• Shimamori Tower2022
• The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai2022
• Mo-Ruerani2021 · as Fukiko
• Omotenashi2018 · as Shimizu-sensei
• Tenshi no Iru Toshokan2017 · as Reiko Ashitaka
• Mifune: The Last Samurai2016 · as Self - Actress
• Somewhere in Kamakura2016
• Beautiful 20162016
• 東京の日2015 · as Michiko
• Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki2015 · as Self
• The Intermission2013
• Tokyo Rendezvous2008 · as Fujiko Natsumi
• Red Whale, White Snake2006
• Bluestockings2005
• Heaven's Bookstore2004 · as Sachi Hiyama
• Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'2002 · as Self
• Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'2002 · as Self
• Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'2002 · as Self
• Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Red Beard'2002 · as Self
• Kokoro no Koukyougaku2002 · as (Voice)
• After Life1999 · as Kyoko Watanabe
• Shall We Dance?1996 · as Keiko Kishikawa
• Deep River1995 · as Isobe's wife
• Madadayo1993 · as Professor's Wife
• Shikibu monogatari1990 · as Isa Otomo
• Song of the Spring Pony1985
• Tora-san's Dream of Spring1979 · as Keiko
• Have Wings on Your Heart1978
• Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director1975 · as Self
• The Family1974 · as Ichiko Mima
• Red Beard1965 · as Madwoman ("The Mantis")
• Mr. Giant's Victory Flag1964
• The Prodigal Son1964 · as His Sister
• High and Low1963 · as Reiko Gondo
• The Daughters of the Saotome Family1962
• Love at the Fogged Harbor1962
• Till Tomorrow Is1962 · as Natsuko
• Girls of the Night1961 · as Mrs. Shima
• Mothra1961 · as Michi Hanamura
• Death on the Mountain1961 · as Masako Iwase
• Daredevil in the Castle1961 · as Ai
• Scars of Honor1960
• The Bad Sleep Well1960 · as Yoshiko Nishi
• Lord of Red Banner1960
• The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo1960
• The Three Treasures1959 · as Princess Miyazu
• Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda1959
• The Human Wall1959 · as Fumiko
• The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love1959
• Gambler and the Princess1959 · as Princess Kiku
• The Outsiders1958 · as Yukiko Saeki
• His Scarlet Cloak1958
• The Child Writers1958 · as Fumio's Teacher
• Little Peach1958 · as Anzukko
• Holiday in Tokyo1958
• Woman Unveiled1958
• Kampai! Miai Kekkon1958 · as Emiko Toda
• Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II1958 · as Oki
• On This Earth1957 · as Fuyuko
• The Oil-Hell Murder1957
• The Lower Depths1957 · as Okayo, Osugi's Sister
• The Shadow Daughter1957
• Yagyu Secret Scrolls1957 · as Oki
• An Osaka Story1957 · as Onatsu
• A Man in the Storm1957 · as Akiko
• A Strong Wind Blows1956 · as Takako Hiyoshi
• Shozo, a Cat and Two Women1956 · as Fukuko
• Women in Prison1956 · as Taeko Hara, prisoner
• Morishige, where are you going?1956 · as Megumi Mori
• 流轉1956 · as お秋
• The Wife is a University Student1956 · as Keiko Hiyoshi (Student Wife)
• Girl's Reform School1956
• Rainy Night Duel1956 · as Shizue Amaji
• Sudden Rain1956 · as Ayako (Fumiko's niece)
• Christ in Bronze1955 · as Mónica
• If Indeed One Loves1955 · as Kuniko (segment 2)
• The Shiinomi School1955 · as Kayoko Atsumi
• Nonki saiban1955
• Chikamatsu Monogatari1954 · as Osan
• Mother's First Love1954
• Tomoshibi1954
• Five Sisters1954
• The Glorious Days1954
• Sansho the Bailiff1954 · as Anju
• Hanran1954
• Love Letter1953 · as Yasuko
• Tokyo Story1953 · as Kyoko Hirayama
• Moth Lamp1953
• Aiyoku no sabaki1953 · as Fujikawa Motoko
• Tower of Lilies1953 · as Fumi Uehara
• Kanpai! Tokyo Musume1952
• Lightning1952 · as Tsubomi
• Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete1952 · as Mitsuko Kawai
• 勘太郎月夜唄1952
• Mother1952 · as Toshiko Fukuhara
• Kin no tamago: Golden Girl1952
• A Ripple in a Morning1952 · as Sister
• August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan1952 · as Kimiko Sasaki
• Lil's Return from Shanghai1952 · as Lil Takemoto / Katsuko Suzuki
• Man in the Storm1952 · as Tomi Tsuboi
• Karate Sanshiro1951
• Who Knows a Woman's Heart1951
• Akatsuki no Kyūshū1951 · as Yukie Murata
• Farewell to the Highland Station1951 · as Yuki
• Ginza Cosmetics1951 · as Kyôko
• Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog1950 · as O-Rie
• Snow-Flake1950 · as Itakura's sister
• Mado Kara Tobidase1950 · as Mariko Fujieda

All TV Shows (8)

• Silent Poor2014 · as Fusae Eda
• The Story of Film: An Odyssey2011 · as Self
• Imo Tako Nankin2006 · as 花岡和代
• Futarikko1996
• Kura1995
• The Tale of Genji1991
• Mizuiro no toki1975 · as 知子の母・松宮房子
• Life of a Flower1963 · as Akiyama Shizu