Highest rated as cast or director
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 .
Acted in 119
2020s
- 2022
Shimamori Tower
Movie
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
Movie
- 2021
Mo-Ruerani
Fukiko
2010s
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
Somewhere in Kamakura
Movie
Beautiful 2016
Movie
- 2015
Tokyo Day
Michiko
- 2014
Silent Poor
Fusae Eda · 9 episodes
- 2013
The Intermission
Movie
2000s
- 2008
- 2006
Red Whale, White Snake
Movie
- 2005
Bluestockings
Movie
- 2004
- 2002
Kokoro no Koukyougaku
(Voice)
- 2001
明るいほうへ 明るいほうへ -童謡詩人 金子みすゞ-
Movie
1990s
- 1999
- 1996
- 1995
Kura
TV
Deep River
Isobe's wife
- 1993
- 1991
The Tale of Genji
TV
- 1990
Shikibu monogatari
Isa Otomo
1970s
- 1979
- 1975
- 1974
The Family
Ichiko Mima
1960s
- 1965
- 1964
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
Movie
- 1963
- 1962
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
Movie
Love at the Fogged Harbor
Movie
Till Tomorrow Is
Natsuko
- 1961
Girls of the Night
Mrs. Shima
Death on the Mountain
Masako Iwase
Daredevil in the Castle
Ai
- 1960
Scars of Honor
Movie
My Friend Death
Movie
Lord of Red Banner
Movie
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
Movie
1950s
- 1959
The Three Treasures
Princess Miyazu
Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda
Movie
The Human Wall
Fumiko
The Bell of Love
Movie
The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love
Movie
Gambler and the Princess
Princess Kiku
- 1958
The Footmark of a Snow Fairy
Movie
The Outsiders
Yukiko Saeki
I Am Three People
Movie
The Child Writers
Fumio's Teacher
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onibi tōrō
Movie
Little Peach
Anzukko
Holiday in Tokyo
Movie
Woman Unveiled
Movie
Kampai! Miai Kekkon
Emiko Toda
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Oki
- 1957
On This Earth
Fuyuko
The Oil-Hell Murder
Movie
The Lower Depths
Okayo, Osugi's Sister
The Shadow Daughter
Fusako
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Oki
An Osaka Story
Onatsu
A Man in the Storm
Akiko
- 1956
New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune
Movie
A Strong Wind Blows
Takako Hiyoshi
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Fukuko
Women in Prison
Taeko Hara, prisoner
Morishige, where are you going?
Megumi Mori
Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae
Movie
流轉
お秋
The Wife is a University Student
Keiko Hiyoshi (Student Wife)
Girl's Reform School
Movie
Sudden Rain
Ayako (Fumiko's niece)
- 1955
Love at Forty
Movie
Christ in Bronze
Mónica
If Indeed One Loves
Kuniko (segment 2)
The Shiinomi School
Kayoko Atsumi
Nonki saiban
Movie
Dawn Chorus
Movie
Ginji of the Seven Faces
Movie
- 1954
Mother's First Love
Movie
Tekka bugyō
Movie
Tomoshibi
Movie
Five Sisters
Movie
The Glorious Days
Movie
Hanran
Movie
- 1953
Love Letter
Yasuko
Moth Lamp
Movie
Aiyoku no sabaki
Fujikawa Motoko
Tower of Lilies
Fumi Uehara
- 1952
Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
Movie
Lightning
Tsubomi
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
Mitsuko Kawai
Kantarou zukiyo-uta
Movie
Daigaku no kotengu
Movie
Mother
Toshiko Fukuhara
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Movie
A Ripple in a Morning
Sister
August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan
Kimiko Sasaki
Chakkari fujin to ukkari fujin
Movie
Lil's Return from Shanghai
Lil Takemoto / Katsuko Suzuki
Man in the Storm
Tomi Tsuboi
- 1951
Karate Sanshiro
Movie
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
Movie
Akatsuki no Kyūshū
Yukie Murata
Farewell to the Highland Station
Yuki
- 1950
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
O-Rie
Snow-Flake
Itakura's sister
Mado Kara Tobidase
Mariko Fujieda
Appearances10
2020s
- 2025
The Ozu Diaries
Self
- 2022
Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About
Self
2010s
- 2016
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Self - Actress
- 2015
Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki
Self
- 2011
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Self · 1 episode
2000s
- 2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Red Beard'
Self
1970s
- 1975
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Self