Biography
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.
Acted in 140
2000s
- 2006
- 2005
Love Song
TV
Spring Snow
Movie
Natsumeke no Shokutaku
TV
- 2004
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
Movie
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
Movie
Tracing Jake
Movie
Bewitched In Tokyo
Sakura · 11 episodes
- 2003
Winter Days
Movie
Animal Doctor
TV
- 2002
HR
Yagita's mother · 23 episodes
Vengeance for Sale
Otome
Nurseman
TV
- 2001
Legendary Crocodile, Jake and His Fellows
Movie
オヤジ探偵
TV
Chloe
Cleaning Lady
- 2000
Dora-heita
Lady of the Sister Wind
Shinsengumi
Movie
1990s
- 1999
Good News
TV
- 1998
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Matsushima · 49 episodes
- 1997
Forbidden Fruit
Mizukoshi Ayako · 11 episodes
Love Song of the Old Capital
Movie
- 1996
The 8-Tomb Village
Kotake Tajimi / Koume Tajimi
Haunted School 2
School Master
- 1995
Edo Murasaki Limited Express
Movie
Fusa
Movie
Gokenin Zankuro
Zankurô's mother · 8 episodes
- 1994
Dark Hunter
Ohama
- 1993
Kagi-shi
TV
- 1991
Zodiac Killers
Old geisha Miyako (cameo)
- 1990
Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty
Narration (voice)
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
Crane
Kichibi
- 1987
Princess from the Moon
Kōgō or Empress
Sure Death 4
Benten
Let's Gotokuji
Movie
Actress
Kuginukiya
- 1986
The Hall of the Crying Deer
Movie
Fujiko Fujio's Dream Camera
Movie
- 1985
Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
Kie Azuma · 12 episodes
- 1984
Seito shokun!
Movie
Romansu
真之助の母・香木艶子 · 156 episodes
- 1983
- 1982
Japanese Criminal Records: Kurume Chapter
Movie
Ryoma Goes His Way
TV
- 1981
Japanese Criminal Records: Kanazawa Chapter
Movie
Flame of Father and Son
Movie
Rennyo and His Mother
Movie
The Shogun's Vault I
Movie
- 1980
Zoku zoku jiken
TV
Toward the Terra
Grandmother (voice)
A-Un
TV
1970s
- 1979
The Inferno
Shima Ikegata
Nichiren
Movie
- 1978
Japanese Criminal Records: Secret Magistrate
Movie
- 1977
Sugata Sanshiro
Omon
Utamaro's World
Ochika
- 1976
Akai Unmei
TV
- 1974
- 1973
Onna: Sono Ai no Series
TV
- 1972
New Moomin
Moomin (voice) · 52 episodes
- 1971
- 1970
1960s
- 1969
Vixen
Akie
- 1968
Where did Sharaku go?
Oharu Tsutaya
The Time of Reckoning
Chizuko Mochizuki
- 1967
The Shogun and His Mistresses
Urao
Who Is Gomez?
Sonoko
Mothers
(voice)
- 1966
Warm Current
Mikie Shima
- 1965
Conquest
Kaoyo
The School of Flesh
Movie
- 1964
Love
Movie
Manji
Sonoko Kakiuchi
Homicide
Fumiko Ando
Brand of Evil
Takazawa Mitsue
Comedy: Cheerful Widow
Movie
Hello, Baby
Ms Okiyama
Love and Greed
Yoko Saijyo
Misandry
Movie
- 1963
Miren
Yuki Kosugi
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Lady Hagi
Five Ronins
Movie
At the Side of the Bridge 3
Movie
- 1962
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
Inone
Being Two Isn't Easy
Chiyo's Friend
A Flame at the Pier
Reiko
Human Zoo
Movie
The Broken Commandment
Inoko's wife
Love at the Fogged Harbor
Movie
- 1961
The Diplomat's Mansion
Ranko
Challenge to Live
Movie
Ten Women in Black
Goyako Goto
Adorable Schemers
Movie
The Harbor Lights
Movie
- 1960
Get 'em All
Sally
The Twilight Story
Movie
Just Barely
Movie
1950s
- 1959
Pilgrimage at Night
Woman from Brothel
Temptation on Glamour Island
Sumiko Tsuboi
- 1958
The Days of Evil Women
Movie
Blackmail
Movie
- 1956
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
Movie
The Bride Carries On
Movie
Hanayome no tameiki
Movie
- 1953
No release date
Crystal House
TV
Appearances10
2000s
- 2005
The Book of the Dead
Narrator (voice)
- 2002
Lone Wolf and Cub
Narrator · 9 episodes
1980s
- 1987
- 1983
I Lived, But...
Self
1970s
- 1978
- 1975
World Famous Fairy Tale Series
Narrator (voice)
- 1974
- 1972
Sapporo Winter Olympics
Narrator (voice)
1950s
- 1956
