Kyōko Kagawa
Actor

Kyōko Kagawa

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Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 1
Birthday December 5, 1931 (94 years old)
Place of Birth Aso, Namegata, Ibaragi Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As 카가와 쿄코, Кёко Кагава
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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 .

Filmography (118)

The Ozu Diaries 2025
Shimamori Tower 2022
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai 2022
Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About 2022
Mo-Ruerani 2021
Omotenashi 2018
Tenshi no Iru Toshokan 2017
Mifune: The Last Samurai 2016
Somewhere in Kamakura 2016
Beautiful 2016 2016
Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki 2015
東京の日 2015
Silent Poor 2014
The Intermission 2013
The Story of Film: An Odyssey 2011
Tokyo Rendezvous 2008
Red Whale, White Snake 2006
Imo Tako Nankin 2006
Bluestockings 2005
Heaven's Bookstore 2004
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths' 2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low' 2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well' 2002
Kokoro no Koukyougaku 2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Red Beard' 2002
After Life 1999
Shall We Dance? 1996
Futarikko 1996
Deep River 1995
Kura 1995
Madadayo 1993
The Tale of Genji 1991
Shikibu monogatari 1990
Song of the Spring Pony 1985
Tora-san's Dream of Spring 1979
Have Wings on Your Heart 1978
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director 1975
Mizuiro no toki 1975
The Family 1974
Red Beard 1965
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag 1964
The Prodigal Son 1964
High and Low 1963
Life of a Flower 1963
Till Tomorrow Is 1962
The Daughters of the Saotome Family 1962
Love at the Fogged Harbor 1962
Mothra 1961
Daredevil in the Castle 1961
Death on the Mountain 1961
Girls of the Night 1961
The Bad Sleep Well 1960
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo 1960
Scars of Honor 1960
Lord of Red Banner 1960
The Human Wall 1959
Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda 1959
The Three Treasures 1959
Gambler and the Princess 1959
The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love 1959
The Outsiders 1958
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II 1958
Little Peach 1958
Woman Unveiled 1958
His Scarlet Cloak 1958
The Child Writers 1958
Kampai! Miai Kekkon 1958
Holiday in Tokyo 1958
The Lower Depths 1957
Yagyu Secret Scrolls 1957
An Osaka Story 1957
A Man in the Storm 1957
On This Earth 1957
The Shadow Daughter 1957
The Oil-Hell Murder 1957
Sudden Rain 1956
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women 1956
流轉 1956
Women in Prison 1956
Rainy Night Duel 1956
Girl's Reform School 1956
Morishige, where are you going? 1956
The Wife is a University Student 1956
A Strong Wind Blows 1956
The Shiinomi School 1955
Nonki saiban 1955
Christ in Bronze 1955
If Indeed One Loves 1955
Sansho the Bailiff 1954
Chikamatsu Monogatari 1954
Hanran 1954
Five Sisters 1954
Mother's First Love 1954
Tomoshibi 1954
The Glorious Days 1954
Tokyo Story 1953
Tower of Lilies 1953
Love Letter 1953
Aiyoku no sabaki 1953
Moth Lamp 1953
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl 1952
Mother 1952
Man in the Storm 1952
Lightning 1952
Lil's Return from Shanghai 1952
Kanpai! Tokyo Musume 1952
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete 1952
A Ripple in a Morning 1952
勘太郎月夜唄 1952
August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan 1952
Ginza Cosmetics 1951
Akatsuki no Kyūshū 1951
Karate Sanshiro 1951
Farewell to the Highland Station 1951
Who Knows a Woman's Heart 1951
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog 1950
Snow-Flake 1950
Mado Kara Tobidase 1950