Kyôko Kishida
1930-04-29 ( 94 years old ) in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan

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.

Movies

Wool 100% 2006-10-28
Under the Same Moon 2005-11-19
Spring Snow 2005-10-09
The Book of the Dead 2005-07-01
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari 2004-11-01
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao 2004-08-22
Tracing Jake 2004-02-07
Winter Days 2003-11-27
Vengeance for Sale 2002-02-16
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji 2001-12-15
Chloe 2001-06-15
Dora-heita 2000-05-13
Shinsengumi 2000-01-15
To Love 1997-10-04
The 8-Tomb Village 1996-10-26
Haunted School 2 1996-07-20
Dark hunter 1994-04-01
Fusa 1993-04-01
Zodiac Killers 1991-07-20
Noh Mask Murders 1991-03-15
Heaven and Earth 1990-11-24
Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty 1990-08-10
Rikyu 1989-09-15
Crane 1988-05-21
Tokyo Bordello 1987-06-13
Sure Death 4 1987-06-06
Let's Gotokuji 1987-04-11
A Tale of Young Elopement 1987-02-07
Actress 1987-01-17
The Sea and Poison 1986-10-17
The Hall of the Crying Deer 1986-09-20
Fujiko Fujio no Yume Camera 1986-03-03
Spring Bell 1985-11-09
Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka 1985-01-08
Seito shokun! 1984-12-22
I Lived, But... 1983-10-29
Detective Story 1983-07-16
Lullaby of Death 1982-10-09
Flame of Father and Son 1981-10-27
Rennyo and His Mother 1981-10-07
The Shogun's Vault I 1981-07-14
The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail 1980-11-15
Toward the Terra 1980-04-26
The Inferno 1979-06-03
Unico - Black Cloud and White Feather 1979-04-05
Nichiren 1979-03-10
Japanese Godfather: Ambition 1977-10-29
Sugata Sanshiro 1977-10-29
Curse of the Dog God 1977-06-18
Utamaro's World 1977-02-20
The Inugami Family 1976-10-16
World Famous Fairy Tale Series 1975-10-01
Prophecies of Nostradamus 1974-08-03
Journey Into Solitude 1972-10-28
Sapporo Winter Olympics 1972-06-24
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow 1971-06-12
A Woman Called En 1971-05-29
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny 1970-08-14
Vixen 1969-10-18
A Thousand and One Nights 1969-06-14
Where did Sharaku go? 1968-08-22
The Time of Reckoning 1968-06-29
The Shogun and His Mistresses 1967-07-30
Mothers 1967-01-01
The Face of Another 1966-07-15
Warm Current 1966-04-29
Conquest 1965-11-21
六人の女を殺した男 1965-07-31
The School of Flesh 1965-02-14
Love 1964-12-31
Manji 1964-07-25
Homicide 1964-06-20
Brand of Evil 1964-05-29
こんにちは赤ちゃん 1964-03-20
Love and Greed 1964-02-24
Woman in the Dunes 1964-02-15
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai 1963-04-28
Five Ronins 1963-03-03
Ninja, A Band of Assassins 1962-12-01
Being Two Isn't Easy 1962-11-18
An Autumn Afternoon 1962-11-18
A Flame at the Pier 1962-09-30
Human Zoo 1962-09-14
The Broken Commandment 1962-04-06
Love at the Fogged Harbor 1962-02-21
Night Mist Makes Women Cry 1962-02-04
Challenge to Live 1961-06-17
Ten Dark Women 1961-05-03
The Harbor Lights 1961-02-26
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer 1961-01-28
Get 'em All 1960-11-29
Her Brother 1960-11-01
The Twilight Story 1960-08-28
Temptation on Glamour Island 1959-01-15
The Days of Evil Women 1958-11-30
The Lowest Man 1958-09-07
Yaneura no Onna-tachi 1956-05-14
An Inlet of Muddy Water 1953-11-23

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