Kyōko Kagawa
Acting
Born December 5, 1931, Aso, Namegata, Ibaragi Prefecture, Japan
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
- 2022Shimamori Tower
- 2022The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
- 2021Mo-Ruerani — Fukiko
- 2018Omotenashi — Shimizu-sensei
- 2017Tenshi no Iru Toshokan — Reiko Ashitaka
- 2016Beautiful 2016
- 2016Somewhere in Kamakura
- 2015Tokyo Day — Michiko
- Silent Poor — Fusae Eda
- 2013The Intermission
- 2008Tokyo Rendezvous — Fujiko Natsumi
- Imo Tako Nankin — 花岡和代
- 2006Red Whale, White Snake
- 2005Bluestockings
- 2004Heaven's Bookstore — Sachi Hiyama
- 2002Kokoro 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-
- 1999After Life — Kyoko Watanabe
- Futarikko
- 1996Shall We Dance? — Keiko Kishikawa
- 1995Deep River — Isobe's wife
- Kura
- 1993Madadayo — Professor's Wife
- The Tale of Genji
- 1990Shikibu monogatari — Isa Otomo
- 1985Song of the Spring Pony
- 1979Tora-san's Dream of Spring — 圭子
- 1978Have Wings on Your Heart
- Mizuiro no toki — 知子の母・松宮房子
- 1974The Family — Ichiko Mima
- 1965Red Beard — Madwoman ("The Mantis")
- 1964Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
- 1964The Prodigal Son — His Sister
- 1963High and Low — Reiko Gondo
- Life of a Flower — Akiyama Shizu
- 1962Love at the Fogged Harbor
- 1962The Daughters of the Saotome Family
- 1962Till Tomorrow Is — Natsuko
- 1961Daredevil in the Castle — Ai
- 1961Death on the Mountain — Masako Iwase
- 1961Girls of the Night — Mrs. Shima
- 1961Mothra — Michi Hanamura
- 1960Lord of Red Banner
- 1960My Friend Death
- 1960Scars of Honor
- 1960The Bad Sleep Well — Yoshiko Nishi
- 1960The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
- 1959Gambler and the Princess — Princess Kiku
- 1959Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda
- 1959The Bell of Love
- 1959The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love
- 1959The Human Wall — Fumiko
- 1959The Three Treasures — Princess Miyazu
- 1958His Scarlet Cloak
- 1958Holiday in Tokyo
- 1958I Am Three People
- 1958Kampai! Miai Kekkon — Emiko Toda
- 1958Little Peach — Anzukko
- 1958The Child Writers — Fumio's Teacher
- 1958The Outsiders — Yukiko Saeki
- 1958Woman Unveiled
- 1958Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II — Oki
- 1957A Man in the Storm — Akiko
- 1957An Osaka Story — Onatsu
- 1957On This Earth — Fuyuko
- 1957The Lower Depths — Okayo, Osugi's Sister
- 1957The Oil-Hell Murder
- 1957The Shadow Daughter — Fusako
- 1957Yagyu Secret Scrolls — Oki
- 1956A Strong Wind Blows — Takako Hiyoshi
- 1956Girl's Reform School
- 1956Morishige, where are you going? — Megumi Mori
- 1956New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune
- 1956Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae
- 1956Rainy Night Duel — Shizue Amaji
- 1956Shozo, a Cat and Two Women — Fukuko
- 1956Sudden Rain — Ayako (Fumiko's niece)
- 1956The Wife is a University Student — Keiko Hiyoshi (Student Wife)
- 1956Women in Prison — Taeko Hara, prisoner
- 1956流轉 — お秋
- 1955Christ in Bronze — Mónica
- 1955Dawn Chorus
- 1955Ginji of the Seven Faces
- 1955If Indeed One Loves — Kuniko (segment 2)
- 1955Love at Forty
- 1955Nonki saiban
- 1955The Shiinomi School — Kayoko Atsumi
- 1954Chikamatsu Monogatari — Osan
- 1954Five Sisters
- 1954Hanran
- 1954Mother's First Love
- 1954Sansho the Bailiff — Anju
- 1954Tekka bugyō
- 1954The Glorious Days
- 1954Tomoshibi
- 1953Aiyoku no sabaki — Fujikawa Motoko
- 1953Love Letter — Yasuko
- 1953Moth Lamp
- 1953Tokyo Story — Kyoko Hirayama
- 1953Tower of Lilies — Fumi Uehara
- 1952A Ripple in a Morning — Sister
- 1952August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan — Kimiko Sasaki
- 1952Chakkari fujin to ukkari fujin
- 1952Daigaku no kotengu
- 1952Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
- 1952Kantarou zukiyo-uta
- 1952Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
- 1952Lightning — Tsubomi
- 1952Lil's Return from Shanghai — Lil Takemoto / Katsuko Suzuki
- 1952Man in the Storm — Tomi Tsuboi
- 1952Mother — Toshiko Fukuhara
- 1952Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete — Mitsuko Kawai
- 1951Akatsuki no Kyūshū — Yukie Murata
- 1951Farewell to the Highland Station — Yuki
- 1951Ginza Cosmetics — Kyôko
- 1951Karate Sanshiro
- 1951Who Knows a Woman's Heart
- 1950Mado Kara Tobidase — Mariko Fujieda
- 1950Snow-Flake — Itakura's sister
- 1950Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog — O-Rie
Appearances as themselves (10)
- 2025The Ozu Diaries — Self
- 2022Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About — Self
- 2016Mifune: The Last Samurai — Self - Actress
- 2015Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki — Self
- The Story of Film: An Odyssey — Self
- 2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low' — Self
- 2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Red Beard' — Self
- 2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well' — Self
- 2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths' — Self
- 1975Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director — Self