Hiroko Seki

Acting

Born July 30, 1929, Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Hiroko Seki ( 関 弘 子), whose real name is Kanze Hiroko ( 観 世 弘 子) , born in Tokyo on July 30, 1929 and died on May 11, 2008, is a Japanese actress . Trained at the Gekidan Haiyūza theater in Tokyo, she co-founded the Gekidan Seinenza troupe in 1954. She married Hideo Kanze in 1969, a master of noh, a form of classical Japanese theater. She has performed for both television and theater, notably Noh plays and text readings. She participated in the dubbing of two animated films by Hayao Miyazaki: Kiki's Delivery Service and Porco Rosso. She died of pneumonia at 78 years old.

Filmography

• 1992Porco Rosso — Bâ-chan (voice)
• 1990Tales of a Golden Geisha — Shinkame Chiyo Restaurant Manager
• 1989Kiki's Delivery Service — Bertha (voice)
• 1984Mermaid Legend — Nobu
• 1984The Funeral — Teacher in Videotape
• 1956Cell No. 8
• 1956Season of the Sun
• 1955A Hole of My Own Making
• 1955Tales of Ginza — "Bar Encore" Chaa
• 1955Till We Meet Again — Dressmaking Shop Clerk Teruko
• 1953First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband — Tamago (Maid)
• 1953Koibito-tachi no iru machi
• 1951Dispersed Clouds — Yoshiko Miki