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