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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
The Ozu Diaries
Character:Self
Release Date:02/09/2025
Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About
Character:Self
Release Date:18/10/2022
Shimamori Tower
Character:
Release Date:22/07/2022
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
Character:
Release Date:17/06/2022
Mo-Ruerani
Character:Fukiko
Release Date:06/02/2021
Omotenashi
Character:Shimizu-sensei
Release Date:03/03/2018
Tenshi no Iru Toshokan
Character:Reiko Ashitaka
Release Date:18/02/2017
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Character:Self - Actress
Release Date:02/12/2016
Somewhere in Kamakura
Character:
Release Date:23/03/2016
Beautiful 2016
Character:
Release Date:23/03/2016
東京の日
Character:Michiko
Release Date:31/10/2015
Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki
Character:Self
Release Date:29/08/2015
The Intermission
Character:
Release Date:23/02/2013
Tokyo Rendezvous
Character:Fujiko Natsumi
Release Date:19/09/2008
Red Whale, White Snake
Character:
Release Date:25/11/2006
Bluestockings
Character:
Release Date:23/01/2005
Heaven's Bookstore
Character:Sachi Hiyama
Release Date:05/06/2004
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
Character:Self
Release Date:25/10/2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
Character:Self
Release Date:25/10/2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
Character:Self
Release Date:25/10/2002
Kokoro no Koukyougaku
Character:(Voice)
Release Date:01/01/2002
After Life
Character:Kyoko Watanabe
Release Date:17/04/1999
Shall We Dance?
Character:Keiko Kishikawa
Release Date:27/01/1996
Deep River
Character:Isobe's wife
Release Date:01/04/1995
Madadayo
Character:Professor's Wife
Release Date:17/04/1993
Shikibu monogatari
Character:Isa Otomo
Release Date:06/10/1990
Song of the Spring Pony
Character:
Release Date:22/03/1985
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Character:Keiko
Release Date:28/12/1979
Have Wings on Your Heart
Character:
Release Date:14/10/1978
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Character:Self
Release Date:24/05/1975
The Family
Character:Ichiko Mima
Release Date:26/01/1974
Red Beard
Character:Madwoman ("The Mantis")
Release Date:04/03/1965
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
Character:
Release Date:12/02/1964
High and Low
Character:Reiko Gondo
Release Date:01/03/1963
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
Character:
Release Date:08/09/1962
Love at the Fogged Harbor
Character:
Release Date:21/02/1962
As Long as There's Tomorrow
Character:Natsuko
Release Date:10/02/1962
Girls of the Night
Character:Mrs. Shima
Release Date:04/09/1961
Mothra
Character:Michi Hanamura
Release Date:30/07/1961
Death on the Mountain
Character:Masako Iwase
Release Date:17/06/1961
Daredevil in the Castle
Character:Ai
Release Date:03/01/1961
Scars of Honor
Character:
Release Date:20/09/1960
The Bad Sleep Well
Character:Yoshiko Nishi
Release Date:19/09/1960
Lord of Red Banner
Character:
Release Date:14/02/1960
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
Character:
Release Date:07/02/1960
The Three Treasures
Character:Princess Miyazu
Release Date:01/11/1959
Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda
Character:
Release Date:25/10/1959
The Human Wall
Character:Fumiko
Release Date:18/10/1959
Gambler and the Princess
Character:Princess Kiku
Release Date:28/01/1959
The Outsiders
Character:Yukiko Saeki
Release Date:26/11/1958
His Scarlet Cloak
Character:
Release Date:23/09/1958
The Child Writers
Character:Fumio's Teacher
Release Date:23/08/1958
Little Peach
Character:Anzukko
Release Date:13/05/1958
Holiday in Tokyo
Character:
Release Date:15/04/1958
Woman Unveiled
Character:
Release Date:15/01/1958
Kampai! Miai Kekkon
Character:Emiko Toda
Release Date:09/01/1958
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Character:Oki
Release Date:03/01/1958
On This Earth
Character:Fuyuko
Release Date:22/11/1957
The Oil-Hell Murder
Character:
Release Date:15/11/1957
The Lower Depths
Character:Okayo, Osugi's Sister
Release Date:01/10/1957
The Shadow Daughter
Character:
Release Date:05/06/1957
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Character:Oki
Release Date:14/04/1957
An Osaka Story
Character:Onatsu
Release Date:06/03/1957
A Man in the Storm
Character:Akiko
Release Date:05/02/1957
A Strong Wind Blows
Character:Takako Hiyoshi
Release Date:13/11/1956
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Character:Fukuko
Release Date:09/10/1956
Women in Prison
Character:Taeko Hara, prisoner
Release Date:11/09/1956
Morishige, where are you going?
Character:Megumi Mori
Release Date:14/06/1956
流轉
Character:お秋
Release Date:25/04/1956
The Wife is a University Student
Character:Keiko Hiyoshi (Student Wife)
Release Date:26/02/1956
Girl's Reform School
Character:
Release Date:05/02/1956
Rainy Night Duel
Character:Shizue Amaji
Release Date:29/01/1956
Sudden Rain
Character:Ayako (Fumiko's niece)
Release Date:14/01/1956
Christ in Bronze
Character:Mónica
Release Date:11/10/1955
Ai Sureba Koso
Character:Kuniko (segment 2)
Release Date:05/07/1955
The Shiinomi School
Character:Kayoko Atsumi
Release Date:28/06/1955
Nonki saiban
Character:
Release Date:24/04/1955
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Character:Osan
Release Date:23/11/1954
Mother's First Love
Character:
Release Date:17/09/1954
Tomoshibi
Character:
Release Date:22/06/1954
Five Sisters
Character:
Release Date:08/06/1954
The Glorious Days
Character:
Release Date:14/04/1954
Sansho the Bailiff
Character:Anju
Release Date:31/03/1954
Hanran
Character:
Release Date:03/01/1954
Love Letter
Character:Yasuko
Release Date:13/12/1953
Tokyo Story
Character:Kyoko Hirayama
Release Date:03/11/1953
Aiyoku no sabaki
Character:Fujikawa Motoko
Release Date:06/05/1953
Tower of Lilies
Character:Fumi Uehara
Release Date:09/01/1953
Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
Character:
Release Date:17/12/1952
Lightning
Character:Tsubomi
Release Date:09/10/1952
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
Character:Mitsuko Kawai
Release Date:09/10/1952
勘太郎月夜唄
Character:
Release Date:11/09/1952
Mother
Character:Toshiko Fukuhara
Release Date:12/06/1952
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Character:
Release Date:14/05/1952
A Ripple in a Morning
Character:Sister
Release Date:01/05/1952
Lil's Return from Shanghai
Character:Lil Takemoto / Katsuko Suzuki
Release Date:04/04/1952
Man in the Storm
Character:Tomi Tsuboi
Release Date:07/02/1952
Karate Sanshiro
Character:
Release Date:28/12/1951
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
Character:
Release Date:21/12/1951
Akatsuki no Kyūshū
Character:Yukie Murata
Release Date:14/12/1951
Farewell to the Highland Station
Character:Yuki
Release Date:05/10/1951
Ginza Cosmetics
Character:Kyôko
Release Date:14/04/1951
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
Character:O-Rie
Release Date:18/11/1950
Snow-Flake
Character:Itakura's sister
Release Date:17/05/1950
Mado Kara Tobidase
Character:Mariko Fujieda
Release Date:26/03/1950
Television Appearances
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