Kyōko Kagawa
Acting
- Born:
- 1931-12-05
- Place of birth:
- Aso [now Namegata], Ibaraki, Japan
Biography
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 .
Known For
Filmography
The Ozu Diaries
Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About
Shimamori Tower
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
Mo-Ruerani
Omotenashi
Tenshi no Iru Toshokan
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Somewhere in Kamakura
Beautiful 2016
Tokyo Day
Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki
Silent Poor
The Intermission
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Tokyo Rendezvous
Red Whale, White Snake
Imo Tako Nankin
Bluestockings
Heaven's Bookstore
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Red Beard'
Kokoro no Koukyougaku
明るいほうへ 明るいほうへ -童謡詩人 金子みすゞ-
After Life
Futarikko
Shall We Dance?
Kura
Deep River
Madadayo
The Tale of Genji
Shikibu monogatari
Song of the Spring Pony
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Have Wings on Your Heart
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Mizuiro no toki
The Family
Red Beard
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
The Prodigal Son
Life of a Flower
High and Low
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
Love at the Fogged Harbor
Till Tomorrow Is
Girls of the Night
Mothra
Death on the Mountain
Daredevil in the Castle
Scars of Honor
The Bad Sleep Well
My Friend Death
Lord of Red Banner
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
The Three Treasures
Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda
The Human Wall
The Bell of Love
The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love
Gambler and the Princess
The Footmark of a Snow Fairy
The Outsiders
I Am Three People
His Scarlet Cloak
The Child Writers
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onibi tōrō
Little Peach
Holiday in Tokyo
Woman Unveiled
Kampai! Miai Kekkon
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
On This Earth
The Oil-Hell Murder
The Lower Depths
The Shadow Daughter
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
An Osaka Story
A Man in the Storm
New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune
A Strong Wind Blows
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Women in Prison
Morishige, where are you going?
Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae
流轉
The Wife is a University Student
Girl's Reform School
Rainy Night Duel
Sudden Rain
Love at Forty
Christ in Bronze
If Indeed One Loves
The Shiinomi School
Nonki saiban
Dawn Chorus
Ginji of the Seven Faces
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Mother's First Love
Tekka bugyō
Tomoshibi
Five Sisters
The Glorious Days
Sansho the Bailiff
Hanran
Love Letter
Tokyo Story
Moth Lamp
Aiyoku no sabaki
Tower of Lilies
Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
Lightning
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
Kantarou zukiyo-uta
Daigaku no kotengu
Mother
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
A Ripple in a Morning
August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan
Chakkari fujin to ukkari fujin
Lil's Return from Shanghai
Man in the Storm
Karate Sanshiro
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
Akatsuki no Kyūshū
Farewell to the Highland Station
Ginza Cosmetics
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
Snow-Flake
Mado Kara Tobidase