
Kyōko Kagawa
Acting
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 t…
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Tokyo Story
1953
Kyoko Hirayama

High and Low
1963
Reiko Gondo

Sansho the Bailiff
1954
Anju

Red Beard
1965
Madwoman ("The Mantis")

The Bad Sleep Well
1960
Yoshiko Nishi

After Life
1999
Kyoko Watanabe

Mothra
1961
Michi Hanamura

Shall We Dance?
1996
Keiko Kishikawa

Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954
Osan

The Lower Depths
1957
Okayo, Osugi's Sister

Madadayo
1993
Professor's Wife

The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011
Self

Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016
Self - Actress

Love Letter
1953
Yasuko

Lightning
1952
Tsubomi

Mother
1952
Toshiko Fukuhara

Girls of the Night
1961
Mrs. Shima

Sudden Rain
1956
Ayako (Fumiko's niece)

Little Peach
1958
Anzukko

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975
Self
