Kyōko Kagawa
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 .
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
111
Gender
Female
Birthday
1931-12-05
Place of Birth
Aso, Namegata, Ibaragi Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As
카가와 쿄코, Кёко Кагава
Known For
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Red Beard
Sansho the Bailiff
The Bad Sleep Well
The Lower Depths
High and Low
Madadayo
Mother
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Till Tomorrow Is
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
After Life
Mothra
Tokyo Story
The Outsiders
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Sudden Rain
Tokyo Rendezvous
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Daredevil in the Castle
Little Peach
The Shiinomi School
An Osaka Story
Tower of Lilies
Hanran
Love Letter
Man in the Storm
Five Sisters
A Man in the Storm
流轉
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki
Song of the Spring Pony
Lightning
Shimamori Tower
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
Ginza Cosmetics
The Family
Tokyo Day
Red Whale, White Snake
Have Wings on Your Heart
Mother's First Love
Akatsuki no Kyūshū
Lil's Return from Shanghai
Woman Unveiled
His Scarlet Cloak
Mifune: The Last Samurai
The Human Wall
Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
Nonki saiban
Christ in Bronze
On This Earth
If Indeed One Loves
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
Death on the Mountain
Love at the Fogged Harbor
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
Scars of Honor
The Three Treasures
Snow-Flake
Gambler and the Princess
A Ripple in a Morning
Girls of the Night
Omotenashi
Tenshi no Iru Toshokan
Heaven's Bookstore
Mo-Ruerani
Shikibu monogatari
Women in Prison
Aiyoku no sabaki
Bluestockings
Shall We Dance?
Karate Sanshiro
Deep River
Lord of Red Banner
The Intermission
Farewell to the Highland Station
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
Tomoshibi
Rainy Night Duel
Kokoro no Koukyougaku
The Child Writers
The Glorious Days
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
Girl's Reform School
Mado Kara Tobidase
Somewhere in Kamakura
Morishige, where are you going?
勘太郎月夜唄
The Shadow Daughter
Kampai! Miai Kekkon
The Ozu Diaries
Beautiful 2016
The Oil-Hell Murder
Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About
Holiday in Tokyo
The Wife is a University Student
A Strong Wind Blows
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love
The Prodigal Son
August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan
Moth Lamp
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Red Beard'
明るいほうへ 明るいほうへ -童謡詩人 金子みすゞ-