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  • BIRTH 29/04/1930
  • DEATH 17/12/2006
  • Country Japan
  • SHOWS 3
  • MOVIES 23

岸田今日子

Kyōko Kishida (April 29, 1930 – December 17, 2006) was a Japanese actress, voice actress, and writer of children's books.

Her father was Kunio Kishida, a playwright and the founder of the Bungaku-za. She became an actress in 1950, and starred in a Yukio Mishima production of Salome (1960). Her film and television drama credits number in the hundreds. Among them are four Taiga drama series on NHK television, with roles such as Aguri (the wife of Asano Naganori and Yodo-Dono (the wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi). She appeared in various roles, including acting and narrating, in various Ōoku series on television. In the series Gokenin Zankurō, she portrayed the mother of the title character (played by Ken Watanabe), and narrated a Lone Wolf and Cub television series.

Kishida's film credits include Yasujirō Ozu's An Autumn Afternoon (1962), The Broken Commandment (based on a novel by Shimazaki Toson), Hiroshi Teshigahara's The Woman in the Dunes (1964) and The Face of Another (1966) (both from novels by Kōbō Abe), Kon Ichikawa's The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (1987), based on the classic story, Heaven and Earth (1990), and Spring Snow, the 2005 Isao Yukisada adaptation of the Mishima novel.

Anime fans know Kishida as the voice of Moomin in the original 1960s television series. She provided narration for Vampire Princess Miyu and Princess Tutu as well as the 2005 Book of the Dead. In addition, she dubbed roles for Columbo and Miss Marple, and narrated Prophecies of Nostradamus. Kishida appeared in commercials for Nestle, TDK, and Asahi Shimbun.

Kyōko Kishida died on December 17, 2006 in Tokyo from respiratory failure caused by a brain tumor.

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岸田今日子

Shows (3)

Princess Tutu
Princess Tutu
Narrator (voice)
New Moomin
New Moomin
Moomin (voice)
Moomin (1969)
Moomin (1969)
Moomin (voice)

Movies (23)

他人の顔
他人の顔
Nurse
砂の女
砂の女
The Woman
極道追踪
極道追踪
Old geisha Miyako (cameo)
八つ墓村
八つ墓村
Kotake Tajimi / Koume Tajimi
Ai
Ai
千夜一夜物語
千夜一夜物語
Miriam / Jaris (voice)
にごりえ
にごりえ
死者の書
死者の書
Narrator (voice)
私は二歳
私は二歳
Chiyo's Friend
旅の重さ
旅の重さ
Mama, the girl's mother
利休
利休
Wife
冬の日
冬の日
卍(まんじ)
卍(まんじ)
Sonoko Kakiuchi
人間の條件 完結篇
人間の條件 完結篇
Ryûko
吉原炎上
吉原炎上
Narrator
海と毒薬
海と毒薬
Ohba, Head Nurse
秋刀魚の味
秋刀魚の味
Madame Kaoru
犬神の悪霊
犬神の悪霊
Kimiyo Tarumi
日本の首領 野望篇
日本の首領 野望篇
Naoko Anekoji
忍びの者
忍びの者
Inone
どら平太
どら平太
Lady of the Sister Wind
地球へ…
地球へ…
Grandmother (voice)
歌麿 夢と知りせば
歌麿 夢と知りせば
Ochika