Kyōko Kagawa
Acting
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 .
TV Shows(8)
Movies(108)
The Ozu Diaries
Self
2025
Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About
Self
2022
Shimamori Tower
2022
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
2022
Mo-Ruerani
Fukiko
2021
Omotenashi
Shimizu-sensei
2018
Tenshi no Iru Toshokan
Reiko Ashitaka
2017
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Self - Actress
2016
Somewhere in Kamakura
2016
Beautiful 2016
2016
東京の日
Michiko
2015
Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki
Self
2015
The Intermission
2013
Tokyo Rendezvous
Fujiko Natsumi
2008
Red Whale, White Snake
2006
Bluestockings
2005
Heaven's Bookstore
Sachi Hiyama
2004
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
Self
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
Self
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
Self
2002
Kokoro no Koukyougaku
(Voice)
2002
After Life
Kyoko Watanabe
1999
Shall We Dance?
Keiko Kishikawa
1996
Deep River
Isobe's wife
1995
Madadayo
Professor's Wife
1993
Shikibu monogatari
Isa Otomo
1990
Song of the Spring Pony
1985
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Keiko
1979
Have Wings on Your Heart
1978
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Self
1975
The Family
Ichiko Mima
1974
Red Beard
Madwoman ("The Mantis")
1965
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
The Prodigal Son
His Sister
1964
High and Low
Reiko Gondo
1963
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
1962
Love at the Fogged Harbor
1962
Till Tomorrow Is
Natsuko
1962
Girls of the Night
Mrs. Shima
1961
Mothra
Michi Hanamura
1961
Death on the Mountain
Masako Iwase
1961
Daredevil in the Castle
Ai
1961
Scars of Honor
1960
The Bad Sleep Well
Yoshiko Nishi
1960
Lord of Red Banner
1960
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
1960
The Three Treasures
Princess Miyazu
1959
Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda
1959
The Human Wall
Fumiko
1959
The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love
1959
Gambler and the Princess
Princess Kiku
1959
The Outsiders
Yukiko Saeki
1958
His Scarlet Cloak
1958
The Child Writers
Fumio's Teacher
1958
Little Peach
Anzukko
1958
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
Woman Unveiled
1958
Kampai! Miai Kekkon
Emiko Toda
1958
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Oki
1958
On This Earth
Fuyuko
1957
The Oil-Hell Murder
1957
The Lower Depths
Okayo, Osugi's Sister
1957
The Shadow Daughter
1957
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Oki
1957
An Osaka Story
Onatsu
1957
A Man in the Storm
Akiko
1957
A Strong Wind Blows
Takako Hiyoshi
1956
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Fukuko
1956
Women in Prison
Taeko Hara, prisoner
1956
Morishige, where are you going?
Megumi Mori
1956
流轉
お秋
1956
The Wife is a University Student
Keiko Hiyoshi (Student Wife)
1956
Girl's Reform School
1956
Rainy Night Duel
Shizue Amaji
1956
Sudden Rain
Ayako (Fumiko's niece)
1956
Christ in Bronze
Mónica
1955
If Indeed One Loves
Kuniko (segment 2)
1955
The Shiinomi School
Kayoko Atsumi
1955
Nonki saiban
1955
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Osan
1954
Mother's First Love
1954
Tomoshibi
1954
Five Sisters
1954
The Glorious Days
1954
Sansho the Bailiff
Anju
1954
Hanran
1954
Love Letter
Yasuko
1953
Tokyo Story
Kyoko Hirayama
1953
Aiyoku no sabaki
Fujikawa Motoko
1953
Tower of Lilies
Fumi Uehara
1953
Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
1952
Lightning
Tsubomi
1952
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
Mitsuko Kawai
1952
勘太郎月夜唄
1952
Mother
Toshiko Fukuhara
1952
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
A Ripple in a Morning
Sister
1952
Dawn Fifteen of August
Kimiko Sasaki
1952
Lil's Return from Shanghai
Lil Takemoto / Katsuko Suzuki
1952
Man in the Storm
Tomi Tsuboi
1952
Karate Sanshiro
1951
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
1951
Akatsuki no Kyūshū
Yukie Murata
1951
Farewell to the Highland Station
Yuki
1951
Ginza Cosmetics
Kyôko
1951
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
O-Rie
1950
Snow-Flake
Itakura's sister
1950
Mado Kara Tobidase
Mariko Fujieda
1950