Kyōko Kagawa
Known for: 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 .
Filmography
Film
High and Low
Reiko Gondo
1963
Series
Imo Tako Nankin
花岡和代
2006
Series
Mizuiro no toki
知子の母・松宮房子
1975
Series
Futarikko
1996
Film
Tokyo Story
Kyoko Hirayama
1953
Film
Red Beard
Madwoman ("The Mantis")
1965
Series
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Self
2011
Film
Sansho the Bailiff
Anju
1954
Series
Life of a Flower
Akiyama Shizu
1963
Film
After Life
Kyoko Watanabe
1999
Film
Shall We Dance?
Keiko Kishikawa
1996
Series
The Tale of Genji
1991
Film
The Bad Sleep Well
Yoshiko Nishi
1960
Film
Madadayo
Professor's Wife
1993
Film
Mothra
Michi Hanamura
1961
Film
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Osan
1954
Film
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Self - Actress
2016
Film
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Self
1975
Film
The Three Treasures
Princess Miyazu
1959
Film
The Bell of Love
1959
Film
The Lower Depths
Okayo, Osugi's Sister
1957
Film
Daigaku no kotengu
1952
Film
The Ozu Diaries
Self
2025
Film
Girls of the Night
Mrs. Shima
1961
Series
Kura
1995
Film
His Scarlet Cloak
1958
Series
Silent Poor
Fusae Eda
2014
Film
Ginza Cosmetics
Kyôko
1951
Film
Little Peach
Anzukko
1958
Film
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
1951
Film
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
2022
Film
Lord of Red Banner
1960
Film
Gambler and the Princess
Princess Kiku
1959
Film
Tokyo Rendezvous
Fujiko Natsumi
2008
Film
Sudden Rain
Ayako (Fumiko's niece)
1956
Film
The Family
Ichiko Mima
1974
Film
Death on the Mountain
Masako Iwase
1961
Film
Heaven's Bookstore
Sachi Hiyama
2004
Film
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Keiko
1979
Film
Lightning
Tsubomi
1952
Film
Love Letter
Yasuko
1953
Film
The Intermission
2013
Film
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
Film
Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda
1959
Film
Deep River
Isobe's wife
1995
Film
Woman Unveiled
1958
Film
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
Self
2002
Film
Shimamori Tower
2022
Film
An Osaka Story
Onatsu
1957
Film
Daredevil in the Castle
Ai
1961
Film
Women in Prison
Taeko Hara, prisoner
1956
Film
Kokoro no Koukyougaku
(Voice)
2002
Film
The Shadow Daughter
Fusako
1957
Film
If Indeed One Loves
Kuniko (segment 2)
1955
Film
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Fukuko
1956
Film
The Glorious Days
1954
Film
Mother's First Love
1954
Film
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
Film
Nonki saiban
1955
Film
The Human Wall
Fumiko
1959
Film
The Shiinomi School
Kayoko Atsumi
1955
Film
Hanran
1954
Have Wings on Your Heart
1978
Film
Shikibu monogatari
Isa Otomo
1990
Film
Love at Forty
1955
Film
Bluestockings
2005
Film
Five Sisters
1954
Film
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
Self
2002
Film
A Man in the Storm
Akiko
1957
Film
Omotenashi
Shimizu-sensei
2018
Film
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
Self
2002
Film
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Oki
1958
Film
Till Tomorrow Is
Natsuko
1962
Film
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
Film
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
O-Rie
1950
Film
Tenshi no Iru Toshokan
Reiko Ashitaka
2017
Film
Snow-Flake
Itakura's sister
1950
Film
Moth Lamp
1953
Film
Christ in Bronze
Mónica
1955
Film
Girl's Reform School
1956
Film
Tower of Lilies
Fumi Uehara
1953
Film
流轉
お秋
1956
Film
Farewell to the Highland Station
Yuki
1951
Film
Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki
Self
2015
Film
Scars of Honor
1960
Film
Love at the Fogged Harbor
1962
Film
Aiyoku no sabaki
Fujikawa Motoko
1953
Film
Rainy Night Duel
Shizue Amaji
1956
Film
The Outsiders
Yukiko Saeki
1958
Film
The Oil-Hell Murder
1957
Film
August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan
Kimiko Sasaki
1952
Film
On This Earth
Fuyuko
1957
Film
Beautiful 2016
2016
Film
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
Mitsuko Kawai
1952
Film
Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
1952
Film
The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love
1959
Film
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Oki
1957
Film
Tomoshibi
1954
Film
明るいほうへ 明るいほうへ -童謡詩人 金子みすゞ-
2001
Film
Morishige, where are you going?
Megumi Mori
1956
Song of the Spring Pony
1985
Film
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
1962
Film
The Child Writers
Fumio's Teacher
1958
Film
Kampai! Miai Kekkon
Emiko Toda
1958
Film
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Red Beard'
Self
2002
Film
A Strong Wind Blows
Takako Hiyoshi
1956
Film
Mother
Toshiko Fukuhara
1952
Film
Red Whale, White Snake
2006
Film
Karate Sanshiro
1951
Film
A Ripple in a Morning
Sister
1952
Film
Kantarou zukiyo-uta
1952
Film
The Wife is a University Student
Keiko Hiyoshi (Student Wife)
1956
Film
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
1960
Film
Lil's Return from Shanghai
Lil Takemoto / Katsuko Suzuki
1952
Film
Somewhere in Kamakura
2016
Film
Akatsuki no Kyūshū
Yukie Murata
1951
The Prodigal Son
His Sister
1964
Film
Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About
Self
2022
Film
Tokyo Day
Michiko
2015
Film
Man in the Storm
Tomi Tsuboi
1952
Film
Mo-Ruerani
Fukiko
2021
Film
Mado Kara Tobidase
Mariko Fujieda
1950