Kanako Higuchi
Known for: Acting
Kanako Higuchi (樋口 可南子, Higuchi Kanako) (born December 13, 1958) is a Japanese actress. Her credits include film, television, and radio dramas, stage, commercials, and voice roles. Born in Kamo, Niigata, she played her first lead at age 20 in the television drama Kōrogi-bashi. Kanako's film credits include Hokusai Manga, Bedtime Eyes, Zatoichi (1989), Casshern, Memories of Tomorrow, and Ashura no Jō Blood Gets In Your Eyes. Among her television roles are Lady Yodo in the 1987 NHK Taiga drama Dokuganryū Masamune and Hanayasha in the 1991 Taiga drama Taiheiki. She has represented the cosmetics firms KOSÉ and Kao.
Filmography
Film
Modori River
Kotoe
1983
Series
The Private Detective Mike
2002
Series
Masamune Shogun
Kanako Higuchi
1987
Series
Atsuhime
2008
Series
Detective Lovesick
Tamae Aoki
2010
Series
Ohisama
Tokuko Maruyama
2011
Series
Toge no Gunzo
1982
Series
Amakarashan
神沢（榊）ふみ
1997
Series
Romansu
小島はる
1984
Film
Casshern
Midori Azuma
2004
Series
Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku
Shimasu Yako
2020
Film
Edo Porn
Onao
1981
Series
A Little Princess
Mimura Chieko
2009
Film
Bedtime Eyes
1987
Film
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
2004
Film
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
Boss Han Bosatsu
1989
Film
The Night of Martial Law
1980
Film
Heat Wave
Rin Jyoshima
1991
Film
Manji
Mitsuko Shido
1983
Film
The Oil-Hell Murder
Okichi
1992
Series
Sketchbook of Early Spring
1983
Film
Ronin-gai
Oshin
1990
Film
Letter from the Mountain
Michiko Ueda
2002
Film
Achilles and the Tortoise
Sachiko
2008
Film
Memories of Tomorrow
Emiko Saeki
2006
Film
The Pearls of the Stone Man
Ryoko Kobayashi
2015
Series
Nukata no Ōkimi
1980
Film
Karaoke Terror
Midori Suzuki
2003
Film
Door To Door
Kurasawa Mitsue
2009
Film
Tora-san, the Go-Between
Wakana Egami
1985
Film
Shara
Shouko
2003
Saigo no Kazoku
2001
Film
Shimanto River
1991
Series
雪の華－建礼門院徳子の生涯
1982
Film
Deaths in Tokimeki
Hiromi Kozue
1984
Film
The Wangan Highway
Fumiko Sugimoto
1984
Film
Ashura
Bizan
2005
Film
The Invitation from Cinema Orion
Yoshie Miyoshi
2007
Series
Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun
1983
Film
Time Never Stops
Asako Saigo
2014
Film
Love is Always Almond Pink
1988
Film
Hana
2003