Acting
Kyōko Kagawa
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
The Ozu Diaries
Film · 2025
Shimamori Tower
Film · 2022
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
Film · 2022
Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About
Film · 2022
Mo-Ruerani
Film · 2021
Omotenashi
Film · 2018
Tenshi no Iru Toshokan
Film · 2017
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Film · 2016
Somewhere in Kamakura
Film · 2016
Beautiful 2016
Film · 2016
Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki
Film · 2015
Tokyo Day
Film · 2015
Silent Poor
Series · 2014
The Intermission
Film · 2013
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Series · 2011
Tokyo Rendezvous
Film · 2008
Red Whale, White Snake
Film · 2006
Imo Tako Nankin
Series · 2006
Bluestockings
Film · 2005
Heaven's Bookstore
Film · 2004
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
Film · 2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
Film · 2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
Film · 2002
Kokoro no Koukyougaku
Film · 2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Red Beard'
Film · 2002
明るいほうへ 明るいほうへ -童謡詩人 金子みすゞ-
Film · 2001
After Life
Film · 1999
Shall We Dance?
Film · 1996
Futarikko
Series · 1996
Deep River
Film · 1995
Kura
Series · 1995
Madadayo
Film · 1993
The Tale of Genji
Series · 1991
Shikibu monogatari
Film · 1990
Song of the Spring Pony
Film · 1985
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Film · 1979
Have Wings on Your Heart
Film · 1978
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Film · 1975
Mizuiro no toki
Series · 1975
The Family
Film · 1974
Red Beard
Film · 1965
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
Film · 1964
The Prodigal Son
Film · 1964
High and Low
Film · 1963
Life of a Flower
Series · 1963
Till Tomorrow Is
Film · 1962
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
Film · 1962
Love at the Fogged Harbor
Film · 1962
Mothra
Film · 1961
Daredevil in the Castle
Film · 1961
Death on the Mountain
Film · 1961
Girls of the Night
Film · 1961
The Bad Sleep Well
Film · 1960
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
Film · 1960
Scars of Honor
Film · 1960
Lord of Red Banner
Film · 1960
My Friend Death
Film · 1960
The Human Wall
Film · 1959
Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda
Film · 1959
The Three Treasures
Film · 1959
Gambler and the Princess
Film · 1959
The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love
Film · 1959
The Bell of Love
Film · 1959
The Outsiders
Film · 1958
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Film · 1958
Little Peach
Film · 1958
Woman Unveiled
Film · 1958
His Scarlet Cloak
Film · 1958
The Child Writers
Film · 1958
Kampai! Miai Kekkon
Film · 1958
Holiday in Tokyo
Film · 1958
I Am Three People
Film · 1958
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onibi tōrō
Film · 1958
The Footmark of a Snow Fairy
Film · 1958
The Lower Depths
Film · 1957
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Film · 1957
An Osaka Story
Film · 1957
A Man in the Storm
Film · 1957
On This Earth
Film · 1957
The Shadow Daughter
Film · 1957
The Oil-Hell Murder
Film · 1957
Sudden Rain
Film · 1956
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Film · 1956
流轉
Film · 1956
Women in Prison
Film · 1956
Rainy Night Duel
Film · 1956
Girl's Reform School
Film · 1956
Morishige, where are you going?
Film · 1956
The Wife is a University Student
Film · 1956
A Strong Wind Blows
Film · 1956
New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune
Film · 1956
Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae
Film · 1956
The Shiinomi School
Film · 1955
Nonki saiban
Film · 1955
Christ in Bronze
Film · 1955
If Indeed One Loves
Film · 1955
Love at Forty
Film · 1955
Ginji of the Seven Faces
Film · 1955
Dawn Chorus
Film · 1955
Sansho the Bailiff
Film · 1954
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Film · 1954
Hanran
Film · 1954
Five Sisters
Film · 1954
Mother's First Love
Film · 1954
Tomoshibi
Film · 1954
The Glorious Days
Film · 1954
Tekka bugyō
Film · 1954
Tokyo Story
Film · 1953
Tower of Lilies
Film · 1953
Love Letter
Film · 1953
Aiyoku no sabaki
Film · 1953
Moth Lamp
Film · 1953
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Film · 1952
Mother
Film · 1952
Man in the Storm
Film · 1952
Lightning
Film · 1952
Lil's Return from Shanghai
Film · 1952
Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
Film · 1952
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
Film · 1952
A Ripple in a Morning
Film · 1952
Kantarou zukiyo-uta
Film · 1952
August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan
Film · 1952
Daigaku no kotengu
Film · 1952
Chakkari fujin to ukkari fujin
Film · 1952
Ginza Cosmetics
Film · 1951
Akatsuki no Kyūshū
Film · 1951
Karate Sanshiro
Film · 1951
Farewell to the Highland Station
Film · 1951
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
Film · 1951
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
Film · 1950
Snow-Flake
Film · 1950
Mado Kara Tobidase
Film · 1950