Acting
Kanako Higuchi
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
Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku
Series · 2020
The Pearls of the Stone Man
Film · 2015
Time Never Stops
Film · 2014
Ohisama
Series · 2011
Detective Lovesick
Series · 2010
Door To Door
Film · 2009
A Little Princess
Series · 2009
Achilles and the Tortoise
Film · 2008
Atsuhime
Series · 2008
The Invitation from Cinema Orion
Film · 2007
Memories of Tomorrow
Film · 2006
Ashura
Film · 2005
Casshern
Film · 2004
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
Film · 2004
Shara
Film · 2003
Hana
Film · 2003
Karaoke Terror
Film · 2003
Letter from the Mountain
Film · 2002
The Private Detective Mike
Series · 2002
Saigo no Kazoku
Series · 2001
Amakarashan
Series · 1997
The Oil-Hell Murder
Film · 1992
Heat Wave
Film · 1991
Shimanto River
Film · 1991
Ronin-gai
Film · 1990
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
Film · 1989
Love is Always Almond Pink
Film · 1988
Bedtime Eyes
Film · 1987
Masamune Shogun
Series · 1987
Tora-san, the Go-Between
Film · 1985
Deaths in Tokimeki
Film · 1984
The Wangan Highway
Film · 1984
Romansu
Series · 1984
Manji
Film · 1983
Modori River
Film · 1983
Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun
Series · 1983
Sketchbook of Early Spring
Series · 1983
Toge no Gunzo
Series · 1982
雪の華－建礼門院徳子の生涯
Series · 1982
Edo Porn
Film · 1981
The Night of Martial Law
Film · 1980
Nukata no Ōkimi
Series · 1980