Kyōko Kishida


Kyōko Kishida was a Japanese actress and voice actress.

Biography

Kishida was born in Tokyo in 1930 as the second daughter of playwright Kunio Kishida. Her older sister was the children's author and poet Eriko Kishida and she was cousins with actor Shin Kishida. She joined the Bungakuza theatre company in 1950, making her breakthrough in Yukio Mishima's stage production of Oscar Wilde's Salome. In 1963, she left the Bungakuza and joined the Kumo Theatre Company.
Kishida gave her film debut with a small role in Tadashi Imai's An Inlet of Muddy Water. Her first leading film roles were in Hiroshi Teshigahara's Woman in the Dunes and Yasuzō Masumura's Manji. Other film credits include Kon Ichikawa's Her Brother, Yasujirō Ozu's An Autumn Afternoon, Kaneto Shindō's Akuto, Teshigahara's The Face of Another and Rikyu, and Isao Yukisada's Spring Snow, based on the Mishima novel of the same name.
She also appeared on television in various Taiga dramas such as Akō Rōshi and Takeda Shingen, and performed voiceovers for anime series like Moomin, Vampire Princess Miyu and Princess Tutu.
Kishida was married to the actor Noboru Nakaya from 1954 to 1978. She died on 17 December 2006 in Tokyo from respiratory failure caused by a brain tumor.

Selected filmography

Films

;1950sAn Inlet of Muddy Water Futeki na Otoko, SakieAkujo no Kisetsu, Yoshimi HayakawaGurama-to no Yuwaku, Sumiko TsuboiAnyakōro, prostitute
;1960sThe Twilight Story, TerukoNami no Tō Her Brother, Mrs. TanumaMinagoroshi no Uta yori Kenju-yo Saraba!, SallyThe Human Condition, RyukoAre ga Minato no Hi da Ten Dark Women, Sayoko GotoTokyo Yawa, RankoAi to Honoho to, geishaOnna wa Yogiri ni Nureteiru, Yoshiko HoshinoThe Outcast, Inoko's wifeNamida o Shishi no Tategami ni, Reiko MatsudairaAn Autumn Afternoon, 'Kaoru' no MadameWatashi wa Nisai, Chiyo's FriendShinobi no Mono, InoneBushido, Samurai Saga, Lady HagiOtoko Girai, Utako TakamuraWoman in the Dunes, the womanLe mari était là, Yoko SaijyoKonnichiwa Akachan, Ms OkiyamaKigeki Yōki-na Mibōjin Aku no Monsho, Mitsue TakazawaManji, Sonoko KakiuchiKwaidan, a noblewoman Nikutai no Gakko, Taeko AsanoAkuto, KanzeDanryu, Mikie ShimaThe Face of Another, InfirmièreŌ-oku Maruhi Monogatari Fushin no Toki, Chizuko MochizukiSenya Ichiya Monogatari Jotai, Akie
;1970sMen and War, Part I Moomin, Moomin En to iu Onna Men and War, Part II Tabi no Omosa, Mama, the girl's motherNosutoradamusu no Daiyogen, NarratorAre wa Dare?, voiceInugami-ke no Ichizoku, Koto TeacherUtamaro: Yume to Shiriseba, OchikaNippon no Don: Yabohen, Naoko AnekojiSugata Sanshiro, OmonRisu no Panashi, voiceInubue, narratorJigoku, Shima Ikegata
;1980sTerra e..., grandmother Rennyo to sono Haha Konoko no Nanatsu no Oiwai ni, MayumiDetective Story, Kimie HasenumaSeito Shokun!, Michiko HokujoHaru no Kane, Fusako IshimotoRokumeikan, Marchioness TakakoThe Sea and Poison, Oba, Head NurseEiga Joyu, KuginukiyaSeishun Kakeochi-hen Let's Gōtoku-ji!, Miyabi GōtokujiHissatsu 4: Urami Harashimasu, Benten - head of the assassinsYoshiwara Enjo, NarratorPrincess from the Moon, KougoTsuru, KichibiRikyu, His wife end
;1990sIbara-hime matawa Nemuri hime, voiceTen to Chi to, Maid-In-WaitingTenkawa Densetsu Satsujin Jiken, Natsu MinakamiZodiac Killer, Geisha MiyakoFusa, MuraGakkō no Kaidan 2, School MasterYatsuhaka-mura, Kotake and Koume TajimiAisuru, Taeko Kano
;2000sShinsengumi, Komano Dora-heita Ningen no Kuzu Kuroe, Cleaning LadySukedachi-ya Sukeroku, OtomeSennen no koi - Hikaru Genji monogatari, Gen no Naishi no SukeWinter Days, Yasui The Book of the Dead, narratorHaru no Yuki, Kiyoaki's grandmotherOnaji Tsuki o Miteiru Wool 100%, Ume

Television drama

Haru no Sakamichi, Yodo-donoAkō Rōshi, RikuA un, Kimiko KadokuraShin Jiken: Waga Uta wa Hana Ichimonme, Shizuko KosakaRirakkusu: Matsubara Katsumi no Nichijō Seikatsu, Mrs. UdagawaMazakon-keiji no Kikenbo Takeda Shingen, Jukei-niŌinaru Genei, Katsuko Tojyo/Haru YamafujiYonimo Kimyō na Monogatari Karin Hacchōbori Torimono-banashi Gokenin Zankurō, Zankurō's motherTokugawa Yoshinobu, MatsushimaYakusoku, MomJiko, motherTeradake no Hanayome Purinsesu Chuchu, narrationAkachan o Sagase Dōbutsu no Oisha-san, Taka NishineBoku no Mahōtsukai Yuga na Akuji 2: Kyōto Kadō Iemoto Renzoku Satsujin TVOnna no Naka no Futatsu no Kao, Mrs. TakigawaLone Wolf and Cub, narratorNatsumeke no Shokutaku, Kiyo

Television animation

Moomin, MoominMoomin, Moomin

Awards and honours