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Quick Facts

Born:
1931-12-05

Birthplace:
Aso, Namegata, Ibaragi Prefecture, Japan

Credits:
115 Total Roles

Kyōko Kagawa

Acting

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Biography

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 .

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2025 The Ozu Diaries MOVIE Self
2022 Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About MOVIE Self
2022 Shimamori Tower MOVIE Self
2022 The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai MOVIE Self
2021 Mo-Ruerani MOVIE Fukiko
2018 Omotenashi MOVIE Shimizu-sensei
2017 Tenshi no Iru Toshokan MOVIE Reiko Ashitaka
2016 Mifune: The Last Samurai MOVIE Self - Actress
2016 Somewhere in Kamakura MOVIE Self
2016 Beautiful 2016 MOVIE Self

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