Nijiko Kiyokawa

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Biography

Nijiko Kiyokawa was born on November 24, 1912 in Matsudo, Chiba, Japan as Hana Sekiguchi. She was an actress, known for Pom Poko (1994), and Das kleine Teehaus (1956). She died on May 24, 2002 in Takatsu, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.

Known For

Pom Poko

Old Fireball / Oroku (voice)

The Ballad of Narayama

Okane

Vengeance Is Mine

Hisano Asano

The Lower Depths

Otaki the Candy-Seller

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

Moribe family matriarch

Twenty-Four Eyes

Yorozuya

The Teahouse of the August Moon

Miss Higa Jiga

Fall Guy

Yasu's Mother

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2002	Through the Night MOVIE	Self
1999	Hometown MOVIE	Self
1999	Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris MOVIE	Moribe family matriarch
1998	Screwed MOVIE	Candy Seller
1997	Going West: to the West MOVIE	Kinue Kurata
1996	Oishinbo MOVIE	Masako Ido
1994	Pom Poko MOVIE	Old Fireball / Oroku (voice)
1994	Free and Easy Special MOVIE	Self
1993	Tôhôkenbunroku MOVIE	Self
1991	Journey of Honor MOVIE	Counselor
1987	The Great Department Store Robbery MOVIE	Self
1987	The Forest of the Little Bear MOVIE	Gen Nomura
1983	The Ballad of Narayama MOVIE	Okane
1982	Fall Guy MOVIE	Yasu's Mother
1980	Kanebo Human Special: Pediatric Ward - Her devoted love saved Taro's soul MOVIE	Self
1979	The Nineteen-Year-Old's Map MOVIE	Self
1979	Vengeance Is Mine MOVIE	Hisano Asano
1977	The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro MOVIE	Self
1976	Hi no kuni ni TV	阿蘇の山奥に住む大富豪
1974	The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers MOVIE	Self
1973	Gokudo of Kamagasaki MOVIE	Self
1972	Woman His Prey MOVIE	Self
1972	Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty MOVIE	Self
1970	The Swindlers MOVIE	Self
1970	Yawara no hoshi MOVIE	Self
1970	Kigeki Gyanburu Hisshôhô MOVIE	Self
1970	Fugitive Scoundrel MOVIE	Self
1970	Silk Hat Boss MOVIE	Kagura no Taka
1970	Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa MOVIE	Self
1970	Kanto Street Peddlers: Royal Temple Duel MOVIE	Asahina Roku
1970	Prison Tales MOVIE	Self
1970	A Yakuza Goes Home MOVIE	Minako Shimamura
1969	Gokudô Petenshi MOVIE	Self
1969	Women Can't Be Beaten MOVIE	Self
1969	Woman Boss: Chivalrous Fight MOVIE	Sumi Muraoka
1969	The Rough One MOVIE	Self
1969	Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood MOVIE	Self
1969	Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony MOVIE	Self
1969	Yakuza on Foot MOVIE	Mineko
1969	Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game MOVIE	Otaka
1969	The Yakuza Awaits MOVIE	Self
1968	Mappira shain yūkyōden MOVIE	Self
1968	Red Peony Gambler MOVIE	Self
1968	Return of the Outlaw MOVIE	Self
1968	Scoundrel MOVIE	Self
1967	My Sweetheart MOVIE	Sachi
1967	Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4 MOVIE	Self
1967	Zoku izuko e MOVIE	Self
1966	Rampaging Dragon of the North MOVIE	Self
1966	Dynamite Doctor Returns MOVIE	Tsuyako
1966	Tokijiro: Lone Yakuza MOVIE	Oroku
1964	Women's Doctor MOVIE	Self
1964	Roadside Stone MOVIE	Otoki
1964	I'm a Bodyguard MOVIE	Self
1964	A Story from Echigo MOVIE	Self
1964	The Sound of Waves MOVIE	Tomi Kubo
1964	How to Make Money MOVIE	Self
1963	The School Cap MOVIE	Self
1963	Okashina yatsu MOVIE	Yasu Takamizu
1963	Bad Reputation: The Notorious Harbor MOVIE	Self
1963	To Your Majesty, The Emperor MOVIE	Self
1963	A Devil of a Gentleman MOVIE	Self
1963	恋と出世に強くなれ！ MOVIE	テレビタレント
1963	The Mysterious Cape MOVIE	Otora
1963	Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2 MOVIE	Iwakaze
1962	Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru MOVIE	Self
1962	Mama, I Need You! MOVIE	Self
1962	Tekka Wakashū MOVIE	Self
1962	Tōkyō sanosa musume MOVIE	Self
1962	Asu no hanayome MOVIE	Self
1962	Drunken Sword MOVIE	Self
1962	Hibari the Traveling Performer MOVIE	Self
1962	Utau myōjō seishun ga ippai MOVIE	Self
1962	Akitsu Hot Springs MOVIE	Bar Hostess
1962	The Ambitious Youth MOVIE	Self
1962	Secret Love MOVIE	Self
1962	The Dangoro Party in the Sky MOVIE	Self
1962	All Rascals MOVIE	Self
1962	Our Marriage MOVIE	Self
1962	Pleasant Company MOVIE	Self
1962	Love in Ginza MOVIE	Self
1962	Good Rascals MOVIE	Oken
1962	次郎長社長と石松社員威風堂々 MOVIE	Self
1961	小さな花の物語 MOVIE	Self
1961	Travels of Gonkuro MOVIE	Self
1961	京化粧 MOVIE	Self
1961	Kusa wo karu musume MOVIE	Self
1961	A Bold Life MOVIE	Tatsuko Ishioka
1961	City MOVIE	Self
1961	Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku MOVIE	Self
1961	Flower, Storm and Gangster MOVIE	Masa
1961	腕まくり七色娘 MOVIE	Self
1961	Enraptured MOVIE	Self
1961	続々々番頭はんと丁稚どんチャンポン旅行 MOVIE	Self
1961	Sazae-san Plays Cupid MOVIE	Self
1961	The Shrikes MOVIE	Self
1961	The Harbor Lights MOVIE	Self
1961	The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Whirlwind MOVIE	Self
1961	誰よりも金を愛す MOVIE	Self
1960	Case of a Young Lord 8 MOVIE	Self
1960	Sazae And Aunt Apron MOVIE	Self
1960	Chikuhō no kodomotachi MOVIE	Self
1960	Storming Squadron MOVIE	Self
1960	遙かなる母の顔 MOVIE	Self
1960	The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3 MOVIE	Self
1960	Ôana MOVIE	Self
1960	Delinquent Angel MOVIE	Self
1960	The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2 MOVIE	Self
1960	Sazae-san's Baby MOVIE	Self
1960	The Grave Tells All MOVIE	Self
1959	Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife MOVIE	Self
1959	The Prickly Mouthed Geisha MOVIE	Kiyoko Takeda
1959	Tokyo Omnibus MOVIE	Self
1959	Sazae-san's Newlywed Family MOVIE	Self
1959	The College Ruggers MOVIE	Fusako Ōmori
1959	Room for Let MOVIE	Yasu Shima
1959	Farewell to Spring MOVIE	Takuya's mother
1959	Fox and Raccoon MOVIE	Widow Tama
1959	おヤエのママさん女中 MOVIE	Self
1959	The Happy Family MOVIE	Self
1959	Sazae-san's Marriage MOVIE	Self
1958	Yajikita dōchū sugoroku MOVIE	Self
1958	One Step to Happiness MOVIE	Self
1958	The Undefeated Woman MOVIE	Self
1958	Sazae's Engagement Trip MOVIE	Self
1958	Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi MOVIE	Self
1958	三代目魚河岸の石松 MOVIE	Self
1958	Monsoon Son Pt.2 MOVIE	Self
1958	Monsoon Son MOVIE	Self
1958	Hobo Village MOVIE	Self
1957	The Unbalanced Wheel MOVIE	Self
1957	The Lower Depths MOVIE	Otaki the Candy-Seller
1957	Schooldays MOVIE	Ōkubo Tsuneko
1957	Price of Beauty MOVIE	Kayo Izumi
1957	Flowers on the Trail MOVIE	Self
1957	The Wanderer MOVIE	Self
1957	The Teahouse of the August Moon MOVIE	Miss Higa Jiga
1956	Tenten Musume MOVIE	Self
1956	Triumphant Song of Youth MOVIE	Kiyoko (Kintarō’s wife)
1956	The Legend of the White Serpent MOVIE	Self
1956	Scoundrel MOVIE	Self
1956	Blue Buds MOVIE	Noriko’s mother
1956	Runaway Bride MOVIE	Self
1956	Young Tree MOVIE	Katsuko, Hiroko's Aunt
1956	Matashirō Fighting Journey MOVIE	Self
1955	大江戸出世双六 MOVIE	おかん
1955	Utae! Seishun Harikiri Musume MOVIE	Miyo (Mother)
1955	Meigetsu sataro gasa MOVIE	Self
1955	Tactics of Love MOVIE	Self
1955	The juvenile MOVIE	Mother
1955	Santōshain to onna hisho MOVIE	Self
1955	The Magical Warrior MOVIE	Self
1955	Every Wife Cannot Stand Still MOVIE	Mrs. Yamada
1955	Fantasy of Youth MOVIE	Self
1954	Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion MOVIE	Self
1954	Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3 MOVIE	Self
1954	A Geisha on Horseback MOVIE	Kiyoka
1954	Enomoto's Heaven and Hell MOVIE	Self
1954	Twenty-Four Eyes MOVIE	Yorozuya
1954	Road to Hawaii MOVIE	Self
1954	土曜日の天使 MOVIE	Self
1954	The Bloody Cherry Blossom Magistrate MOVIE	Self
1954	Tanuki Battle of Awaodori Festival MOVIE	Self
1954	お役者変化 MOVIE	お栄
1953	Great Edo Song Festival MOVIE	Self
1953	名探偵アジャパー氏 MOVIE	Self
1953	Bravo! Five Men MOVIE	Self
1953	Nonsense - Fireball Boy Thief MOVIE	Self
1953	親馬鹿花合戦 MOVIE	Self
1953	珍説忠臣蔵 MOVIE	Toda no Tsubone
1952	The Jumping Magistrate MOVIE	Self
1952	Bikkuri Sanjuushi MOVIE	Self
1952	勘太郎月夜唄 MOVIE	Self
1952	Journey to the West 2: The Great Rampage of Son Goku MOVIE	Self
1952	New Journey of Yaji and Kita MOVIE	Self
1952	Dimple of Tokyo MOVIE	Yae Kawakami
1952	Tokyo Sweetheart MOVIE	Tsuruko
1952	大当り黄金狂時代　 MOVIE	Self
1952	Travels of Lord Mito Pt.2 MOVIE	Self
1952	娘十八びっくり天国 MOVIE	Self
1952	Travels of Lord Mito Pt.1 MOVIE	Self
1952	Songfest! The 3 Young Musketeers! MOVIE	Self
1952	Big Hit Pachinko Girl MOVIE	Self
1951	のど自慢三羽烏 MOVIE	Self
1950	A Mother's Love MOVIE	Self
1950	Guntō nanban-sen MOVIE	Self
1950	When We Came Back MOVIE	Self
1950	Blue Sky Angel MOVIE	Self
1949	Odoroki ikka MOVIE	Self
1949	Mr. Shosuke Ohara MOVIE	Margaret Nakata
1949	Akireta musumetachi MOVIE	Self
1949	Endless Passion MOVIE	Ishikari
1949	Ghost Cat of Nabeshima MOVIE	Self
1949	Jakoman and Tetsu MOVIE	Self
1949	Goodbye MOVIE	Self
1949	Kekkon Sanjûshi MOVIE	Female President Ms. Komura
1949	Enoken’s Boxing Generation MOVIE	Self
1948	Living Image MOVIE	Self
1948	Enoken's Home Run King MOVIE	Self
1946	The Brick Factory Girl MOVIE	Osaku
1941	Dancers of Awa MOVIE	Self
1941	The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday MOVIE	Self
1940	Travelling Actors MOVIE	Omitsu
1940	明朗五人男 MOVIE	Self
1940	Harmonica Boy MOVIE	Self
1940	Keshô yuki MOVIE	Self
1940	Roppa's Honeymoon MOVIE	Self
1939	Song of the White Orchid MOVIE	Self
1939	The Old Man of the Propeller MOVIE	Self
1939	Iron Brothers MOVIE	Self
1939	Ichiyo Higuchi MOVIE	Self
1939	My Daughter's Only Wish MOVIE	Self
1938	Nightingale MOVIE	The Mother
1938	Mito Komon's Pleasure Trip MOVIE	Self
1938	Composition Class MOVIE	Mother
1938	The Giant MOVIE	Self
1937	Learn from Experience, Part Two MOVIE	Self
1937	The Kingdom of Spectacles MOVIE	Self
1937	Japanese Women's Textbook MOVIE	(Volume 3)
1937	Karayuki-san MOVIE	Self
1937	Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn MOVIE	Self
1937	Saga of the Vagabonds, Part One: Tiger and Wolf MOVIE	Self
1936	Hikoroku Laughs a lot MOVIE	Self
1936	Morning's Tree-Lined Street MOVIE	Fusako
1936	I Am a Cat MOVIE	Self
1936	Enoken's Donguri Tonbei MOVIE	Self
1936	Akireta renchû MOVIE	Self
1935	Five Men in a Circus MOVIE	Okiyo
1934	Tadano Bonji: Jinsei Benkyô MOVIE	Self
	The Foster Mother MOVIE	Self

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