Kyôko Kishida
Kyōko Kishida (April 29, 1930 – December 17, 2006) was a Japanese actress, voice actress, and writer of children's books. Her father was Kunio Kishida, a playwright and the founder of the Bungaku-za. She became an actress in 1950, and starred in a Yukio Mishima production of Salome (1960). Her film and television drama credits number in the hundreds. Among them are four Taiga drama series on NHK television, with roles such as Aguri (the wife of Asano Naganori and Yodo-Dono (the wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi). She appeared in various roles, including acting and narrating, in various Ōoku series on television. In the series Gokenin Zankurō, she portrayed the mother of the title character (played by Ken Watanabe), and narrated a Lone Wolf and Cub television series. Kishida's film credits include Yasujirō Ozu's An Autumn Afternoon (1962), The Broken Commandment (based on a novel by Shimazaki Toson), Hiroshi Teshigahara's The Woman in the Dunes (1964) and The Face of Another (1966) (both from novels by Kōbō Abe), Kon Ichikawa's The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (1987), based on the classic story, Heaven and Earth (1990), and Spring Snow, the 2005 Isao Yukisada adaptation of the Mishima novel. Anime fans know Kishida as the voice of Moomin in the original 1960s television series. She provided narration for Vampire Princess Miyu and Princess Tutu as well as the 2005 Book of the Dead. In addition, she dubbed roles for Columbo and Miss Marple, and narrated Prophecies of Nostradamus. Kishida appeared in commercials for Nestle, TDK, and Asahi Shimbun. Kyōko Kishida died on December 17, 2006 in Tokyo from respiratory failure caused by a brain tumor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kyōko Kishida, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
(Inone)
The Book of the Dead
(Narrator (voice))
Spring Snow
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
(Ryûko)
Heaven and Earth
(Maid-In-Waiting)
The Face of Another
(Nurse)
Rikyu
(Wife)
Wool 100%
(Ume)
Woman in the Dunes
(The Woman)
Dark hunter
(Ohama)
To Love
(Taeko Kano)
Manji
(Sonoko Kakiuchi)
Utamaro's World
(Ochika)
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
(Lady Hagi)
Spring Bell
(Fusako Ishimoto)
Nichiren
Curse of the Dog God
(Kimiyo Tarumi)
Her Brother
(Mrs. Tanuma)
The Broken Commandment
(Inoko's wife)
Chloe
(Cleaning Lady)
The Shogun's Vault I
Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty
(Narration (voice))
Conquest
(Kaoyo)
Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
Tracing Jake
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
(Sanko Otori)
The Inferno
(Shima Ikegata)
Vengeance for Sale
(Otome)
Homicide
(Fumiko Ando)
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Journey Into Solitude
(Mama, the girl's mother)
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
(Sanko Otori)
Where did Sharaku go?
(Oharu Tsutaya)
Sapporo Winter Olympics
(Narrator (voice))
A Thousand and One Nights
(Miriam / Jaris (voice))
The School of Flesh
Dora-heita
(Lady of the Sister Wind)
Zodiac Killers
(Old geisha Miyako (cameo))
Under the Same Moon
(Azumaya)
The Sea and Poison
(Ohba, Head Nurse)
The 8-Tomb Village
(Kotake Tajimi / Koume Tajimi)
Sure Death 4
(Benten)
A Flame at the Pier
(Reiko)
Rennyo and His Mother
Detective Story
(Kimie Hasenuma)
Vixen
(Akie)
Love and Greed
(Yoko Saijyo)
Flame of Father and Son
The Time of Reckoning
The Twilight Story
The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
Ten Dark Women
(Sayoko Goto)
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
World Famous Fairy Tale Series
(Narrator)
Let's Gotokuji
Mothers
((voice))
Being Two Isn't Easy
(Chiyo's Friend)
Unico - Black Cloud and White Feather
Haunted School 2
(School Master)
Brand of Evil
こんにちは赤ちゃん
(Ms Okiyama)
Lullaby of Death
(Mayumi)
The Inugami Family
(Koto Teacher)
Love at the Fogged Harbor
I Lived, But...
(Self)
Seito shokun!
The Harbor Lights
The Days of Evil Women
Get 'em All
(Sally)
Challenge to Live
Five Ronins
The Shogun and His Mistresses
(Urao)
A Tale of Young Elopement
(Nobuko Kitashiro)
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
An Autumn Afternoon
(Madame Kaoru)
Toward the Terra
(Grandmother (voice))
The Lowest Man
(Sakie)
Fusa
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
(Naoko Anekoji)
Night Mist Makes Women Cry
(Yoshiko Hoshino)
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
Crane
(Kichibi)
Prophecies of Nostradamus
(Narrator (Voice of the Prophecy))
Noh Mask Murders
(Natsu Mizukami)
Actress
(Kuginukiya)
Winter Days
Sugata Sanshiro
(Omon)
A Woman Called En
Love
Human Zoo
Temptation on Glamour Island
(Sumiko Tsuboi)
Tokyo Bordello
(Narrator)
Shinsengumi
Warm Current
(Mikie Shima)
The Hall of the Crying Deer
Yaneura no Onna-tachi
Haru no Sakamichi
(Yodo-dono)
Akō Rōshi
(Aguri)
Onna: Sono Ai no Series
Kagi-shi
Maikosan wa Meitantei!
Love Song
Good News
Joi - Yu
Animal Doctor
Princess Tutu
(Narrator (voice))
Akai Unmei
女の中の二つの顔
The Private Detective Mike
HR
(Yagita's mother)
Bewitched In Tokyo
(Sakura)
New Moomin
(Moomin (voice))
Lone Wolf and Cub
(Narrator)
Moomin
(Moomin (voice))
A-Un
ゴメスの名はゴメス
Gokenin Zankuro
(Zankurô's mother)
Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka
(Kie Azuma)
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Natsumeke no Shokutaku
Karin
(小森晶乃)
Tales of the Bizarre
Romansu
(真之助の母・香木艶子)
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
(Kōkin Miyagawa)
Forbidden Fruit
(Mizukoshi Ayako)
The 47 Ronins of Ako
(Ôishi Riku)
Nurseman
Cinépanorama
(Self)
Zoku zoku jiken
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
(Matsushima)
Wounded Angels
(Ayabe Takako)
道連れ