Kyōko Kagawa
Acting
Born December 5, 1931 · Aso, Namegata, Ibaragi Prefecture, Japan
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…
Known For · 40 titles
Futarikko
Imo Tako Nankin
Mizuiro no toki
High and Low
Tokyo Story
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Red Beard
Life of a Flower
Sansho the Bailiff
The Bad Sleep Well
Death on the Mountain
Women in Prison
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
After Life
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
Lord of Red Banner
Tokyo Rendezvous
Gambler and the Princess
Silent Poor
His Scarlet Cloak
Kura
The Tale of Genji
Madadayo
Shall We Dance?
Mothra
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Kokoro no Koukyougaku
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Love Letter
An Osaka Story
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
Mother
The Lower Depths
Girls of the Night
The Three Treasures
Scars of Honor
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Heaven's Bookstore
Deep River