Kyōko Kagawa
Birthday: 1931-12-05
Place of Birth: 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 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 .
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Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to ...
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Red Beard
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed w...
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Sansho the Bailiff
In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled y...
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The Bad Sleep Well
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within...
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The Lower Depths
Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an ag...
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High and Low
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s ...
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Madadayo
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Chikamatsu Monogatari
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As Long as There's Tomorrow
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After Life
On a cold Monday morning, a group of counselors clock in at an old-fashioned social services office....
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Mothra
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Tokyo Story
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to v...
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The Outsiders
A drama about relations between Japanese immigrants and the indigenous Ainu on Hokkaido, the most no...
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Yagyu Secret Scrolls
In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets wh...
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Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets wh...
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Sudden Rain
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Tokyo Rendezvous
A salaryman debates selling his grandfather's land to pay off his father's debt....
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Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Tora-san's opinions about Americans get challenged when another wandering peddler Michael Jordan sto...
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Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Shozo is plagued by the needs of his ex-wife and his current one, but prefers the company of his cat...
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Daredevil in the Castle
During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has...
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Little Peach
Anzukko (Little Peach) is the daughter of a successful writer. She turns down each one of her suitor...
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The Shiinomi School
A university professor and his wife have two sons with infantile paralysis. Through trial and error,...
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An Osaka Story
A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji...
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Tower of Lilies
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Love Letter
A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letter...
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Man in the Storm
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A Man in the Storm
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流轉
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Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki
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Song of the Spring Pony
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Lightning
The story of Kiyoko, a young woman who has successfully managed to make a break with her dysfunction...
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Shimamori Tower
Together with Shimada Akira (Hagiwara Masato), the last appointed governor of Okinawa during the war...
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Ginza Cosmetics
A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son....
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The Family
Set in the post-World War II climate of the 1960s in Kobe, the movie explores the struggle for power...
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Red Whale, White Snake
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Mother's First Love
A melodrama based on the novel by Yasunari Kawabata, telling about the tragic fate of a mother and d...
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Lil's Return from Shanghai
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Woman Unveiled
Story of a family torn apart when Teiji (Mori), the father, develops intimate feelings for a runaway...
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His Scarlet Cloak
The humorous tale of Jimbei, a miller, and his wife Osen who live in complete happiness. But Osen's ...
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Mifune: The Last Samurai
An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most promi...
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The Human Wall
Drama which shows the struggle of Fumiko, a female teacher, at work and at home....
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Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
Romantic comedy about a love triangle between two girls who fall in love with a reliable young docto...
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Nonki saiban
A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts re...
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Christ in Bronze
Christian converts face persecution in the feudal society of 17th century Japan....
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On This Earth
Ichiro’s family used to be a large landowner, but now he is living in poverty with his mother. His m...
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Ai Sureba Koso
The film consists of three short stories. Tomiko, the heroine of the first story, "The Flower Girl" ...
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Death on the Mountain
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Love at the Fogged Harbor
A bittersweet love story between yakuza Hiroshi and a married woman Reiko....
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Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses ...
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses ...
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Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda
Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) was a major daimyo during the Warring State period of Japanese history. He ...
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses ...
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Scars of Honor
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The Three Treasures
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A Ripple in a Morning
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Girls of the Night
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Tenshi no Iru Toshokan
Sakura, who just graduated from a university, begins to work at a library in Katsuragi, Nara Prefect...
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Heaven's Bookstore
Kenta, a young pianist who has just lost his job, is drowning his woes at a bar, when he meets a man...
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Mo-Ruerani
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Shikibu monogatari
Toyoichi Otomo suffers from psychological and spiritual troubles after a horrific industrial acciden...
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Women in Prison
The woman prison has a cast all with a story of their own and with no dull or routine day. There is ...
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Aiyoku no sabaki
Motoko Fujikawa works in the Seisen Church as an assistant to pastor Maki Inokichi. Motoko falls in ...
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Bluestockings
Set during Japan's Taisho Era (1912-1926), "Bluestockings" tells the tale story of a love triangle b...
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Shall We Dance?
A bored accountant spots a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly sta...
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Karate Sanshiro
Shunsuke Washimi, a member of the karate club, misunderstands the affections of Chiyo, a lodging hou...
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Deep River
A group of Japanese tourists try to forget their pasts and find themselves in India....
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The Intermission
A unique black comedy set in Ginza Cinepathos, a long-established movie theater that closes at the e...
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Farewell to the Highland Station
A young botanical researcher moves to the highlands to collect plants for research, and falls in lov...
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Who Knows a Woman's Heart
Ikeuchi was captain of the K - University ice hockey team. The daughter Shikotsuko of Ginza 's weste...
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Tomoshibi
Students in a small rural school love their poor but unconventional teacher Mr. Matsukuma, although ...
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Rainy Night Duel
Masahiko Koseki, a judo master, gets in several fights as a result of protecting a young woman. Desp...
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The Child Writers
A touching story about little Futyan and his sister Matiko. Their parents are very poor, but the chi...
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The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
In the turbulent last days of the Edo period, Kawai Tsugunosuke, a Japanese samurai serving the Maki...
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Girl's Reform School
The day to day life in an establishment for delinquent teenage girls....
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Mado Kara Tobidase
The movie "Jump Out of the Window" is a heartwarming work that depicts the interaction between two f...
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Somewhere in Kamakura
Nakata Hideo enlists Kagawa Kyoko, who immortalizes the youngest sister Kyoko in Ozu’s "Tokyo Story"...
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Morishige, where are you going?
A man who seemed to have found happiness with a wife and child loses his wife and his daughter gets ...
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勘太郎月夜唄
Kantaro, known as a rowdy boy in the town of Ina, attacked the local boss, Kaneoni's Arahira, all by...
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The Shadow Daughter
Fusako, a girl raised in a geisha house, tries to escape her dark past and faces repeated heartbreak...
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Kampai! Miai Kekkon
Emiko, a shy girl, feels anxious as her classmates celebrate their upcoming weddings, realizing she’...
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The Ozu Diaries
Unveiling Yasujiro Ozu’s legacy through his personal diaries, letters, and interviews, the documenta...
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Beautiful 2016
The latest edition of the Beautiful series, commissioned for the Hong Kong International Film Festiv...
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The Oil-Hell Murder
A privileged son betrays his family for the favors of a geisha in 18th century Osaka....
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Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About
This documentary composed of numerous testimonies and archives, filmed in Japan highlights the extra...
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Holiday in Tokyo
May Kawaguchi is a famous Japanese fashion designer. Returning to Tokyo from her home in New York, s...
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The Wife is a University Student
Outspoken student Noriko stands up to bullies and befriends pitcher Mitsuo. As their bond deepens, s...
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A Strong Wind Blows
When corruption spreads through a real estate company, president Hiyoshi brings in his honest friend...
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Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
Apparently a baseball drama starring real-life stars Nagashima (The Babe Ruth of Japanese Baseball) ...
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