Kyōko Kagawa
Acting
1931-12-05 · Aso [now Namegata], Ibaraki, Japan
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 .
Filmography
The Ozu Diaries
2025 · Movie
Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About
2022 · Movie
Shimamori Tower
2022 · Movie
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
2022 · Movie
Mo-Ruerani
2021 · Movie
Omotenashi
2018 · Movie
Tenshi no Iru Toshokan
2017 · Movie
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016 · Movie
Beautiful 2016
2016 · Movie
Somewhere in Kamakura
2016 · Movie
Tokyo Day
2015 · Movie
Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki
2015 · Movie
Silent Poor
2014 · Series
The Intermission
2013 · Movie
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011 · Series
Tokyo Rendezvous
2008 · Movie
Red Whale, White Snake
2006 · Movie
Imo Tako Nankin
2006 · Series
Bluestockings
2005 · Movie
Heaven's Bookstore
2004 · Movie
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
2002 · Movie
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
2002 · Movie
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
2002 · Movie
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Red Beard'
2002 · Movie
Kokoro no Koukyougaku
2002 · Movie
明るいほうへ 明るいほうへ -童謡詩人 金子みすゞ-
2001 · Movie
After Life
1999 · Movie
Futarikko
1996 · Series
Shall We Dance?
1996 · Movie
Kura
1995 · Series
Deep River
1995 · Movie
Madadayo
1993 · Movie
The Tale of Genji
1991 · Series
Shikibu monogatari
1990 · Movie
Song of the Spring Pony
1985 · Movie
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979 · Movie
Have Wings on Your Heart
1978 · Movie
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975 · Movie
Mizuiro no toki
1975 · Series
The Family
1974 · Movie
Red Beard
1965 · Movie
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964 · Movie
The Prodigal Son
1964 · Movie
Life of a Flower
1963 · Series
High and Low
1963 · Movie
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
1962 · Movie
Love at the Fogged Harbor
1962 · Movie
Till Tomorrow Is
1962 · Movie
Girls of the Night
1961 · Movie
Mothra
1961 · Movie
Death on the Mountain
1961 · Movie
Daredevil in the Castle
1961 · Movie
Scars of Honor
1960 · Movie
The Bad Sleep Well
1960 · Movie
My Friend Death
1960 · Movie
Lord of Red Banner
1960 · Movie
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
1960 · Movie
The Three Treasures
1959 · Movie
Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda
1959 · Movie
The Human Wall
1959 · Movie
The Bell of Love
1959 · Movie
The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love
1959 · Movie
Gambler and the Princess
1959 · Movie
The Footmark of a Snow Fairy
1958 · Movie
The Outsiders
1958 · Movie
I Am Three People
1958 · Movie
His Scarlet Cloak
1958 · Movie
The Child Writers
1958 · Movie
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onibi tōrō
1958 · Movie
Little Peach
1958 · Movie
Holiday in Tokyo
1958 · Movie
Woman Unveiled
1958 · Movie
Kampai! Miai Kekkon
1958 · Movie
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
1958 · Movie
On This Earth
1957 · Movie
The Oil-Hell Murder
1957 · Movie
The Lower Depths
1957 · Movie
The Shadow Daughter
1957 · Movie
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957 · Movie
An Osaka Story
1957 · Movie
A Man in the Storm
1957 · Movie
New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune
1956 · Movie
A Strong Wind Blows
1956 · Movie
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956 · Movie
Women in Prison
1956 · Movie
Morishige, where are you going?
1956 · Movie
Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae
1956 · Movie
流轉
1956 · Movie
The Wife is a University Student
1956 · Movie
Girl's Reform School
1956 · Movie
Rainy Night Duel
1956 · Movie
Sudden Rain
1956 · Movie
Love at Forty
1955 · Movie
Christ in Bronze
1955 · Movie
If Indeed One Loves
1955 · Movie
The Shiinomi School
1955 · Movie
Nonki saiban
1955 · Movie
Dawn Chorus
1955 · Movie
Ginji of the Seven Faces
1955 · Movie
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954 · Movie
Mother's First Love
1954 · Movie
Tekka bugyō
1954 · Movie
Tomoshibi
1954 · Movie
Five Sisters
1954 · Movie
The Glorious Days
1954 · Movie
Sansho the Bailiff
1954 · Movie
Hanran
1954 · Movie
Love Letter
1953 · Movie
Tokyo Story
1953 · Movie
Moth Lamp
1953 · Movie
Aiyoku no sabaki
1953 · Movie
Tower of Lilies
1953 · Movie
Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
1952 · Movie
Lightning
1952 · Movie
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
1952 · Movie
Kantarou zukiyo-uta
1952 · Movie
Daigaku no kotengu
1952 · Movie
Mother
1952 · Movie
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952 · Movie
A Ripple in a Morning
1952 · Movie
August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan
1952 · Movie
Chakkari fujin to ukkari fujin
1952 · Movie
Lil's Return from Shanghai
1952 · Movie
Man in the Storm
1952 · Movie
Karate Sanshiro
1951 · Movie
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
1951 · Movie
Akatsuki no Kyūshū
1951 · Movie
Farewell to the Highland Station
1951 · Movie
Ginza Cosmetics
1951 · Movie
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
1950 · Movie
Snow-Flake
1950 · Movie
Mado Kara Tobidase
1950 · Movie