Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 13, 1958
Place of Birth:
Kamo, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
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Kanako Higuchi
Biography
Kanako Higuchi (樋口 可南子, Higuchi Kanako) (born December 13, 1958) is a Japanese actress. Her credits include film, television, and radio dramas, stage, commercials, and voice roles.
Born in Kamo, Niigata, she played her first lead at age 20 in the television drama Kōrogi-bashi.
Kanako's film credits include Hokusai Manga, Bedtime Eyes, Zatoichi (1989), Casshern, Memories of Tomorrow, and Ashura no Jō Blood Gets In Your Eyes. Among her television roles are Lady Yodo in the 1987 NHK Taiga drama Dokuganryū Masamune and Hanayasha in the 1991 Taiga drama Taiheiki. She has represented the cosmetics firms KOSÉ and Kao.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | The Pearls of the Stone Man | Ryoko Kobayashi |
| 2014 | Time Never Stops | Asako Saigo |
| 2009 | Door To Door | Kurasawa Mitsue |
| 2008 | Achilles and the Tortoise | Sachiko |
| 2007 | The Invitation from Cinema Orion | Yoshie Miyoshi |
| 2006 | Memories of Tomorrow | Emiko Saeki |
| 2005 | Ashura | Bizan |
| 2004 | Casshern | Midori Azuma |
| 2004 | Crying Out Love in the Center of the World | |
| 2003 | Shara | Shouko |
| 2003 | Hana | |
| 2003 | Karaoke Terror | Midori Suzuki |
| 2002 | Letter from the Mountain | Michiko Ueda |
| 1992 | The Oil-Hell Murder | Okichi |
| 1991 | Heat Wave | Rin Jyoshima |
| 1991 | Shimanto River | |
| 1990 | Ronin-gai | Oshin |
| 1989 | Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally | Boss Han Bosatsu |
| 1988 | Love is Always Almond Pink | |
| 1987 | Bedtime Eyes | |
| 1985 | Tora-san, the Go-Between | Wakana Egami |
| 1984 | Deaths in Tokimeki | Hiromi Kozue |
| 1984 | The Wangan Highway | Fumiko Sugimoto |
| 1983 | Manji | Mitsuko Shido |
| 1983 | Modori River | |
| 1981 | Edo Porn | Onao |
| 1980 | The Night of Martial Law |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku | Shimasu Yako |
| 2011 | Ohisama | Tokuko Maruyama |
| 2010 | Detective Lovesick | Tamae Aoki |
| 2009 | A Little Princess | Mimura Chieko |
| 2008 | Atsuhime | |
| 2002 | The Private Detective Mike | |
| 2001 | Saigo no Kazoku | |
| 1997 | Amakarashan | 神沢（榊）ふみ |
| 1987 | Masamune Shogun | Kanako Higuchi |
| 1984 | Romansu | 小島はる |
| 1983 | Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun | |
| 1983 | Sketchbook of Early Spring | |
| 1982 | Toge no Gunzo | |
| 1982 | 雪の華－建礼門院徳子の生涯 | |
| 1980 | Nukata no Ōkimi |