Kanako Higuchi

Biography

Her credits include film, television, and radio dramas, stage, commercials, and voice roles. She married Shigesato Itoi in 1993 and has a dog named Bouillon.

She has represented the cosmetics firms Kosé and Kao.

She won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 15th Hochi Film Awards for Rōningai.

Known For

Atsuhime

Romansu

小島はる

Amakarashan

神沢（榊）ふみ

Ohisama

Tokuko Maruyama

Masamune Shogun

Kanako Higuchi

Toge no Gunzo

Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun

Sketchbook of Early Spring

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