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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.
She won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 15th Hochi Film Awards for Rōningai.
She married Shigesato Itoi in 1993 and had a dog named Bouillon.




Filmography






= Films

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Edo Porn (Hokusai Manga) (1981)
Manji (1983)
Tora-san, the Go-Between (1985)
Bedtime Eyes (1987)
Zatoichi (1989)
Rōningai (1990)
Shara (2003)
Casshern (2004)
Sharasoyju (2005)
Ashurajou no Hitomi (2005)
Memories of Tomorrow (2006)
The Invitation from Cinema Orion (2007)
Achilles and the Tortoise (2008)
The Pearls of the Stone Man (2015)




= Television

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Dokuganryū Masamune (1987) - Yodo-dono
Taiheiki (1991) - Hanayasha
Atsuhime (2008) - Oyuki




= Japanese dub

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Doctor Strange (2017) - Ancient One (Tilda Swinton)
Avengers: Endgame (2019) - Ancient One (Tilda Swinton)




Sources


Higuchi Kanako (Japanese language Wikipedia article)




Honours


Kinuyo Tanaka Award (1991)




References






External links


Humanite (agency) (in Japanese)
Kanako Higuchi at IMDb
at Nippon Cinema

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Ashurajou no Hitomi
• Ohisama
• Kanako Murakami
• Shigesato Itoi
• The Pearls of the Stone Man
• Achilles and the Tortoise (film)
• Jun Fubuki
• Yūko Tanaka
• Yū Aoi
• Eri Fukatsu
• Kanako Higuchi
• Kanako
• Memories of Tomorrow
• Ashura (film)
• Shigesato Itoi
• Higuchi
• Mihoko Higuchi
• Chieko Higuchi
• Manji (film)
• Shara (film)