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Kanako Higuchi

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Kanako Higuchi

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Dec 13, 1958 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Kamo, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

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

Acting
2020Kotaki Brothers and ShikuhakkuShimasu Yako
2015The Pearls of the Stone ManRyoko Kobayashi
2014Time Never StopsAsako Saigo
2011OhisamaTokuko Maruyama
2010Detective LovesickTamae Aoki
2009Door To DoorKurasawa Mitsue
2009A Little PrincessMimura Chieko
2008Achilles and the TortoiseSachiko
2008Atsuhime
2007The Invitation from Cinema OrionYoshie Miyoshi
2006Memories of TomorrowEmiko Saeki
2005AshuraBizan
2004CasshernMidori Azuma
2004Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
2003SharaShouko
2003Hana
2003Karaoke TerrorMidori Suzuki
2002Letter from the MountainMichiko Ueda
2002The Private Detective Mike
2001Saigo no Kazoku
1997Amakarashan神沢(榊)ふみ
1992The Oil-Hell MurderOkichi
1991Heat WaveRin Jyoshima
1991Shimanto River
1990Ronin-gaiOshin
1989Zatoichi: Darkness Is His AllyBoss Han Bosatsu
1988Love is Always Almond Pink
1987Bedtime Eyes
1987Masamune ShogunKanako Higuchi
1985Tora-san, the Go-BetweenWakana Egami
1984Deaths in TokimekiHiromi Kozue
1984The Wangan HighwayFumiko Sugimoto
1984Romansu小島はる
1983ManjiMitsuko Shido
1983Modori River
1983Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun
1983Sketchbook of Early Spring
1982Toge no Gunzo
1982雪の華-建礼門院徳子の生涯
1981Edo PornOnao
1980The Night of Martial Law
1980Nukata no Ōkimi