Kyōko Kishida

Kyōko Kishida
Kyōko Kishida
	Kyōko Kishida in 1961
Born	29 April 1930; Suginami-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Died	17 December 2006 (aged 76); Tokyo, Japan
Occupation(s)	Actress, voice actress
Years active	1950–2005
Spouse	Noboru Nakaya (1954–1978)

Kyōko Kishida (岸田今日子, Kishida Kyōko, 29 April 1930 – 17 December 2006) was a Japanese actress and voice actress.

Biography

Kishida was born in Tokyo in 1930 as the second daughter of playwright Kunio Kishida.^[1] Her older sister was the children's author and poet Eriko Kishida and she was cousins with actor Shin Kishida.^[1] She joined the Bungakuza theatre company in 1950, making her breakthrough in Yukio Mishima's stage production of Oscar Wilde's Salome.^[1] In 1963, she left the Bungakuza and joined the Kumo Theatre Company.^[2]

Kishida gave her film debut with a small role in Tadashi Imai's An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953).^[3] Her first leading film roles were in Hiroshi Teshigahara's Woman in the Dunes and Yasuzō Masumura's Manji (both 1964).^[1] Other film credits include Kon Ichikawa's Her Brother (1960), Yasujirō Ozu's An Autumn Afternoon (1962), Kaneto Shindō's Akuto (1965), Teshigahara's The Face of Another (1966) and Rikyu (1989), and Isao Yukisada's Spring Snow (2005), based on the Mishima novel of the same name.

She also appeared on television in various Taiga dramas such as Akō Rōshi (1979) and Takeda Shingen (1988),^[4] and performed voiceovers for anime series like Moomin (1969–70), Vampire Princess Miyu (1988) and Princess Tutu (2002–03).^[1]

Kishida was married to the actor Noboru Nakaya from 1954 to 1978.^[5] She died on 17 December 2006 in Tokyo from respiratory failure caused by a brain tumor.^[2]

Selected filmography

Films

1950s

An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953)
Futeki na Otoko (1958), Sakie
Akujo no Kisetsu (1958), Yoshimi Hayakawa
Gurama-to no Yuwaku (1959), Sumiko Tsuboi
Anyakōro (1959), prostitute

1960s

The Twilight Story (1960), Teruko
Nami no Tō (1960)
Her Brother (1960), Mrs. Tanuma
Minagoroshi no Uta yori Kenju-yo Saraba! (1960), Sally
The Human Condition (1961), Ryuko
Are ga Minato no Hi da (1961)
Ten Dark Women (1961), Sayoko Goto
Tokyo Yawa (1961), Ranko
Ai to Honoho to (1961), geisha
Onna wa Yogiri ni Nureteiru (1962), Yoshiko Hoshino
The Outcast (1962), Inoko's wife
Namida o Shishi no Tategami ni (1962), Reiko Matsudaira
An Autumn Afternoon (1962), 'Kaoru' no Madame
Watashi wa Nisai (1962), Chiyo's Friend
Shinobi no Mono (1962), Inone
Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963), Lady Hagi
Otoko Girai (1964), Utako Takamura
Woman in the Dunes (1964), the woman
Le mari était là (Otto ga Mita 'Onna no Kobako' yori) (1964), Yoko Saijyo
Konnichiwa Akachan (1964), Ms Okiyama
Kigeki Yōki-na Mibōjin (1964)
Aku no Monsho (1964), Mitsue Takazawa
Manji (1964), Sonoko Kakiuchi
Nikutai no Gakko (1965), Taeko Asano
Akuto (1965), Kanze
Danryu (1966), Mikie Shima
The Face of Another (1966), Infirmière
Ō-oku Maruhi Monogatari (1967)
Fushin no Toki (1968), Chizuko Mochizuki
Senya Ichiya Monogatari (1969) (voice)
Jotai (1969), Akie

1970s

Men and War, Part I (1970)
Moomin (1971), Moomin (voice)
En to iu Onna (1971)
Men and War, Part II (1971)
Tabi no Omosa (1972), Mama, the girl's mother
Nosutoradamusu no Daiyogen (1974), Narrator
Are wa Dare? (1976), voice
Inugami-ke no Ichizoku (1976), Koto Teacher
Utamaro: Yume to Shiriseba (1977), Ochika
Nippon no Don: Yabohen (1977), Naoko Anekoji
Sugata Sanshiro (1977), Omon
Risu no Panashi (1978), voice
Inubue (1978), narrator
Jigoku (1979), Shima Ikegata

1980s

Terra e... (1980), grandmother (voice)
Rennyo to sono Haha (1981) (voice)
Konoko no Nanatsu no Oiwai ni (1982), Mayumi
Detective Story (1983), Kimie Hasenuma
Seito Shokun! (1984), Michiko Hokujo
Haru no Kane (1985), Fusako Ishimoto
Rokumeikan (1986), Marchioness Takako
The Sea and Poison (1986), Oba, Head Nurse
Eiga Joyu (1987), Kuginukiya
Seishun Kakeochi-hen (1987)
Let's Gōtoku-ji! (1987), Miyabi Gōtokuji
Hissatsu 4: Urami Harashimasu (1987), Benten - head of the assassins
Yoshiwara Enjo (1987), Narrator
Princess from the Moon (1987), Kougo
Tsuru (1988), Kichibi
Rikyu (1989), His wife end

1990s

Ibara-hime matawa Nemuri hime (1990), voice
Ten to Chi to (1991), Maid-In-Waiting
Tenkawa Densetsu Satsujin Jiken (1991), Natsu Minakami
Zodiac Killer (Ji dao zhui zong) (1991), Geisha Miyako
Fusa (1993), Mura
Gakkō no Kaidan 2 (1996), School Master
Yatsuhaka-mura (1996), Kotake and Koume Tajimi
Aisuru (1997), Taeko Kano

2000s

Shinsengumi (2000), Komano (voice)
Dora-heita (2000)
Ningen no Kuzu (2001)
Kuroe (2001), Cleaning Lady
Sukedachi-ya Sukeroku (2001), Otome
Sennen no koi - Hikaru Genji monogatari (2001), Gen no Naishi no Suke
Winter Days (2003), Yasui (voice)
The Book of the Dead (2005), narrator
Haru no Yuki (2005), Kiyoaki's grandmother
Onaji Tsuki o Miteiru (2005)
Wool 100% (2006), Ume

Television drama

Haru no Sakamichi (1971), Yodo-dono
Akō Rōshi (1979), Riku
A un (1980), Kimiko Kadokura
Shin Jiken: Waga Uta wa Hana Ichimonme (1981), Shizuko Kosaka
Rirakkusu: Matsubara Katsumi no Nichijō Seikatsu (1982), Mrs. Udagawa
Mazakon-keiji no Kikenbo (1983)
Takeda Shingen (1988), Jukei-ni
Ōinaru Genei (1989), Katsuko Tojyo/Haru Yamafuji
Yonimo Kimyō na Monogatari (1990)
Karin (1993)
Hacchōbori Torimono-banashi (1993)
Gokenin Zankurō (1995), Zankurō's mother
Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1998), Matsushima
Yakusoku (1999), Mom
Jiko (2001), mother
Teradake no Hanayome (2001)
Purinsesu Chuchu (2002), narration
Akachan o Sagase (2003)
Dōbutsu no Oisha-san (2003), Taka Nishine
Boku no Mahōtsukai (2003)
Yuga na Akuji 2: Kyōto Kadō Iemoto Renzoku Satsujin (2003) TV
Onna no Naka no Futatsu no Kao (2004), Mrs. Takigawa
Lone Wolf and Cub (2004), narrator
Natsumeke no Shokutaku (2005), Kiyo

Television animation

Moomin (1969), Moomin
Moomin (1972), Moomin

Awards and honours

1962: Mainichi Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for An Autumn Afternoon, The Outcast and Shinobi no mono^[6]
1962: Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress for An Autumn Afternoon and The Outcast^[7]
1994: Medal with Purple Ribbon^[2]
1996: Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress for Gakkō no kaidan 2 and Yatsuhaka-mura^[8]
1999: Kinokuniya Theater Award^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Bergan, Ronald (7 February 2007). "Obituary: Kyoko Kishida". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "個性派女優の岸田今日子さん死去". Asahi.com (in Japanese). 21 December 2006. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
^ "岸田今日子". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 August 2023.
^ "岸田今日子". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 August 2023.
^ Lavietes, Stuart (28 December 2006). "Kyoko Kishida, 76, Is Dead; Actress in 'Woman in the Dunes'". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
^ "毎日映画コンクール第17回（1962年）". Mainichi (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 August 2023.
^ "ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー". Cinema Hochi (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
^ "ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー". Cinema Hochi (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2023.

External links

Kyōko Kishida at IMDb

[guardian-1] Bergan, Ronald (7 February 2007). "Obituary: Kyoko Kishida". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 August 2023.

[asahi-2] "個性派女優の岸田今日子さん死去". Asahi.com (in Japanese). 21 December 2006. Retrieved 22 July 2012.

[3] "岸田今日子". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 August 2023.

[nhk-4] "岸田今日子". NHK (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 August 2023.

[nyt-5] Lavietes, Stuart (28 December 2006). "Kyoko Kishida, 76, Is Dead; Actress in 'Woman in the Dunes'". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 August 2023.

[6] "毎日映画コンクール第17回（1962年）". Mainichi (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 August 2023.

[7] "ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー". Cinema Hochi (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2023.

[8] "ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー". Cinema Hochi (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2023.

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