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Kanako Higuchi

Kanako Higuchi

Birthday: 1958-12-13 | Place of Birth: Kamo, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2015
The Pearls of the Stone Man

as    Ryoko Kobayashi

2009
Door To Door

as    Kurasawa Mitsue

2009
A Little Princess

as    Mimura Chieko

2008
Achilles and the Tortoise

as    Sachiko

2007
The Invitation from Cinema Orion

as    Yoshie Miyoshi

2006
Memories of Tomorrow

as    Emiko Saeki

2005
Ashura

as    Bizan

2004
Casshern

as    Midori Azuma

2003
Karaoke Terror

as    Midori Suzuki

2003
Shara

as    Shouko

2002
Letter from the Mountain

as    Michiko Ueda

1997
Amakarashan

as    神沢(榊)ふみ

1992
The Oil-Hell Murder

as    Okichi

1991
Heat Wave

as    Rin Jyoshima

1990
Ronin-gai

as    Oshin

1989
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

as    Boss Han Bosatsu

1987
Masamune Shogun

as    Kanako Higuchi

1984
The Wangan Highway

as    Fumiko Sugimoto

1984
Deaths in Tokimeki

as    Hiromi Kozue

1984
Romansu

as    小島はる

1983
Manji

as    Mitsuko Shido