Cast & creator
Kyōko Kagawa
Best known for High and Low, Futarikko, Mizuiro no toki
Kyōko Kagawa (香川 京子 Kagawa Kyōko, born 5 December 1931) is a Japanese actress. She has appeared in leading and supporting roles in such films as Akira Kurosawa's The Bad Sleep Well and High and Low, Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story, and Kenji Mizoguchi's Sansho the Bailiff. She won the "New Face Nomination" sponsored by the Tokyo Shimbun newspaper out of about 6,000 applicants and joined Shintoho. She was also taking entrance exams for a regular company at the same time, and her final interview and the final exam for the New Faces camera test overlapped, but with her mother's advice, she decided to pursue acting. After appearing in Red Beard in 1965 , she gave birth to a child and accompanied her husband to New York where he was posted overseas, leaving the film industry for about three years. She returned to Japan in 1968. As film began to decline, she expanded her field of work to include television dramas and stage productions. She was awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 1998 and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette in 2004 .
Also known as: 카가와 쿄코, Кёко Кагава
122
film credits
8
television credits
130
1950–2025 · acting roles
7.3
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (130)
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High and Low
Reiko Gondo
1963
Futarikko
1996
Mizuiro no toki
知子の母・松宮房子
1975
Imo Tako Nankin
花岡和代
2006
Red Beard
Madwoman ("The Mantis")
1965
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Self
2011
Life of a Flower
Akiyama Shizu
1963
Tokyo Story
Kyoko Hirayama
1953
Shall We Dance?
Keiko Kishikawa
1996
Sansho the Bailiff
Anju
1954
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Self - Actress
2016
The Bad Sleep Well
Yoshiko Nishi
1960
The Tale of Genji
1991
After Life
Kyoko Watanabe
1999
Dawn Chorus
1955
Mothra
Michi Hanamura
1961
Kura
1995
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Osan
1954
Madadayo
Professor's Wife
1993
Silent Poor
Fusae Eda
2014
Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae
1956
My Friend Death
1960
The Family
Ichiko Mima
1974
The Lower Depths
Okayo, Osugi's Sister
1957
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Self
1975
The Bell of Love
1959
The Three Treasures
Princess Miyazu
1959
Love Letter
Yasuko
1953
Ginji of the Seven Faces
1955
Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda
1959
Chakkari fujin to ukkari fujin
1952
New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune
1956
Daigaku no kotengu
1952
Heaven's Bookstore
Sachi Hiyama
2004
Tekka bugyō
1954
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
2022
I Am Three People
1958
Mother
Toshiko Fukuhara
1952
Girls of the Night
Mrs. Shima
1961
An Osaka Story
Onatsu
1957
Little Peach
Anzukko
1958
Kokoro no Koukyougaku
(Voice)
2002
Daredevil in the Castle
Ai
1961
Women in Prison
Taeko Hara, prisoner
1956
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
Self
2002
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
1951
Shimamori Tower
2022
The Intermission
2013
Ginza Cosmetics
Kyôko
1951
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Oki
1957
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
圭子
1979
Hanran
1954
A Man in the Storm
Akiko
1957
Tower of Lilies
Fumi Uehara
1953
Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki
Self
2015
Sudden Rain
Ayako (Fumiko's niece)
1956
Five Sisters
1954
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
Oki
1958
Lightning
Tsubomi
1952
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Fukuko
1956
His Scarlet Cloak
1958
Love at Forty
1955
Shikibu monogatari
Isa Otomo
1990
Nonki saiban
1955
If Indeed One Loves
Kuniko (segment 2)
1955
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
Tokyo Rendezvous
Fujiko Natsumi
2008
Gambler and the Princess
Princess Kiku
1959
August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan
Kimiko Sasaki
1952
On This Earth
Fuyuko
1957
Lord of Red Banner
1960
Death on the Mountain
Masako Iwase
1961
Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About
Self
2022
明るいほうへ 明るいほうへ -童謡詩人 金子みすゞ-
2001
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
The Child Writers
Fumio's Teacher
1958
Till Tomorrow Is
Natsuko
1962
The Ozu Diaries
Self
2025
Morishige, where are you going?
Megumi Mori
1956
Deep River
Isobe's wife
1995
The Shiinomi School
Kayoko Atsumi
1955
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
Mitsuko Kawai
1952
Woman Unveiled
1958
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
Self
2002
A Ripple in a Morning
Sister
1952
The Human Wall
Fumiko
1959
Snow-Flake
Itakura's sister
1950
Scars of Honor
1960
Bluestockings
2005
The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love
1959
Mother's First Love
1954
Omotenashi
Shimizu-sensei
2018
Tenshi no Iru Toshokan
Reiko Ashitaka
2017
Rainy Night Duel
Shizue Amaji
1956
The Shadow Daughter
Fusako
1957
Moth Lamp
1953
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Red Beard'
Self
2002
Kampai! Miai Kekkon
Emiko Toda
1958
The Glorious Days
1954
Mado Kara Tobidase
Mariko Fujieda
1950Have Wings on Your Heart
1978
Lil's Return from Shanghai
Lil Takemoto / Katsuko Suzuki
1952
Christ in Bronze
Mónica
1955
The Wife is a University Student
Keiko Hiyoshi (Student Wife)
1956
Mo-Ruerani
Fukiko
2021
Love at the Fogged Harbor
1962
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
O-Rie
1950
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
Self
2002Song of the Spring Pony
1985The Prodigal Son
His Sister
1964
A Strong Wind Blows
Takako Hiyoshi
1956
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
1962
Girl's Reform School
1956
Aiyoku no sabaki
Fujikawa Motoko
1953
Tomoshibi
1954
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
1960
Karate Sanshiro
1951
Somewhere in Kamakura
2016
Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
1952
Farewell to the Highland Station
Yuki
1951
Akatsuki no Kyūshū
Yukie Murata
1951
Kantarou zukiyo-uta
1952
Beautiful 2016
2016
Red Whale, White Snake
2006
Tokyo Day
Michiko
2015
The Outsiders
Yukiko Saeki
1958
The Oil-Hell Murder
1957
流轉
お秋
1956
Man in the Storm
Tomi Tsuboi
1952