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The Ozu Diaries
2025
Kyōko Kagawa
Acting
Born December 5, 1931Aso [now Namegata], Ibaraki, Japan
Biography
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 .
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Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About
2022
7.6
Shimamori Tower
2022
7.4
The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
2022
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Mo-Ruerani
2021
4.2
Omotenashi
2018
7.0
Tenshi no Iru Toshokan
2017
7.0
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016
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Somewhere in Kamakura
2016
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Beautiful 2016
2016
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Tokyo Day
2015
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Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki
2015
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The Intermission
2013
5.4
Tokyo Rendezvous
2008
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Red Whale, White Snake
2006
6.7
Bluestockings
2005
5.9
Heaven's Bookstore
2004
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
2002
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
2002
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
2002
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Red Beard'
2002
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Kokoro no Koukyougaku
2002
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明るいほうへ 明るいほうへ -童謡詩人 金子みすゞ-
2001
7.2
After Life
1999
7.5
Shall We Dance?
1996
7.3
Deep River
1995
7.3
Madadayo
1993
3.7
Shikibu monogatari
1990
Song of the Spring Pony
8.5
Song of the Spring Pony
1985
8.2
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979
Have Wings on Your Heart
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Have Wings on Your Heart
1978
7.2
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975
9.2
The Family
1974
8.2
Red Beard
1965
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Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
The Prodigal Son
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The Prodigal Son
1964
8.4
High and Low
1963
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The Daughters of the Saotome Family
1962
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Love at the Fogged Harbor
1962
8.0
Till Tomorrow Is
1962
6.5
Girls of the Night
1961
7.2
Mothra
1961
7.3
Death on the Mountain
1961
7.5
Daredevil in the Castle
1961
7.0
Scars of Honor
1960
7.7
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
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My Friend Death
1960
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Lord of Red Banner
1960
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The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
1960
5.5
The Three Treasures
1959
7.5
Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda
1959
6.2
The Human Wall
1959
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The Bell of Love
1959
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The Canary Cage, Spellbound Love
1959
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Gambler and the Princess
1959
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The Footmark of a Snow Fairy
1958
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The Outsiders
1958
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I Am Three People
1958
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His Scarlet Cloak
1958
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The Child Writers
1958
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Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onibi tōrō
1958
6.1
Little Peach
1958
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Holiday in Tokyo
1958
8.0
Woman Unveiled
1958
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Kampai! Miai Kekkon
1958
5.4
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
1958
7.0
On This Earth
1957
7.0
The Oil-Hell Murder
1957
7.1
The Lower Depths
1957
8.0
The Shadow Daughter
1957
6.5
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957
6.0
An Osaka Story
1957
7.0
A Man in the Storm
1957
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New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune
1956
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A Strong Wind Blows
1956
6.7
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956
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Women in Prison
1956
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Morishige, where are you going?
1956
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Nezumi Kozō shinobi komi hikae
1956
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流轉
1956
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The Wife is a University Student
1956
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Girl's Reform School
1956
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Rainy Night Duel
1956
6.7
Sudden Rain
1956
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Love at Forty
1955
9.0
Christ in Bronze
1955
10.0
If Indeed One Loves
1955
6.5
The Shiinomi School
1955
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Nonki saiban
1955
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Dawn Chorus
1955
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Ginji of the Seven Faces
1955
7.8
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954
8.0
Mother's First Love
1954
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Tekka bugyō
1954
7.0
Tomoshibi
1954
8.0
Five Sisters
1954
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The Glorious Days
1954
8.1
Sansho the Bailiff
1954
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Hanran
1954
6.9
Love Letter
1953
8.1
Tokyo Story
1953
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Moth Lamp
1953
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Aiyoku no sabaki
1953
6.8
Tower of Lilies
1953
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Kanpai! Tokyo Musume
1952
7.3
Lightning
1952
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Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
1952
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Kantarou zukiyo-uta
1952
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Daigaku no kotengu
1952
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Mother
1952
9.0
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
7.0
A Ripple in a Morning
1952
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August 15, 1945, New Dawn For Japan
1952
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Chakkari fujin to ukkari fujin
1952
7.5
Lil's Return from Shanghai
1952
9.0
Man in the Storm
1952
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Karate Sanshiro
1951
10.0
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
1951
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Akatsuki no Kyūshū
1951
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Farewell to the Highland Station
1951
6.5
Ginza Cosmetics
1951
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Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
1950
7.5
Snow-Flake
1950
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Mado Kara Tobidase
1950
