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Kanako Higuchi

Acting Born Dec 13, 1958 Kamo, Niigata, Japan 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Atsuhime

2008

Full filmography

  • The Private Detective Mike (2002)
  • Masamune Shogun (1987) as Kanako Higuchi
  • Atsuhime (2008)
  • Toge no Gunzo (1982)
  • Amakarashan (1997) as 神沢（榊）ふみ
  • Romansu (1984) as 小島はる
  • Ohisama (2011) as Tokuko Maruyama
  • Detective Lovesick (2010) as Tamae Aoki
  • Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku (2020) as Shimasu Yako
  • Edo Porn (1981) as Onao
  • Nukata no Ōkimi (1980)
  • Casshern (2004) as Midori Azuma
  • Bedtime Eyes (1987)
  • A Little Princess (2009) as Mimura Chieko
  • Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004)
  • The Night of Martial Law (1980)
  • Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun (1983)
  • Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally (1989) as Boss Han Bosatsu
  • Modori River (1983)
  • Sketchbook of Early Spring (1983)
  • Ronin-gai (1990) as Oshin
  • The Oil-Hell Murder (1992) as Okichi
  • Achilles and the Tortoise (2008) as Sachiko
  • Ashura (2005) as Bizan