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Kanako Higuchi

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Kanako Higuchi
Born (1958-12-13) December 13, 1958 (age 65)
OccupationActress
Years active1978–present
SpouseShigesato Itoi (1993–)

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.

She won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 15th Hochi Film Awards for Rōningai.[1]

She married Shigesato Itoi in 1993 and had a dog named Bouillon.

Filmography

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Films

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Television

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Japanese dub

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Honours

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  • Kinuyo Tanaka Award (1991)[7]

References

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  1. ^ 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
  2. ^ "独眼竜政宗". Haiyaku Jiten. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  3. ^ "太平記". Haiyaku Jiten. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  4. ^ "篤姫の出演者・キャスト一覧". The Television. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  5. ^ "ドクター・ストレンジ". The Cinema. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  6. ^ "アベンジャーズ/エンドゲーム". Fukikaeru. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
  7. ^ "田中絹代賞とは". Tanaka Kinuyo Memorial Association. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
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