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Kyōko Kagawa

Kyōko Kagawa

Actor · born 5 December 1931 · Aso [now Namegata], Ibaraki, Japan

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.

Where to start: High and Low (1963).

As actor 71

TV shows 7

Frequently asked questions

What is the best Kyōko Kagawa movie?

By viewer score, High and Low (1963) at 8.4/10.

What are Kyōko Kagawa’s most popular movies?

Tokyo Story, High and Low, Sansho the Bailiff.

How many movies has Kyōko Kagawa made?

71 films on TMDB, 71 as actor.

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