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Kanako Higuchi
Born 1958-12-13Kamo, Niigata, Japan
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.
Screen work
Movies & roles
The Pearls of the Stone ManRyoko KobayashiTime Never StopsAsako SaigoDoor To DoorKurasawa MitsueAchilles and the TortoiseSachikoThe Invitation from Cinema OrionYoshie MiyoshiMemories of TomorrowEmiko SaekiAshuraBizanCrying Out Love in the Center of the WorldRoleCasshernMidori AzumaKaraoke TerrorMidori SuzukiHanaRoleSharaShoukoLetter from the MountainMichiko UedaThe Oil-Hell MurderOkichiShimanto RiverRoleHeat WaveRin JyoshimaRonin-gaiOshinZatoichi: Darkness Is His AllyBoss Han BosatsuLove is Always Almond PinkRoleBedtime EyesRoleTora-san, the Go-BetweenWakana EgamiThe Wangan HighwayFumiko SugimotoDeaths in TokimekiHiromi KozueModori RiverKotoe