was a Japanese actress, voice actress, and writer of children's books.

Career

Kishida became an actress in 1950, and starred in a

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production of the 1960 film '' Salome''. Her film and television drama credits number in the hundreds. Among them are four Taiga drama series on

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television, with roles such as Aguri (the wife of

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and

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(the wife of

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). She appeared in various roles, including acting and narrating, in various ''

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'' series on television. In the series ''

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'', she portrayed the mother of the title character (played by

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), and narrated a ''

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'' television series. Kishida's film credits include

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's ''

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'' (1962), ''

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'' (based on a novel by

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's ''

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'' (1964) and ''

The Face of Another is a 1964 novel written by the Japanese novelist Kōbō Abe. Like other stories written by this author, the novel explores the alienation of modern man from urban society. It is written in the first person narrative mode, and is divided into ...

'' (1966) (both from novels by

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's '' Manji'' (1964) (based on a novel by

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's ''

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'' (1987) based on the classic story, '' Heaven and Earth'' (1990), and '' Spring Snow'', the 2005

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adaptation of the Mishima novel. Kishida was the voice of ''

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'' in the 1960s television series. She provided narration for ''

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'' and ''

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'' as well as the 2005 ''

Book of the Dead The ''Book of the Dead'' ( egy, 𓂋𓏤𓈒𓈒𓈒𓏌𓏤𓉐𓂋𓏏𓂻𓅓𓉔𓂋𓅱𓇳𓏤, ''rw n(y)w prt m hrw(w)'') is an ancient Egyptian funerary text generally written on papyrus and used from the beginning of the New Kingdom ...

''. In addition, she dubbed roles for ''

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'' and ''

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'', and narrated ''

Prophecies of Nostradamus is a 1974 disaster film by Toshio Masuda, based on a 1973 novel by Ben Goto, itself inspired by the prophecies of Nostradamus. Plot In 1853, Genta Nishiyama begins preaching the prophecies of Michel de Nostradame using a copy of his book ''Ce ...

''. Kishida appeared in commercials for Nestle,

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, and ''

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''.

Personal life

Kishida was born in

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in 1930. Her father,

Kunio Kishida Kunio Kishida (岸田國士, Kishida Kunio, 2 November 1890 – 5 March 1954) was a Japanese playwright, dramatist, novelist, lecturer, acting coach, theatre critic, translator, and proponent of Shingeki ("New Theatre"/”New Drama"). Kishida sp ...

, was a playwright. She was married to the actor Noboru Nakaya from 1954 until his death in 1978. Kishida died on December 17, 2006 in Tokyo from

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caused by a

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Filmography

Films

;1950s * ''Futeki na Otoko'' (1958), Sakie * ''Akujo no Kisetsu'' (1958), Yoshimi Hayakawa * ''Gurama-to no Yuwaku'' (1959), Sumiko Tsuboi * ''Anyakōro'' (1959), prostitute ;1960s * ''Bokuto Kidan'' (1960), Teruko * ''Nami no Tō'' (1960) * ''

Her Brother is a 1960 Japanese drama film directed by Kon Ichikawa. The film is based on the novel ''Otōto'' by Aya Koda. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival, where it won a prize for Special Distinction. Plot 17-year-old Gen takes care ...

'' (1960), Mrs. Tanuma * ''Minagoroshi no Uta yori Kenju-yo Saraba!'' (1960), Sally * ''

The Human Condition ''The Human Condition'', first published in 1958, is Hannah Arendt's account of how "human activities" should be and have been understood throughout Western history. Arendt is interested in the ''vita activa'' (active life) as contrasted with ...

'' (1961), Ryuko * ''Are ga Minato no Hi da'' (1961) * ''

Ten Dark Women ''Ten Dark Women'' (, literally "ten black women") is a 1961 Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa. Plot A married television executive has many mistresses. Nine of the mistresses and his wife band together and plan to kill him. His wife tells h ...

'' (1961), Sayoko Goto * ''Tokyo Yawa'' (1961), Ranko * ''Ai to Honoho to'' (1961), geisha * ''Onna wa Yogiri ni Nureteiru'' (1962), Yoshiko Hoshino * ''Hakai'' (1962), Inoko's wife * ''Namida o Shishi no Tategami ni'' (1962), Reiko Matsudaira * ''

'' (1962), 'Kaoru' no Madame * ''Watashi wa Nisai'' (1962), Chiyo's Friend * ''

Shinobi no Mono is a series of jidaigeki novels written by Tomoyoshi Murayama originally serialized in the Sunday edition of the newspaper '' Akahata'' from November 1960 to May 1962. Shinobi no mono is the long form of the phrase meaning ninja, see the Ninj ...

'' (1962), Inone * ''

Bushido, Samurai Saga , also titled ''Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai'' and ''Cruel Tale of Bushido'', is a 1963 Japanese drama film, drama and jidaigeki film directed by Tadashi Imai. It was entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival where it w ...

'' (1963), Lady Hagi * ''Otoko Girai'' (1964), Utako Takamura * ''

'' (1964), the woman * ''Le mari était là'' (''Otto ga Mita 'Onna no Kobako' yori'') (1964), Yoko Saijyo * ''Konnichiwa Akachan'' (1964), Ms Okiyama * ''Kigeki Yōki-na Mibōjin'' (1964) * ''Aku no Monsho'' (1964), Mitsue Takazawa * ''Manji'' (1964), Sonoko Kakiuchi * ''Nikutai no Gakko'' (1965), Taeko Asano * '' Akuto'' (1965), Kanze * ''Danryu'' (1966), Mikie Shima * ''

'' (1966), Infirmière * ''Ō-oku Maruhi Monogatari'' (1967) * ''Fushin no Toki'' (1968), Chizuko Mochizuki * '' Senya Ichiya Monogatari'' (1969) (voice) * ''Jotai'' (1969), Akie ;1970s * ''Senso to Ningen: Unmei no Jokyoku'' (1970) * ''

'' (1971), Moomin (voice) * ''En to iu Onna'' (1971) * ''Senso to Ningen II: Ai to Nanashimi no Sanga'' (1971), Kosanshi * '' Tabi no Omosa'' (1972), Mama, the girl's mother * ''Nosutoradamusu no Daiyogen'' (1974), Narrator * ''Are wa Dare?'' (1976), voice * ''Inugami-ke no Ichizoku'' (1976), Koto Teacher * ''Utamaro: Yume to Shiriseba'' (1977), Ochika * ''Nippon no Don: Yabohen'' (1977), Naoko Anekoji * ''Sugata Sanshiro'' (1977), Omon * ''Risu no Panashi'' (1978), voice * ''Inubue'' (1978), narrator * ''Jigoku'' (1979), Shima Ikegata ;1980s * '' Terra e...'' (1980), grandmother (voice) * ''Rennyo to sono Haha'' (1981) (voice) * ''Konoko no Nanatsu no Oiwai ni'' (1982), Mayumi * ''

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'' (1983), Kimie Hasenuma * ''

Seito Shokun! is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Yōko Shōji. It is serialized in Kodansha's ''Shōjo Friend'' from 1977 to 1984. The individual chapters were published into 24 ''tankōbon'' by Kodansha between February 1978 and June 1 ...

'' (1984), Michiko Hokujo * ''

Haru no Kane is a 1985 Japanese film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara. Cast *Kin'ya Kitaōji * Yūko Kotegawa *Yoshiko Mita *Akira Nakao * Shinsuke Ashida *Eiji Okada * Mariko Kaga Awards and nominations 10h Hochi Film Award * Won: Best Actor - Kin'ya Kita� ...

'' (1985), Fusako Ishimoto * ''Rokumeikan'' (1986), Marchioness Takako * ''

The Sea and Poison ''The Sea and Poison'' () is a 1957 Japanese short novel written by Shūsaku Endō. Plot The story is set in Fukuoka hospital during the late stages of World War II, when Japan is demoralized by constant air raids. The intern Dr. Suguro partici ...

'' (1986), Oba, Head Nurse * ''Eiga Joyu'' (1987), Kuginukiya * ''Seishun Kakeochi-hen'' (1987) * ''Let's Gōtoku-ji!'' (1987), Miyabi Gōtokuji * ''Hissatsu 4: Urami Harashimasu'' (1987), Benten - head of the assassins * ''Yoshiwara Enjo'' (1987), Narrator * ''

Princess from the Moon is a 1987 Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa. It is based on ''The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter'', a 10th-century Japanese fairy tale about a girl from the Moon who is discovered as a baby inside the stalk of a glowing bamboo plant. Plot One da ...

'' (1987), Kougo * ''Tsuru'' (1988), Kichibi * '' Rikyu'' (1989), His wife end ;1990s * ''Ibara-hime matawa Nemuri hime'' (1990), voice * ''

Ten to Chi to is a 1990 Japanese film, directed by Haruki Kadokawa and starring Takaaki Enoki, Tsugawa Masahiko, Asano Atsuko, Zaizen Naomi and Nomura Hironobu. The film was released in Japan in June 1990, and an English version was released in North Ame ...

'' (1991), Maid-In-Waiting * ''Tenkawa Densetsu Satsujin Jiken'' (1991), Natsu Minakami * ''Zodiac Killer'' (''Ji dao zhui zong'') (1991), Geisha Miyako * ''Fusa'' (1993), Mura * ''

Gakkō no Kaidan 2 is a 1996 Japanese horror film directed by Hideyuki Hirayama. It is the second installment in the ''Gakkō no Kaidan'' film series, following the 1995 film ''School Ghost Stories''. Cast * Hironobu Nomura as Kazunari Asano * Naomi Nishida as Rik ...

'' (1996), School Master * ''Yatsuhaka-mura'' (1996), Kotake and Koume Tajimi * ''Aisuru'' (1997), Taeko Kano ;2000s * ''Shinsengumi'' (2000), Komano (voice) * ''Dora-heita'' (2000) * ''Ningen no Kuzu'' (2001) * ''Kuroe'' (2001), Cleaning Lady * ''Sukedachi-ya Sukeroku'' (2001), Otome * '' Sennen no koi - Hikaru Genji monogatari'' (2001), Gen no Naishi no Suke * ''

Winter Days is a 2003 Japanese anime film directed by Kihachirō Kawamoto. It is based on one of the ''renku'' ( collaborative linked poems) in the 1684 collection of the same name by the 17th-century Japanese poet Bashō. The creation of the film followe ...

'' (2003), Yasui (voice) * ''

The Book of the Dead The ''Book of the Dead'' ( egy, 𓂋𓏤𓈒𓈒𓈒𓏌𓏤𓉐𓂋𓏏𓂻𓅓𓉔𓂋𓅱𓇳𓏤, ''rw n(y)w prt m hrw(w)'') is an ancient Egyptian funerary text generally written on papyrus and used from the beginning of the New Kingdom ...

'' (2005), narrator * '' Haru no Yuki'' (2005), Kiyoaki's grandmother * ''Onaji Tsuki o Miteiru'' (2005) * ''

Wool 100% ''Wool 100%'' ( ja, ウール100%) is a 2006 Japanese comedy- fantasy film directed by Mai Tominaga. It was released on October 28, 2006 in Japan and had a United States release on September 12, 2007. The film stars Kyōko Kishida and Kazuko Yoshi ...

'' (2006), Ume

Television drama

* ''Haru no Sakamichi'' (1971),

Yodo-dono or (1569 – June 4, 1615) was a prominently placed figure in the late-Sengoku period. She was the daughter of Oichi and sister of Ohatsu and Oeyo. She was a concubine and second wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was then the most powerful man ...

* '' Akō Rōshi'' (1979), Riku * ''A un'' (1980), Kimiko Kadokura * ''Shin Jiken: Waga Uta wa Hana Ichimonme'' (1981), Shizuko Kosaka * ''Rirakkusu: Matsubara Katsumi no Nichijō Seikatsu'' (1982), Mrs. Udagawa * ''Mazakon-keiji no Kikenbo'' (1983) * ''

Takeda Shingen , of Kai Province, was a pre-eminent ''daimyō'' in feudal Japan. Known as the "Tiger of Kai", he was one of the most powerful daimyō with exceptional military prestige in the late stage of the Sengoku period. Shingen was a warlord of great ...

'' (1988),

Jukei-ni Jukei-ni (寿桂尼, d. April 11, 1568) was a Japanese noble lady who acted as the power behind the throne or ''de facto'' daimyo of the Imagawa clan during the Sengoku period. She was born in the aristocrat Nakamikado Family of Kyoto. Jukei-ni was ...

* ''Ōinaru Genei'' (1989), Katsuko Tojyo/Haru Yamafuji * ''Yonimo Kimyō na Monogatari'' (1990) * ''Karin'' (1993) * ''Hacchōbori Torimono-banashi'' (1993) * ''

'' (1995), Zankurō's mother * ''Tokugawa Yoshinobu'' (1998), Matsushima * ''Yakusoku'' (1999), Mom * ''Jiko'' (2001), mother * ''Teradake no Hanayome'' (2001) * ''Purinsesu Chuchu'' (2002), narration * ''Akachan o Sagase'' (2003) * '' Dōbutsu no Oisha-san'' (2003), Taka Nishine * ''Boku no Mahōtsukai'' (2003) * ''Yuga na Akuji 2: Kyōto Kadō Iemoto Renzoku Satsujin'' (2003) TV * ''Onna no Naka no Futatsu no Kao'' (2004), Mrs. Takigawa * ''

'' (2004), narrator * ''Natsumeke no Shokutaku'' (2005), Kiyo

Television animation

* ''

'' (1969), Moomin * ''

'' (1972), Moomin

Honours

Medal with Purple Ribbon are medals awarded by the Government of Japan. They are awarded to individuals who have done meritorious deeds and also to those who have achieved excellence in their field of work. The Medals of Honor were established on December 7, 1881, and we ...

(1994)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kishida, Kyoko 1930 births 2006 deaths Deaths from cancer in Japan Deaths from brain tumor Deaths from respiratory failure Japanese film actresses Japanese television actresses Japanese voice actresses Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon Voice actresses from Tokyo Japanese writers 20th-century Japanese actresses 21st-century Japanese actresses