Kanako Higuchi
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Casshern
as Midori Azuma
2004
Achilles and the Tortoise
as Sachiko
2008
The Night of Martial Law
1980
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
as Boss Han Bosatsu
1989
Shara
as Shouko
2003
Ashura
as Bizan
2005
Edo Porn
as Onao
1981
Letter from the Mountain
as Michiko Ueda
2002
Ronin-gai
as Oshin
1990
Heat Wave
as Rin Jyoshima
1991
Memories of Tomorrow
as Emiko Saeki
2006
The Oil-Hell Murder
as Okichi
1992
The Invitation from Cinema Orion
as Yoshie Miyoshi
2007
Manji
as Mitsuko Shido
1983
Time Never Stops
as Asako Saigo
2014
The Pearls of the Stone Man
as Ryoko Kobayashi
2015
Tora-san, the Go-Between
as Wakana Egami
1985
Hana
2003
Door To Door
as Kurasawa Mitsue
2009
Deaths in Tokimeki
as Hiromi Kozue
1984
TV Appearances
Toge no Gunzo
1982
Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku
as Shimasu Yako
2020
Saigo no Kazoku
2001
The Private Detective Mike
2002
Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun
1983
Detective Lovesick
as Tamae Aoki
2010
Masamune Shogun
as Kanako Higuchi
1987
Ohisama
as Tokuko Maruyama
2011
Amakarashan
as 神沢（榊）ふみ
1997
Romansu
as 小島はる
1984
A Little Princess
as Mimura Chieko
2009
Atsuhime
2008