Actor profile

Kanako Higuchi

13th December 1958 Kamo, Niigata Prefecture, Japan Acting

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.

27 Movies 15 TV Shows 42 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The Pearls of the Stone Man poster

The Pearls of the Stone Man 20th June 2015 as Ryoko Kobayashi

Time Never Stops poster

Time Never Stops 22nd February 2014 as Asako Saigo

Door To Door poster

Door To Door 29th May 2009 as Kurasawa Mitsue

Achilles and the Tortoise poster

Achilles and the Tortoise 20th September 2008 as Sachiko

The Invitation from Cinema Orion poster

The Invitation from Cinema Orion 3rd November 2007 as Yoshie Miyoshi

Memories of Tomorrow poster

Memories of Tomorrow 13th May 2006 as Emiko Saeki

Ashura poster

Ashura 16th April 2005 as Bizan

Crying Out Love in the Center of the World poster

Crying Out Love in the Center of the World 8th May 2004

Casshern poster

Casshern 24th April 2004 as Midori Azuma

Karaoke Terror poster

Karaoke Terror 8th November 2003 as Midori Suzuki

Hana poster

Hana 1st November 2003

Shara poster

Shara 12th July 2003 as Shouko

Letter from the Mountain poster

Letter from the Mountain 5th October 2002 as Michiko Ueda

The Oil-Hell Murder poster

The Oil-Hell Murder 23rd May 1992 as Okichi

Shimanto River poster

Shimanto River 7th December 1991

Heat Wave poster

Heat Wave 9th February 1991 as Rin Jyoshima

Ronin-gai poster

Ronin-gai 18th August 1990 as Oshin

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally poster

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally 4th February 1989 as Boss Han Bosatsu

Love is Always Almond Pink poster

Love is Always Almond Pink 11th February 1988

Bedtime Eyes poster

Bedtime Eyes 25th April 1987

Tora-san, the Go-Between poster

Tora-san, the Go-Between 3rd August 1985 as Wakana Egami

The Wangan Highway poster

The Wangan Highway 29th September 1984 as Fumiko Sugimoto

Deaths in Tokimeki poster

Deaths in Tokimeki 18th February 1984 as Hiromi Kozue

Modori River poster

Modori River 16th April 1983

Manji poster

Manji 12th March 1983 as Mitsuko Shido

Edo Porn poster

Edo Porn 12th September 1981 as Onao

The Night of Martial Law poster

The Night of Martial Law 5th July 1980

Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku poster

Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku 11th January 2020 as Shimasu Yako

Ohisama poster

Ohisama 4th April 2011 as Tokuko Maruyama

Detective Lovesick poster

Detective Lovesick 9th July 2010 as Tamae Aoki

A Little Princess poster

A Little Princess 17th October 2009 as Mimura Chieko

Atsuhime poster

Atsuhime 6th January 2008

The Private Detective Mike poster

The Private Detective Mike 1st July 2002

Saigo no Kazoku 18th October 2001

Amakarashan poster

Amakarashan 6th October 1997 as 神沢（榊）ふみ

Masamune Shogun poster

Masamune Shogun 4th January 1987 as Kanako Higuchi

Romansu poster

Romansu 2nd April 1984 as 小島はる

Sketchbook of Early Spring poster

Sketchbook of Early Spring 7th January 1983

Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun poster

Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun 2nd January 1983

Toge no Gunzo poster

Toge no Gunzo 10th January 1982

雪の華－建礼門院徳子の生涯 poster

雪の華－建礼門院徳子の生涯 1st January 1982

Nukata no Ōkimi poster

Nukata no Ōkimi 14th March 1980