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Kanako Higuchi

Kanako Higuchi

Acting · Born 1958-12-13 · Kamo, 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.

Known For

movie 5.9 Casshern
Casshern
2004
movie 7.0 Achilles and the Tortoise
Achilles and the Tortoise
2008
movie 7.3 Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
2004
movie 6.5 Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
1989
movie 6.3 Shara
Shara
2003
movie 6.0 Edo Porn
Edo Porn
1981
movie 5.3 Ashura
Ashura
2005
movie 6.1 Memories of Tomorrow
Memories of Tomorrow
2006
movie 6.2 Ronin-gai
Ronin-gai
1990
movie 5.2 Manji
Manji
1983
movie 5.9 The Oil-Hell Murder
The Oil-Hell Murder
1992
movie 5.9 Heat Wave
Heat Wave
1991
movie 5.7 Karaoke Terror
Karaoke Terror
2003
tv 7.2 Detective Lovesick
Detective Lovesick
2010
movie 8.2 Letter from the Mountain
Letter from the Mountain
2002
tv 9.0 Atsuhime
Atsuhime
2008
tv 9.0 Masamune Shogun
Masamune Shogun
1987
movie 8.3 The Pearls of the Stone Man
The Pearls of the Stone Man
2015