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Native name
  
香川 京子

Other names
  
Kyoko Makino (牧野 香子)

Years active
  
1950–Present

Role
  
Actress

Full Name
  
Kyoko Ikebe

Occupation
  
Actress

Name
  
Kyoko Kagawa

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Born
  
5 December 1931 (age 92) (
1931-12-05
)
Tokyo, Japan

Awards
  
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Movies
  
Tokyo Story, Sansho the Bailiff, High and Low, The Crucified Lovers, Madadayo

Similar People
  
Kinuyo Tanaka, Setsuko Hara, Chishu Ryu, Sugimara Haruko, Kenji Mizoguchi

Kyōko Kagawa (香川 京子, Kagawa Kyōko, born 5 December 1931) is a Japanese actress famous for her roles in films like Tokyo Story, Sansho the Bailiff and High and Low. She has appeared in 118 films. Her most recent film was Ballad in 2009.

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Biography

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Kagawa was born in Tokyo in 1931. She originally wanted to become a ballerina. She was discovered by a film studio after winning a beauty contest and began a career in acting. Her first major film role was in a movie Mado Kara Tobidase (Jump Out of the Window).

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She became a household name for her role in Tokyo Story in 1953. She also appeared in the famous film Sansho the Bailiff. Akira Kurosawa made her one of his regular performers. She played the love interest of Toshiro Mifune, Kurosawa's favorite leading man, several times. Kurosawa used her in The Bad Sleep Well, High and Low and Red Beard.

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In 1965, Kagawa married and followed her husband to New York City. From this point, she began to act more in television than on the big screen. She later returned to the cinema, with films like Madadayo and Ballad.

In late 2011, the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, honored her long career and her contribution to Japanese cinema with an exhibition titled 'Kyoko Kagawa, Film Actress.'

Honours

  • Medal with Purple Ribbon (1998)
  • Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2004)
  • FIAF Award (2011)

  • References

    Kyōko Kagawa Wikipedia