- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 13, 1958
- Place of Birth
- Kamo, Niigata, Japan
Kanako Higuchi
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.
Filmography
tvKotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku
2020 · Shimasu Yako
movieThe Pearls of the Stone Man
2015 · Ryoko Kobayashi
movieTime Never Stops
2014 · Asako Saigo
tvOhisama
2011 · Tokuko Maruyama
tvDetective Lovesick
2010 · Tamae Aoki
tvA Little Princess
2009 · Mimura Chieko
movieDoor To Door
2009 · Kurasawa Mitsue
movieAchilles and the Tortoise
2008 · Sachiko
tvAtsuhime
2008
movieThe Invitation from Cinema Orion
2007 · Yoshie Miyoshi
movieMemories of Tomorrow
2006 · Emiko Saeki
movieAshura
2005 · Bizan
movieCrying Out Love in the Center of the World
2004
movieCasshern
2004 · Midori Azuma
movieKaraoke Terror
2003 · Midori Suzuki
movieHana
2003
movieShara
2003 · Shouko
movieLetter from the Mountain
2002 · Michiko Ueda
tvThe Private Detective Mike
2002
Saigo no Kazoku
tvSaigo no Kazoku
2001
tvAmakarashan
1997 · 神沢（榊）ふみ
movieThe Oil-Hell Murder
1992 · Okichi
movieShimanto River
1991
movieHeat Wave
1991 · Rin Jyoshima
movieRonin-gai
1990 · Oshin
movieZatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
1989 · Boss Han Bosatsu
movieLove is Always Almond Pink
1988
movieBedtime Eyes
1987
tvMasamune Shogun
1987 · Kanako Higuchi
movieTora-san, the Go-Between
1985 · Wakana Egami
movieThe Wangan Highway
1984 · Fumiko Sugimoto
tvRomansu
1984 · 小島はる
movieDeaths in Tokimeki
1984 · Hiromi Kozue
movieModori River
1983
movieManji
1983 · Mitsuko Shido
tvSketchbook of Early Spring
1983
tvUmi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun
1983
tvToge no Gunzo
1982
tv雪の華－建礼門院徳子の生涯
1982
movieEdo Porn
1981 · Onao
movieThe Night of Martial Law
1980
tvNukata no Ōkimi
1980