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.
Movies & TV Shows
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Casshern (2004) — Midori Azuma
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Achilles and the Tortoise (2008) — Sachiko
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Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004)
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Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally (1989) — Boss Han Bosatsu
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Shara (2003) — Shouko
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Edo Porn (1981) — Onao
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Ashura (2005) — Bizan
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Memories of Tomorrow (2006) — Emiko Saeki
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Ronin-gai (1990) — Oshin
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Manji (1983) — Mitsuko Shido
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The Oil-Hell Murder (1992) — Okichi
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Heat Wave (1991) — Rin Jyoshima
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Karaoke Terror (2003) — Midori Suzuki
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Letter from the Mountain (2002) — Michiko Ueda
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Detective Lovesick (2010) — Tamae Aoki
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Atsuhime (2008)
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The Pearls of the Stone Man (2015) — Ryoko Kobayashi
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Masamune Shogun (1987) — Kanako Higuchi
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Bedtime Eyes (1987)
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The Private Detective Mike (2002)
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Tora-san, the Go-Between (1985) — Wakana Egami
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Deaths in Tokimeki (1984) — Hiromi Kozue
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Shimanto River (1991)
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Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku (2020) — Shimasu Yako
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Door To Door (2009) — Kurasawa Mitsue
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Modori River (1983) — Kotoe
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A Little Princess (2009) — Mimura Chieko
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The Invitation from Cinema Orion (2007) — Yoshie Miyoshi
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The Wangan Highway (1984) — Fumiko Sugimoto
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Ohisama (2011) — Tokuko Maruyama
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Time Never Stops (2014) — Asako Saigo
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Romansu (1984) — 小島はる
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Sketchbook of Early Spring (1983)
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The Night of Martial Law (1980)
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Hana (2003)
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Love is Always Almond Pink (1988)
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Toge no Gunzo (1982)
- Saigo no Kazoku (2001)
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Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun (1983)
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Amakarashan (1997) — 神沢(榊)ふみ