Hiroko Seki
Hiroko Seki ( 関 弘 子), whose real name is Kanze Hiroko ( 観 世 弘 子) , born in Tokyo on July 30, 1929 and died on May 11, 2008, is a Japanese actress . Trained at the Gekidan Haiyūza theater in Tokyo, she co-founded the Gekidan Seinenza troupe in 1954. She married Hideo Kanze in 1969, a master of noh, a form of classical Japanese theater. She has performed for both television and theater, notably Noh plays and text readings. She participated in the dubbing of two animated films by Hayao Miyazaki: Kiki's Delivery Service and Porco Rosso. She died of pneumonia at 78 years old.
Kiki's Delivery Service
as Barsa (voice)A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community...
Movie pagePorco Rosso
as Bâ-chan (voice)In Italy in the 1930s, sky pirates in biplanes terrorize wealthy cruise ships as they sail the...
Movie pageThe Funeral
as Teacher in VideotapeWhen Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random...
Movie pageTales of a Golden Geisha
as uncreditedThe film stars two of Itami's regular actors, Nobuko Miyamoto as a geisha who brings luck to the...
Movie pageMermaid Legend
as NobuAfter a woman is framed for the murder of her fisherman husband, she seeks out a bloody revenge...
Movie pageA Hole of My Own Making
as uncreditedNobuko is a widow who lives with her stepchild Tamiko and her brother Junjiro. The family's...
Movie pageSeason of the Sun
as uncreditedThe film tells the story of a group of high school boxing team members who spend their days...
Movie pageDispersed Clouds
as Yoshiko MikiFive women classmates from a college in Tokyo are on the first stretch of a walking tour when...
Movie pageCell No. 8
as uncreditedA man and a woman meet through a strange fate. This unique melodrama depicts the course of their...
Movie pageTill We Meet Again
as Dressmaking Shop Clerk TerukoJiro Sone sacrifices all comfort to devote himself to research. Young housewife Yachiyo is...
Movie pageTales of Ginza
as "Bar Encore" ChaaIn the thriving Tokyo neighborhood of Ginza, a woman in the process of selling her estranged...
Movie pageFirst-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
as Tamago (Maid)Natsuko Kayama, an authority in the beauty industry and once known as Miss Tokyo, is a...
Movie pageKoibito-tachi no iru machi
as uncreditedMr. Baku, a sandwich man, was familiar to his neighbors because he was a natural friend of...
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