Hiroko Seki

Born: 1929-07-30

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.


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Kiki's Delivery Service

as Barsa (voice)
Released: 1989-07-29

A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community...

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Porco Rosso

as Bâ-chan (voice)
Released: 1992-07-18

In Italy in the 1930s, sky pirates in biplanes terrorize wealthy cruise ships as they sail the...

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Tales of a Golden Geisha

as uncredited
Released: 1990-06-02

The film stars two of Itami's regular actors, Nobuko Miyamoto as a geisha who brings luck to the...

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The Funeral

as Teacher in Videotape
Released: 1984-11-17

When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random...

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Mermaid Legend

as Nobu
Released: 1984-04-14

After a woman is framed for the murder of her fisherman husband, she seeks out a bloody revenge...

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Koibito-tachi no iru machi

as uncredited
Released: 1953-02-19

Mr. Baku, a sandwich man, was familiar to his neighbors because he was a natural friend of...

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Season of the Sun

as uncredited
Released: 1956-05-17

The film tells the story of a group of high school boxing team members who spend their days...

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First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband

as Tamago (Maid)
Released: 1953-11-11

Natsuko Kayama, an authority in the beauty industry and once known as Miss Tokyo, is a...

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Tales of Ginza

as "Bar Encore" Chaa
Released: 1955-09-14

In the thriving Tokyo neighborhood of Ginza, a woman in the process of selling her estranged...

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Cell No. 8

as uncredited
Released: 1956-01-15

A man and a woman meet through a strange fate. This unique melodrama depicts the course of their...

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Till We Meet Again

as Dressmaking Shop Clerk Teruko
Released: 1955-05-29

Sonejiro sacrifices all comfort to devote himself to research. Young housewife Yachiyo is...

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A Hole of My Own Making

as uncredited
Released: 1955-09-28

Nobuko is a widow who lives with her daughter-in-law Tamiko and her brother Junjiro. The...

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Dispersed Clouds

as Yoshiko Miki
Released: 1951-11-23

Five women classmates from a college in Tokyo are on the first stretch of a walking tour when...

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