Kanako Higuchi

Born: 1958-12-13

Her credits include film, television, and radio dramas, stage, commercials, and voice roles. She married Shigesato Itoi in 1993 and has a dog named Bouillon. She has represented the cosmetics firms Kosé and Kao. She won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 15th Hochi Film Awards for Rōningai.


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Modori-gawa

as uncredited
Released: 1983-04-16

The story of Takeha, a free-spirited genius poet who lived through Taisho Romanticism, and the...

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Bedtime Eyes

as uncredited
Released: 1987-04-25

Based on a polemic novel by Amy Yamada, Bedtime Eyes is about the intense love relationship...

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Achilles and the Tortoise

as Sachiko
Released: 2008-09-20

Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this,...

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Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

as Boss Han Bosatsu
Released: 1989-02-04

Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful...

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Casshern

as Midori Azuma
Released: 2004-04-24

Fifty years of war between the Great Eastern Federation and Europa - now merged as Eurasia -...

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Crying Out Love in the Center of the World

as uncredited
Released: 2004-05-08

While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep...

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Edo Porn

as Onao
Released: 1981-09-12

The world-famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income,...

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The Oil-Hell Murder

as Okichi
Released: 1992-05-23

The indolent son of an oil vendor becomes a regular customer of a prostitute, racks up a...

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Ronin-gai

as Oshin
Released: 1990-08-18

Near the end of Japanese civil war, several disgraced ronin living in Edo's red light district...

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Manji

as Mitsuko Shido
Released: 1983-03-12

Kleptomaniac Sonoko and young, beautiful Mitsuko begin an unusual love affair which develops...

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Heat Wave

as Rin Jyoshima
Released: 1991-02-09

Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi...

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Letter from the Mountain

as Michiko Ueda
Released: 2002-10-05

Husband and wife Michiko and Takao move from their urban existence in Tokyo to the isolated,...

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The Night of Martial Law

as uncredited
Released: 1980-07-05

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Shara

as Shouko
Released: 2003-07-12

The Aso family live in the old town of Nara. One Day, Kei, one of the Aso's twin boys suddenly...

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Memories of Tomorrow

as Emiko Saeki
Released: 2006-05-13

After being stricken with Alzheimer's disease in the prime of his life, a successful young...

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Ashura

as Bizan
Released: 2005-04-16

Adapted from the successful play, the film takes place in 19th-century Japan, where a war...

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The Pearls of the Stone Man

as Ryoko Kobayashi
Released: 2015-06-20

Atsushi and Ryoko are a married coupled. They decide they want to live around nature and move...

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Karaoke Terror

as Midori Suzuki
Released: 2003-11-08

One of a gang of karaoke loving middle aged women is murdered by a young man. Her friends track...

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Deaths in Tokimeki

as Hiromi Kozue
Released: 1984-02-18

Deaths in Tokimeki tells the story of a nondescript hitman, in a remote country villa, waiting...

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Door To Door

as Kurasawa Mitsue
Released: 2009-05-29

Based on a true story about about a man who was told for many years that he was not employable,...

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Shimanto River

as uncredited
Released: 1991-12-07

A young boy, Atsu, grows up along the banks of the Shimanto River in rural southern Shikoku. He...

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Time Never Stops

as Asako Saigo
Released: 2014-02-22

A family that was severely damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake that struck in March 2011,...

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Tora-san, the Go-Between

as Wakana Egami
Released: 1985-08-03

In Nagasaki, Tora-san and an acquaintance help an old woman who has fallen and injured herself....

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The Wangan Highway

as Fumiko Sugimoto
Released: 1984-09-29

Based on the novel of the same name by Yoshio Kataoka.

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The Invitation from Cinema Orion

as Yoshie Miyoshi
Released: 2007-11-03

Based on the short story from the best-selling collection "Poppoya" by Jiro Asada, "The...

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Love is Always Almond Pink

as uncredited
Released: 1988-02-11

Based on the comic book series by Tamiko Akaboshi.

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The Private Detective Mike

as uncredited
First aired: 2002-07-01

Mike Hama, Private Detective, is a chain-smoking, wisecracking tough guy with a weakness for the...

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Ohisama

as Tokuko Maruyama
First aired: 2011-04-04

Ohisama is a Japanese television drama that aired on NHK in 2011 in the Asadora time slot. Set...

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Romansu

as 小島はる
First aired: 1984-04-02

The 32nd NHK Asadora. Starring Takaaki Enoki as a young man who becomes a film director. The...

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Masamune Shogun

as Kanako Higuchi
First aired: 1987-01-04

Broadcast TV drama NHK broadcast on January 4 to December 13, 1987 (Showa 62). In the...

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Toge no Gunzo

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-01-10

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Detective Lovesick

as Tamae Aoki
First aired: 2010-07-09

He was the pride of his police department as the number one armed robbery buster... until he had...

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Amakarashan

as 神沢(榊)ふみ
First aired: 1997-10-06

The 57th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama. Story's settings include Kobe and Sasayama. It is a story...

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Atsuhime

as uncredited
First aired: 2008-01-06

The 47th NHK Taiga Drama is a life story of Princess Atsu, who was born in Kagoshima Prefecture,...

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A Little Princess

as Mimura Chieko
First aired: 2009-10-17

Shōkōjo Seira is a 2009 Japanese drama television series based on the children's novel A Little...

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Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku

as Shimasu Yako
First aired: 2020-01-11

A slice of life comedy where Furutachi Kanji and Takito Kenichi play poor brothers Ichiro and...

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Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun

as uncredited
First aired: 1983-01-02

The tumultuous life of the fallen Isoroku Yamamoto is depicted, along with his family, friends,...

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