Kanako Higuchi
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.
Bedtime Eyes
as uncreditedBased on a polemic novel by Amy Yamada, Bedtime Eyes is about the intense love relationship...
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Edo Porn
as OnaoThe world-famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income,...
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Casshern
as Midori AzumaFifty years of war between the Great Eastern Federation and Europa - now merged as Eurasia -...
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Achilles and the Tortoise
as SachikoMachisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this,...
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Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
as uncreditedWhile searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep...
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Manji
as Mitsuko ShidoKleptomaniac Sonoko and young, beautiful Mitsuko begin an unusual love affair which develops...
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Ashura
as BizanAdapted from the successful play, the film takes place in 19th-century Japan, where a war...
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Karaoke Terror
as Midori SuzukiOne of a gang of karaoke loving middle aged women is murdered by a young man. Her friends track...
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The Oil-Hell Murder
as OkichiThe indolent son of an oil vendor becomes a regular customer of a prostitute, racks up a...
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Letter from the Mountain
as Michiko UedaHusband and wife Michiko and Takao move from their urban existence in Tokyo to the isolated,...
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Heat Wave
as Rin JyoshimaRin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi...
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Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
as Boss Han BosatsuOlder, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful...
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Shara
as ShoukoThe Aso family live in the old town of Nara. One Day, Kei, one of the Aso's twin boys suddenly...
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The Pearls of the Stone Man
as Ryoko KobayashiAtsushi and Ryoko are a married coupled. They decide they want to live around nature and move...
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Ronin-gai
as OshinNear the end of Japanese civil war, several disgraced ronin living in Edo's red light district...
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Based on a true story about about a man who was told for many years that he was not employable,...
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Memories of Tomorrow
as Emiko SaekiAfter being stricken with Alzheimer's disease in the prime of his life, a successful young...
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Tora-san, the Go-Between
as Wakana EgamiIn Nagasaki, Tora-san and an acquaintance help an old woman who has fallen and injured herself....
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Modori River
as uncreditedThe story of Takeha, a free-spirited genius poet who lived through Taisho Romanticism, and the...
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Shimanto River
as uncreditedA young boy, Atsu, grows up along the banks of the Shimanto River in rural southern Shikoku. He...
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Love is Always Almond Pink
as uncreditedBased on the comic book series by Tamiko Akaboshi.
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Deaths in Tokimeki
as Hiromi KozueDeaths in Tokimeki tells the story of a nondescript hitman, in a remote country villa, waiting...
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The Invitation from Cinema Orion
as Yoshie MiyoshiBased on the short story from the best-selling collection "Poppoya" by Jiro Asada, "The...
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The Wangan Highway
as Fumiko SugimotoBased on the novel of the same name by Yoshio Kataoka.
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Time Never Stops
as Asako SaigoA family that was severely damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake that struck in March 2011,...
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Hana
as uncreditedYoichiro Nozaki, a high-achieving office worker, collapses from an aneurysm. The doctor advises...
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Romansu
as 小島はるThe 32nd NHK Asadora. Starring Takaaki Enoki as a young man who becomes a film director. The...
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Ohisama
as Tokuko MaruyamaOhisama is a Japanese television drama that aired on NHK in 2011 in the Asadora time slot. Set...
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Atsuhime
as uncreditedThe 47th NHK Taiga Drama is a life story of Princess Atsu, who was born in Kagoshima Prefecture,...
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Masamune Shogun
as Kanako HiguchiBroadcast TV drama NHK broadcast on January 4 to December 13, 1987 (Showa 62). In the...
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Detective Lovesick
as Tamae AokiHe was the pride of his police department as the number one armed robbery buster... until he had...
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The Private Detective Mike
as uncreditedMike Hama, Private Detective, is a chain-smoking, wisecracking tough guy with a weakness for the...
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Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku
as Shimasu YakoA slice of life comedy where Furutachi Kanji and Takito Kenichi play poor brothers Ichiro and...
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Amakarashan
as 神沢（榊）ふみThe 57th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama. Story's settings include Kobe and Sasayama. It is a story...
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A Little Princess
as Mimura ChiekoShōkōjo Seira is a 2009 Japanese drama television series based on the children's novel A Little...
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Nukata no Ōkimi
as uncreditedA historical romance about the life of Princess Nukata, a Manyo poetess who was loved by two...
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Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun
as uncreditedThe tumultuous life of the fallen Isoroku Yamamoto is depicted, along with his family, friends,...
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