Kanako Higuchi
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.
Known For
Ohisama
2011
Masamune Shogun
1987
0Amakarashan
1997
Atsuhime
2008
Romansu
1984
0Toge no Gunzo
1982
The Private Detective Mike
2002
Detective Lovesick
2010
Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku
2020
Casshern
2004
A Little Princess
2009
Bedtime Eyes
1987
Filmography
Ohisama
as Tokuko Maruyama · 2011
Masamune Shogun
as Kanako Higuchi · 1987
Amakarashan
as 神沢（榊）ふみ · 1997
Atsuhime
· 2008
Romansu
as 小島はる · 1984
Toge no Gunzo
· 1982
The Private Detective Mike
· 2002
Detective Lovesick
as Tamae Aoki · 2010
Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku
as Shimasu Yako · 2020
Casshern
as Midori Azuma · 2004
A Little Princess
as Mimura Chieko · 2009
Bedtime Eyes
· 1987
Ronin-gai
as Oshin · 1990
Edo Porn
as Onao · 1981
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
as Boss Han Bosatsu · 1989
The Night of Martial Law
· 1980
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
· 2004
Sketchbook of Early Spring
· 1983
Modori River
as Kotoe · 1983
Nukata no Ōkimi
· 1980
Saigo no Kazoku
· 2001
Memories of Tomorrow
as Emiko Saeki · 2006
Achilles and the Tortoise
as Sachiko · 2008
Heat Wave
as Rin Jyoshima · 1991
Manji
as Mitsuko Shido · 1983
雪の華－建礼門院徳子の生涯
· 1982
The Oil-Hell Murder
as Okichi · 1992
Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun
· 1983
Karaoke Terror
as Midori Suzuki · 2003
Door To Door
as Kurasawa Mitsue · 2009
Deaths in Tokimeki
as Hiromi Kozue · 1984
Ashura
as Bizan · 2005
The Wangan Highway
as Fumiko Sugimoto · 1984
Time Never Stops
as Asako Saigo · 2014
Letter from the Mountain
as Michiko Ueda · 2002
Shara
as Shouko · 2003
Tora-san, the Go-Between
as 江上若菜 · 1985
The Invitation from Cinema Orion
as Yoshie Miyoshi · 2007
Shimanto River
· 1991
Hana
· 2003
The Pearls of the Stone Man
as Ryoko Kobayashi · 2015
Love is Always Almond Pink
· 1988