Kanako Higuchi
Acting·December 13, 1958 — 67 years old·Kamo, Niigata, Japan
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
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2020Kotaki Brothers and ShikuhakkuTVShimasu Yako2015The Pearls of the Stone ManRyoko Kobayashi2014Time Never StopsAsako Saigo2011OhisamaTVTokuko Maruyama2010Detective LovesickTVTamae Aoki2009A Little PrincessTVMimura Chieko2009Door To DoorKurasawa Mitsue2008Achilles and the TortoiseSachiko2008AtsuhimeTV2007The Invitation from Cinema OrionYoshie Miyoshi2006Memories of TomorrowEmiko Saeki2005AshuraBizan2004Crying Out Love in the Center of the World2004CasshernMidori Azuma2003Karaoke TerrorMidori Suzuki2003Hana2003SharaShouko2002Letter from the MountainMichiko Ueda2002The Private Detective MikeTV2001Saigo no KazokuTV1997AmakarashanTV神沢（榊）ふみ1992The Oil-Hell MurderOkichi1991Shimanto River1991Heat WaveRin Jyoshima1990Ronin-gaiOshin1989Zatoichi: Darkness Is His AllyBoss Han Bosatsu1988Love is Always Almond Pink1987Bedtime Eyes1987Masamune ShogunTVKanako Higuchi1985Tora-san, the Go-BetweenWakana Egami1984The Wangan HighwayFumiko Sugimoto1984RomansuTV小島はる1984Deaths in TokimekiHiromi Kozue1983Modori RiverKotoe1983ManjiMitsuko Shido1983Sketchbook of Early SpringTV1983Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon KaigunTV1982Toge no GunzoTV1982雪の華－建礼門院徳子の生涯TV1981Edo PornOnao1980The Night of Martial Law1980Nukata no ŌkimiTV