5.9
Movie
Acting
Kanako Higuchi
- Born
- (age 67)
- Birthplace
- Kamo, Niigata, Japan
- Credits
- 42 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
5.9
Movie
7.0
Movie
Achilles and the Tortoise
7.2
Movie
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
6.4
Movie
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
6.4
Movie
Shara
5.9
Movie
Edo Porn
5.3
Movie
Ashura
6.1
Movie
Memories of Tomorrow
6.2
Movie
Ronin-gai
6.0
Movie
The Oil-Hell Murder
5.2
Movie
Manji
5.9
Movie
Heat Wave
5.7
Movie
Karaoke Terror
8.2
Movie
Letter from the Mountain
7.2
TV
Detective Lovesick
9.0
TV
Atsuhime
8.3
Movie
The Pearls of the Stone Man
9.0
TV
Masamune Shogun
Acting credits 42
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku TV | Shimasu Yako (1 ep) |
| 2015 | The Pearls of the Stone Man Film | Ryoko Kobayashi |
| 2014 | Time Never Stops Film | Asako Saigo |
| 2011 | Ohisama TV | Tokuko Maruyama |
| 2010 | Detective Lovesick TV | Tamae Aoki (1 ep) |
| 2009 | A Little Princess TV | Mimura Chieko (10 ep) |
| 2009 | Door To Door Film | Kurasawa Mitsue |
| 2008 | Achilles and the Tortoise Film | Sachiko |
| 2008 | Atsuhime TV | (50 ep) |
| 2007 | The Invitation from Cinema Orion Film | Yoshie Miyoshi |
| 2006 | Memories of Tomorrow Film | Emiko Saeki |
| 2005 | Ashura Film | Bizan |
| 2004 | Crying Out Love in the Center of the World Film | |
| 2004 | Casshern Film | Midori Azuma |
| 2003 | Karaoke Terror Film | Midori Suzuki |
| 2003 | Hana Film | |
| 2003 | Shara Film | Shouko |
| 2002 | Letter from the Mountain Film | Michiko Ueda |
| 2002 | The Private Detective Mike TV | (1 ep) |
| 2001 | Saigo no Kazoku TV | (9 ep) |
| 1997 | Amakarashan TV | 神沢（榊）ふみ (150 ep) |
| 1992 | The Oil-Hell Murder Film | Okichi |
| 1991 | Shimanto River Film | |
| 1991 | Heat Wave Film | Rin Jyoshima |
| 1990 | Ronin-gai Film | Oshin |
| 1989 | Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally Film | Boss Han Bosatsu |
| 1988 | Love is Always Almond Pink Film | |
| 1987 | Bedtime Eyes Film | |
| 1987 | Masamune Shogun TV | Kanako Higuchi (50 ep) |
| 1985 | Tora-san, the Go-Between Film | 江上若菜 |
| 1984 | The Wangan Highway Film | Fumiko Sugimoto |
| 1984 | Romansu TV | 小島はる (156 ep) |
| 1984 | Deaths in Tokimeki Film | Hiromi Kozue |
| 1983 | Modori River Film | Kotoe |
| 1983 | Manji Film | Mitsuko Shido |
| 1983 | Sketchbook of Early Spring TV | (12 ep) |
| 1983 | Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun TV | (1 ep) |
| 1982 | Toge no Gunzo TV | (50 ep) |
| 1982 | 雪の華－建礼門院徳子の生涯 TV | (1 ep) |
| 1981 | Edo Porn Film | Onao |
| 1980 | The Night of Martial Law Film | |
| 1980 | Nukata no Ōkimi TV | (2 ep) |