Kimiko Ikegami
Kimiko Ikegami (born January 16, 1959) is a Japanese actress. Born in Manhattan, New York City, she moved to Kyoto at age 3. Kimiko graduated from Horikoshi High School in Nakano, Tokyo and subsequently attended Tamagawa University. She is closely related to the Bandō Mitsugorō kabuki actors: her grandfather was the eighth, her uncle the ninth (later Bandō Minosuke VII), her cousin (Bandō Yasosuke V) the tenth to take that name. With the encouragement of that cousin, Kimiko turned to acting. She made her television debut in 1975 in the NHK show Maboroshi no Pen Friend, and in that year also appeared in Ai to Makoto on TV Tokyo. Her entry into film came in 1975, when she appeared in Hadashi no Seishun (Shochiku). In Taiga drama series, Kimiko portrayed Ōhime Kusa Moeru (1979) Chacha (later named Yodo-Dono) in the 1981 Onna Taikō-ki, Lady Tsukiyama (the wife of the title character) in Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983), and Eri (Lady Aburakawa, concubine of the title character) in Takeda Shingen. Other jidaigeki roles have included Sumi in the 1988 NHK Miyamoto Musashi Okon in Tōyama no Kin-san (1989), and Nami in the 2003 TV Tokyo Chūshingura: Ketsudan no Toki. Contemporary roles include the yakuza in Gokudō no Onna-tachi Revenge (the thirteenth in the series) and the female lead in Shiroi Kyotō (TV Asahi, 1990). She appears frequently as a guest star on television series such as Mito Kōmon. Kimiko also recorded a song, Nagasarete, on the Victor Entertainment label. The 1984 release (as of 2006, out of print) was the theme song for the show Kiryūin Hanako no Shōgai. Her honors include the 1990 Japan Jewellery Association Best Dresser Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kimiko Ikegami, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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- 2024 · Kaze no Kanade no Kimi e as
- 2022 · LONE WOLF as Hitomi Natsume
- 2017 · Mixed Doubles as
- 2012 · 西村京太郎サスペンス 秋葉京介探偵事務所～狙われた男～ as Fumiko
- 2009 · Mission To Kill as
- 2006 · 狩矢警部シリーズ 特別編「京舞妓VS狩矢警部〜乱れ傘の舞殺人事件」 as
- 2005 · Too Late to Help You as Oyou
- 2005 · 二つの嘘 同窓会殺人事件 as
- 2004 · 48 Hours of Terror - When the Clock's Hands Turn into a Knife as Machiko Sasamori
- 2003 · Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game as Guest
- 2001 · 監察医 室生亜季子㉚ 震える顔 as Kazuko Shimazaki
- 2000 · Yakuza Ladies 10 as
- 1998 · Nemuri Kyōshirō 4: The Woman Who Loved Kyoshiro as
- 1995 · Kumokiri Nizaemon as
- 1993 · Nemuri Kyôshirô 2: Conspiracy in Edo Castle as
- 1993 · 新幹線物語'93夏 as 中原景子
- 1993 · A Samurai's Sorrow as
- 1993 · Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict as Yagyu Chizuro
- 1992 · Chronicle of the Town Magistrate as
- 1990 · Shingo's Ten Duels as Okiku
- 1989 · Last Serenade as Morishita Manami
- 1988 · A Chaos of Flowers as Akiko Hatano
- 1988 · Takeda Shingen as
- 1988 · Tokugawa Ieyasu as
- 1987 · 美しい共犯者・三重逆転 as
- 1986 · Byakkotai as Jinbo Yukiko
- 1986 · Danjoshichi Natsu Monogatari as
- 1985 · Dangerous Women as Saeko Fujii
- 1984 · Make-Up as Satoko Tsutano
- 1984 · 水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵 as 朱実
- 1984 · 宮本武蔵 as Akemi
- 1983 · The Geisha as Momowaka
- 1983 · Tokugawa Ieyasu as Lady Tsukiyama
- 1983 · Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun as
- 1982 · Murder Case: Lover Swap as
- 1981 · Rennyo and His Mother as
- 1979 · The Man Who Stole the Sun as Reiko Sawai
- 1978 · Netchū Jidai as
- 1978 · Winter's Flower as Yoko Matsuoka
- 1977 · House as Gorgeous / Gorgeous' Mother
- 1976 · Brother and Sister as San
- 1975 · Let's Go, Grandma! as
- 1975 · Hadashi no seishun as