Kanako Higuchi
December 13, 1958 (66 years old) in Kamo, Niigata Prefecture, 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
Credits
- 2020 · Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku as Shimasu Yako
- 2015 · The Pearls of the Stone Man as Ryoko Kobayashi
- 2014 · Time Never Stops as Asako Saigo
- 2011 · Ohisama as Tokuko Maruyama
- 2010 · Detective Lovesick as Tamae Aoki
- 2009 · A Little Princess as Mimura Chieko
- 2009 · Door To Door as Kurasawa Mitsue
- 2008 · Achilles and the Tortoise as Sachiko
- 2008 · Atsuhime as
- 2007 · The Invitation from Cinema Orion as Yoshie Miyoshi
- 2006 · Memories of Tomorrow as Emiko Saeki
- 2005 · Ashura as Bizan
- 2004 · Crying Out Love in the Center of the World as
- 2004 · Casshern as Midori Azuma
- 2003 · Karaoke Terror as Midori Suzuki
- 2003 · Hana as
- 2003 · Shara as Shouko
- 2002 · Letter from the Mountain as Michiko Ueda
- 2002 · The Private Detective Mike as
- 2001 · Saigo no Kazoku as
- 1997 · Amakarashan as 神沢（榊）ふみ
- 1992 · The Oil-Hell Murder as Okichi
- 1991 · Shimanto River as
- 1991 · Heat Wave as Rin Jyoshima
- 1990 · Ronin-gai as Oshin
- 1989 · Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally as Boss Han Bosatsu
- 1988 · Love is Always Almond Pink as
- 1987 · Bedtime Eyes as
- 1987 · Masamune Shogun as Kanako Higuchi
- 1985 · Tora-san, the Go-Between as Wakana Egami
- 1984 · The Wangan Highway as Fumiko Sugimoto
- 1984 · Romansu as 小島はる
- 1984 · Deaths in Tokimeki as Hiromi Kozue
- 1983 · Modori River as
- 1983 · Manji as Mitsuko Shido
- 1983 · Sketchbook of Early Spring as
- 1983 · Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun as
- 1982 · Toge no Gunzo as
- 1982 · 雪の華－建礼門院徳子の生涯 as
- 1981 · Edo Porn as Onao
- 1980 · The Night of Martial Law as
- 1980 · Nukata no Ōkimi as