
Kanako Higuchi
Known for Acting · 42 credits
- Born
- 1958-12-13 (age 67)
- Place of birth
- Kamo, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as
- 糸井可南子
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
TV Shows (15)

The Private Detective Mike
2002

Masamune Shogun
1987
as Kanako Higuchi

Atsuhime
2008

Detective Lovesick
2010
as Tamae Aoki

Toge no Gunzo
1982

Nukata no Ōkimi
1980

Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku
2020
as Shimasu Yako

Amakarashan
1997
as 神沢(榊)ふみ

Ohisama
2011
as Tokuko Maruyama

A Little Princess
2009
as Mimura Chieko

Romansu
1984
as 小島はる

Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun
1983

Sketchbook of Early Spring
1983
Saigo no Kazoku
2001

雪の華-建礼門院徳子の生涯
1982
Movies (27)

Bedtime Eyes
1987

Modori River
1983

Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
2004

Casshern
2004
as Midori Azuma

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
1989
as Boss Han Bosatsu

The Oil-Hell Murder
1992
as Okichi

Edo Porn
1981
as Onao

Tora-san, the Go-Between
1985
as Wakana Egami

The Night of Martial Law
1980

Achilles and the Tortoise
2008
as Sachiko

Letter from the Mountain
2002
as Michiko Ueda

Ashura
2005
as Bizan

Ronin-gai
1990
as Oshin

Deaths in Tokimeki
1984
as Hiromi Kozue

Heat Wave
1991
as Rin Jyoshima

Memories of Tomorrow
2006
as Emiko Saeki

Manji
1983
as Mitsuko Shido

The Pearls of the Stone Man
2015
as Ryoko Kobayashi

Time Never Stops
2014
as Asako Saigo

Shara
2003
as Shouko

Karaoke Terror
2003
as Midori Suzuki

Shimanto River
1991

Hana
2003

Door To Door
2009
as Kurasawa Mitsue

The Invitation from Cinema Orion
2007
as Yoshie Miyoshi

Love is Always Almond Pink
1988

The Wangan Highway
1984
as Fumiko Sugimoto
About Kanako Higuchi
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… With 42 credits spanning from 1980 to 2020, Kanako Higuchi has appeared in 27 films and 15 TV shows.
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Most Popular Kanako Higuchi Movies
- Bedtime Eyes (1987)
- Modori River (1983)
- Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004)
- Casshern (2004) — as Midori Azuma
- Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally (1989) — as Boss Han Bosatsu
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