Kanako Higuchi

Schauspielerin

1958-12-13 · 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.

• Casshern (2004) — Midori Azuma
• Achilles und die Schildkröte (2008) — Sachiko
• 世界の中心で、愛をさけぶ (2004)
• Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1989) — Boss Han Bosatsu
• Shara - Licht und Schatten (2003) — Shouko
• 北斎漫画 (1981) — Onao
• Ashura (2005) — Bizan
• 明日の記憶 (2006) — Emiko Saeki
• 浪人街 (1990) — Oshin
• まんじ (1983) — Mitsuko Shido
• 女殺油地獄 (1992) — Okichi
• 陽炎 (1991) — Rin Jyoshima
• Karaoke Terror (2003) — Midori Suzuki
• 阿弥陀堂だより (2002) — Michiko Ueda
• 愛を積むひと (2015) — Ryoko Kobayashi
• ベッドタイムアイズ (1987)
• ときめきに死す (1984) — Hiromi Kozue
• 男はつらいよ 寅次郎恋愛塾 (1985) — Wakana Egami
• 四万十川 (1991)
• DOOR TO DOOR ~僕は脳性まひのトップセールスマン~ (2009) — Kurasawa Mitsue
• もどり川 (1983) — Kotoe
• オリヲン座からの招待状 (2007) — Yoshie Miyoshi
• 湾岸道路 (1984) — Fumiko Sugimoto
• 時は立ちどまらない (2014) — Asako Saigo