Kanako Higuchi

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

42

Gender

Female

Birthday

1958-12-13 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Kamo, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Kanako Higuchi

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

  • Ohisama

    Ohisama

  • Masamune Shogun

    Masamune Shogun

  • The Private Detective Mike

    The Private Detective Mike

  • Atsuhime

    Atsuhime

  • A Little Princess

    A Little Princess

  • Amakarashan

    Amakarashan

  • The Wangan Highway

    The Wangan Highway

  • Detective Lovesick

    Detective Lovesick

  • Toge no Gunzo

    Toge no Gunzo

  • Edo Porn

    Edo Porn

  • Romansu

    Romansu

  • Time Never Stops

    Time Never Stops

  • Casshern

    Casshern

  • Modori River

    Modori River

  • Nukata no Ōkimi

    Nukata no Ōkimi

  • Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku

    Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku

  • Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

    Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

  • Crying Out Love in the Center of the World

    Crying Out Love in the Center of the World

  • Achilles and the Tortoise

    Achilles and the Tortoise

  • The Oil-Hell Murder

    The Oil-Hell Murder

  • Manji

    Manji

  • Sketchbook of Early Spring

    Sketchbook of Early Spring

  • Ronin-gai

    Ronin-gai

  • Ashura

    Ashura

  • Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun

    Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun

  • Heat Wave

    Heat Wave

  • Memories of Tomorrow

    Memories of Tomorrow

  • Bedtime Eyes

    Bedtime Eyes

  • Karaoke Terror

    Karaoke Terror

  • Deaths in Tokimeki

    Deaths in Tokimeki

  • Letter from the Mountain

    Letter from the Mountain

  • Tora-san, the Go-Between

    Tora-san, the Go-Between

  • Saigo no Kazoku

    Saigo no Kazoku

  • Shara

    Shara

  • The Night of Martial Law

    The Night of Martial Law

  • Shimanto River

    Shimanto River

  • Door To Door

    Door To Door

  • The Invitation from Cinema Orion

    The Invitation from Cinema Orion

  • The Pearls of the Stone Man

    The Pearls of the Stone Man

  • 雪の華－建礼門院徳子の生涯

    雪の華－建礼門院徳子の生涯

  • Love is Always Almond Pink

    Love is Always Almond Pink

  • Hana

    Hana