Kanako Higuchi

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

42

Gender

Female

Birthday

1958-12-13 (66 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

  • Romansu

    Romansu

  • Bedtime Eyes

    Bedtime Eyes

  • Atsuhime

    Atsuhime

  • Manji

    Manji

  • Edo Porn

    Edo Porn

  • Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

    Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

  • Modori River

    Modori River

  • Masamune Shogun

    Masamune Shogun

  • Casshern

    Casshern

  • Ohisama

    Ohisama

  • The Oil-Hell Murder

    The Oil-Hell Murder

  • Ronin-gai

    Ronin-gai

  • Crying Out Love in the Center of the World

    Crying Out Love in the Center of the World

  • Detective Lovesick

    Detective Lovesick

  • The Night of Martial Law

    The Night of Martial Law

  • Achilles and the Tortoise

    Achilles and the Tortoise

  • Door To Door

    Door To Door

  • The Private Detective Mike

    The Private Detective Mike

  • Memories of Tomorrow

    Memories of Tomorrow

  • The Pearls of the Stone Man

    The Pearls of the Stone Man

  • Letter from the Mountain

    Letter from the Mountain

  • Heat Wave

    Heat Wave

  • Deaths in Tokimeki

    Deaths in Tokimeki

  • Shimanto River

    Shimanto River

  • Ashura

    Ashura

  • Hana

    Hana

  • Karaoke Terror

    Karaoke Terror

  • The Wangan Highway

    The Wangan Highway

  • Shara

    Shara

  • The Invitation from Cinema Orion

    The Invitation from Cinema Orion

  • Toge no Gunzo

    Toge no Gunzo

  • Tora-san, the Go-Between

    Tora-san, the Go-Between

  • A Little Princess

    A Little Princess

  • Amakarashan

    Amakarashan

  • Love is Always Almond Pink

    Love is Always Almond Pink

  • Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku

    Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku

  • Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun

    Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun

  • Sketchbook of Early Spring

    Sketchbook of Early Spring

  • Nukata no Ōkimi

    Nukata no Ōkimi

  • Saigo no Kazoku

    Saigo no Kazoku

  • Time Never Stops

    Time Never Stops

  • 雪の華－建礼門院徳子の生涯

    雪の華－建礼門院徳子の生涯