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

  • Ohisama

    Ohisama

  • Atsuhime

    Atsuhime

  • Modori River

    Modori River

  • Romansu

    Romansu

  • Bedtime Eyes

    Bedtime Eyes

  • Edo Porn

    Edo Porn

  • Toge no Gunzo

    Toge no Gunzo

  • The Night of Martial Law

    The Night of Martial Law

  • Manji

    Manji

  • The Private Detective Mike

    The Private Detective Mike

  • Shara

    Shara

  • Memories of Tomorrow

    Memories of Tomorrow

  • Masamune Shogun

    Masamune Shogun

  • Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

    Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

  • The Oil-Hell Murder

    The Oil-Hell Murder

  • Amakarashan

    Amakarashan

  • Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku

    Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku

  • Achilles and the Tortoise

    Achilles and the Tortoise

  • Door To Door

    Door To Door

  • Letter from the Mountain

    Letter from the Mountain

  • Ronin-gai

    Ronin-gai

  • Heat Wave

    Heat Wave

  • Ashura

    Ashura

  • The Pearls of the Stone Man

    The Pearls of the Stone Man

  • Shimanto River

    Shimanto River

  • Hana

    Hana

  • A Little Princess

    A Little Princess

  • Deaths in Tokimeki

    Deaths in Tokimeki

  • The Wangan Highway

    The Wangan Highway

  • Tora-san, the Go-Between

    Tora-san, the Go-Between

  • Detective Lovesick

    Detective Lovesick

  • Karaoke Terror

    Karaoke Terror

  • The Invitation from Cinema Orion

    The Invitation from Cinema Orion

  • Love is Always Almond Pink

    Love is Always Almond Pink

  • Time Never Stops

    Time Never Stops

  • Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun

    Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun

  • Casshern

    Casshern

  • Nukata no Ōkimi

    Nukata no Ōkimi

  • Crying Out Love in the Center of the World

    Crying Out Love in the Center of the World

  • Saigo no Kazoku

    Saigo no Kazoku

  • Sketchbook of Early Spring

    Sketchbook of Early Spring

  • 雪の華－建礼門院徳子の生涯

    雪の華－建礼門院徳子の生涯