Kanako Higuchi
Actor
- Born
- December 13, 1958 (age 67) · 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.
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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
Casshern
April 24, 2004
Achilles and the Tortoise
September 20, 2008
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
May 8, 2004
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
February 4, 1989
Shara
July 12, 2003
Edo Porn
September 12, 1981
Ashura
April 16, 2005
Memories of Tomorrow
May 13, 2006
Ronin-gai
August 18, 1990
The Oil-Hell Murder
May 23, 1992
Manji
March 12, 1983
Heat Wave
February 9, 1991
Acting27
- 2015The Pearls of the Stone Man as Ryoko Kobayashi
- 2014Time Never Stops as Asako Saigo
- 2009Door To Door as Kurasawa Mitsue
- 2008Achilles and the Tortoise as Sachiko
- 2007The Invitation from Cinema Orion as Yoshie Miyoshi
- 2006Memories of Tomorrow as Emiko Saeki
- 2005Ashura as Bizan
- 2004Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
- 2004Casshern as Midori Azuma
- 2003Karaoke Terror