Kanako Higuchi
Acting
Born: 1958-12-13 in Kamo, Niigata, Japan
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
Amakarashan
神沢（榊）ふみ
Atsuhime
Masamune Shogun
Kanako Higuchi
Ohisama
Tokuko Maruyama
Edo Porn
Onao
Toge no Gunzo
Casshern
Midori Azuma
Modori River
Kotoe
Detective Lovesick
Tamae Aoki
The Private Detective Mike
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku
Shimasu Yako
Ronin-gai
Oshin
Bedtime Eyes
A Little Princess
Mimura Chieko
The Night of Martial Law
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
Boss Han Bosatsu
Romansu
小島はる
Manji
Mitsuko Shido
The Oil-Hell Murder
Okichi
Achilles and the Tortoise
Sachiko
Nukata no Ōkimi
Heat Wave
Rin Jyoshima
Hana
Ashura
Bizan
Sketchbook of Early Spring
Saigo no Kazoku
Letter from the Mountain
Michiko Ueda
The Wangan Highway
Fumiko Sugimoto
Shara
Shouko
Memories of Tomorrow
Emiko Saeki
The Invitation from Cinema Orion
Yoshie Miyoshi
Tora-san, the Go-Between
Wakana Egami
Karaoke Terror
Midori Suzuki
The Pearls of the Stone Man
Ryoko Kobayashi
Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun
Shimanto River
雪の華－建礼門院徳子の生涯
Deaths in Tokimeki
Hiromi Kozue
Door To Door
Kurasawa Mitsue