Acting
Kanako Higuchi
JA cinema · 27 credits
Born
13 December 1958 (age 67)
Birthplace
Kamo, Niigata, Japan
Also known as 糸井可南子
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
Filmography
The Pearls of the Stone Man
as Ryoko Kobayashi
Time Never Stops
as Asako Saigo
Door To Door
as Kurasawa Mitsue
Achilles and the Tortoise
as Sachiko
The Invitation from Cinema Orion
as Yoshie Miyoshi
Memories of Tomorrow
as Emiko Saeki
Ashura
as Bizan
Casshern
as Midori Azuma
Shara
as Shouko
Karaoke Terror
as Midori Suzuki
Letter from the Mountain
as Michiko Ueda
The Oil-Hell Murder
as Okichi
Heat Wave
as Rin Jyoshima
Ronin-gai
as Oshin
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
as Boss Han Bosatsu
Deaths in Tokimeki
as Hiromi Kozue
The Wangan Highway
as Fumiko Sugimoto
Manji
as Mitsuko Shido
Modori River
as Kotoe
Edo Porn
as Onao
