Kanako Higuchi
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 13, 1958
- Birthplace
- 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. 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.
Filmography
The Pearls of the Stone Man 2015
as Ryoko Kobayashi
Time Never Stops 2014
as Asako Saigo
Door To Door 2009
as Kurasawa Mitsue
Achilles and the Tortoise 2008
as Sachiko
The Invitation from Cinema Orion 2007
as Yoshie Miyoshi
Memories of Tomorrow 2006
as Emiko Saeki
Ashura 2005
as Bizan
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World 2004
Actor
Casshern 2004
as Midori Azuma
Karaoke Terror 2003
as Midori Suzuki
Hana 2003
Actor
Shara 2003
as Shouko
Letter from the Mountain 2002
as Michiko Ueda
The Oil-Hell Murder 1992
as Okichi
Shimanto River 1991
Actor
Heat Wave 1991
as Rin Jyoshima
Ronin-gai 1990
as Oshin
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally 1989
as Boss Han Bosatsu
Love is Always Almond Pink 1988
Actor
Bedtime Eyes 1987
Actor
Tora-san, the Go-Between 1985
as 江上若菜
The Wangan Highway 1984
as Fumiko Sugimoto
Deaths in Tokimeki 1984
as Hiromi Kozue
Modori River 1983
as Kotoe
Manji 1983
as Mitsuko Shido
Edo Porn 1981
as Onao
The Night of Martial Law 1980
Actor
Credits from TMDB.