Kanako Higuchi

Kanako Higuchi

Born 1958-12-13 (age 67) Kamo, Niigata, Japan
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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.

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Known For

Modori River
Modori River

1983

as Kotoe

Bedtime Eyes
Edo Porn
Edo Porn

1981

as Onao

Casshern
Casshern

2004

as Midori Azuma

Manji
Manji

1983

as Mitsuko Shido

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

1989

as Boss Han Bosatsu

Heat Wave
Heat Wave

1991

as Rin Jyoshima

Achilles and the Tortoise
Ronin-gai
Ronin-gai

1990

as Oshin

Karaoke Terror
Karaoke Terror

2003

as Midori Suzuki

Letter from the Mountain
Letter from the Mountain

2002

as Michiko Ueda

The Oil-Hell Murder
The Oil-Hell Murder

1992

as Okichi

Memories of Tomorrow
Memories of Tomorrow

2006

as Emiko Saeki

Door To Door
Door To Door

2009

as Kurasawa Mitsue

The Pearls of the Stone Man
The Pearls of the Stone Man

2015

as Ryoko Kobayashi

Shimanto River
Time Never Stops
Time Never Stops

2014

as Asako Saigo

Ashura
Ashura

2005

as Bizan