Kanako Higuchi

Kanako Higuchi

Born 1958-12-13 (age 67) Kamo, Niigata Prefecture, 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
Bedtime Eyes
Edo Porn
Edo Porn

1981

as Onao

Manji
Manji

1983

as Mitsuko Shido

Casshern
Casshern

2004

as Midori Azuma

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

1989

as Boss Han Bosatsu

The Oil-Hell Murder
The Oil-Hell Murder

1992

as Okichi

Achilles and the Tortoise
Heat Wave
Heat Wave

1991

as Rin Jyoshima

Karaoke Terror
Karaoke Terror

2003

as Midori Suzuki

Time Never Stops
Time Never Stops

2014

as Asako Saigo

Ashura
Ashura

2005

as Bizan

Ronin-gai
Ronin-gai

1990

as Oshin

Memories of Tomorrow
Memories of Tomorrow

2006

as Emiko Saeki

Shara
Shara

2003

as Shouko

Letter from the Mountain
Letter from the Mountain

2002

as Michiko Ueda

Shimanto River
Deaths in Tokimeki
Deaths in Tokimeki

1984

as Hiromi Kozue