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
Casshern
Midori Azuma
Achilles and the Tortoise
Sachiko
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
Boss Han Bosatsu
Shara
Shouko
Edo Porn
Onao
Ashura
Bizan
Memories of Tomorrow
Emiko Saeki
Ronin-gai
Oshin
The Oil-Hell Murder
Okichi
Manji
Mitsuko Shido
Heat Wave
Rin Jyoshima
Karaoke Terror
Midori Suzuki
Letter from the Mountain
Michiko Ueda
Detective Lovesick
Tamae Aoki
Atsuhime
The Pearls of the Stone Man
Ryoko Kobayashi
Masamune Shogun
Kanako Higuchi
Bedtime Eyes
The Private Detective Mike
Deaths in Tokimeki
Hiromi Kozue
Tora-san, the Go-Between
江上若菜
Shimanto River
Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku
Shimasu Yako
Door To Door
Kurasawa Mitsue
Modori River
Kotoe
A Little Princess
Mimura Chieko
The Invitation from Cinema Orion
Yoshie Miyoshi
The Wangan Highway
Fumiko Sugimoto
Ohisama
Tokuko Maruyama
Time Never Stops
Asako Saigo
Romansu
小島はる
Sketchbook of Early Spring
The Night of Martial Law
Hana
Love is Always Almond Pink
Toge no Gunzo
Saigo no Kazoku
Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun
Amakarashan
神沢（榊）ふみ