Kyōko Kagawa
Kyōko Kagawa ( Japanese 香 川 京 子 , Kagawa Kyōko , actually Kyōko Makino ( 牧野 香 子 ); * December 5, 1931 in Ibaraki Prefecture ) is a Japanese actress who has appeared in more than 100 films and television series since 1950.
Life
Kyōko Kagawa was born in Ibaraki Prefecture in 1931 , but grew up in Tokyo. She originally wanted to be a ballerina before applying to a casting as an actress looking for a job, although she actually didn't want to do this job. In 1949 Kagawa played her first role in Kikoku ( 帰 国 ) and had her first major role in 1950 in Mado kara Tobidase .
Kagawa gained greater fame in 1953 for her role in Yasujirō Ozu's masterpiece The Journey to Tokyo , in which she played the caring youngest daughter of an old couple. From then on she was regularly seen in major Japanese film productions, including three films directed by Akira Kurosawa : Night Asylum (1957), Between Heaven and Hell (1963) and Red Beard (1965). In addition to her film career, Kagawa also appeared as a guest star in several television series.
Kagawa married in 1965 and moved to New York with her husband . She continued to work as an actress in Japanese productions, but appeared more in television series than in feature films. She returned to the big screen in the early 1990s with roles in films like Shikibu monogatari and Madadayo .
Kyōko Kagawa is still active today. She has received several awards for her achievements. The National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo honored Kagawa with an exhibition about her career in 2011 entitled Kyoko Kagawa, Film Actress . In the same year, she became the first Asian actress to receive the Fédération Internationale des Archives du Film prize at the Tokyo International Film Festival for her collaboration with some of Japan's greatest film directors.
Awards
- 1991: Kinema Junpo Award for best supporting actress in Shikibu monogatari .
- 1994: Japanese Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in Madadayo .
- 1994: Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress in Madadayo .
- 1994: Tanaka Kinuyo Award
- 1998: Japan Medal of Honor on purple ribbon
- 2004: Order of the Rising Sun
- 2011: Prize of the Fédération Internationale des Archives du Film
Filmography (selection)
- 1950: Mado kara Tobidase
- 1952: Arashi no Naka no Haha
- 1952: Okaasan
- 1953: The trip to Tokyo (Tōkyō monogatari)
- 1953: Koibumi
- 1954: Sansho Dayu - A Life Without Freedom (Sanshō Dayū)
- 1954: The Legend of the Master of Scroll Pictures (Chikamatsu Monogatari)
- 1954: Onna no Koyomi
- 1955: Seido no Kirisuto
- 1956: Shūu
- 1957: Osaka Monogatari
- 1957: night asylum (Donzoko)
- 1960: The rejected sleep well (Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru)
- 1961: Osaka-jō Monogatari
- 1963: Between Heaven and Hell (Tengoku to Jigoku)
- 1965: Rotbart (Akahige)
- 1979: Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Haru no Yume
- 1993: Madadayo (Mādadayo)
- 1998: After Life (Wandafuru Raifu)
- 2013: Intâmisshon
- 2014: Sairento pua (miniseries, 9 episodes)
- 2015: Tokyo no hi
- 2015: Summer leaf drop
- 2016: Somewhere in Kamakura (short film)
- 2017: Tenshi no Iru Toshokan
- 2019: Swindle Detective (Miniseries)
Web links
- Kyōko Kagawa in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Report about Kagawa at the Tokyo Film Festival 2011 (English)
- Interview on The Japan Times (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fabien Mauro: JAPONISMES 2018: RENCONTRE AVEC KYÔKO KAGAWA. In: Furyosa. December 18, 2018, accessed January 11, 2020 .
- ↑ 香 川 京 子 . In: デ ジ タ ル 版 日本人 名 大 辞典 + Plus at kotobank.jp. Retrieved May 28, 2017 (Japanese).
- ↑ Karin Badt: Famed Japanese Actress Kyoko Kagawa Celebrated at the Tokyo International Film Festival. In: Huffpost . October 25, 2011, accessed March 8, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kagawa, Kyōko |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 香 川 京 子 (Japanese, stage name); 牧野 香 子 (Japanese, real name); Makino Kyōko (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ibaraki Prefecture , Japan |