Kayoko Kishimoto

Actor

Kayoko Kishimoto

Born December 29, 1960 in Shizuoka, Japan42 films

Japanese actress. Best known for her collaboration with director Takeshi Kitano. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 23rd Japan Academy Prize for Takeshi Kitano film Kikujiro.

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Fireworks posterFirst watchFireworks19977.7as Nishi's WifeA leading role in one of the best-rated films of their career.Beleaguered police detective Nishi takes desperate measures to try and set things right in a world gone wrong. With those close to him suffering their own tribulations, Nishi's methods…View film

Essential films

Ranked by role, acclaim and reach
Kikujiro poster7.5Kikujiro1999Takeshis' poster6.2Takeshis'2005Glory to the Filmmaker! poster6.3Glory to the Filmmaker!2007Dolls poster7.5Dolls2002

Filmography

42 films as actor
  1. 2026FujikoChiyo Suga
  2. 2019The Mother Returns? AI's WillNoda Yuri
  3. 2018Lying to MomKimiko Suzuki
  4. 2017Izakaya Moheji 6
  5. 2017When Will You Return?Mami
  6. 2016Teacher GappaNoriko Muramoto
  7. 2016Doctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko Special
  8. 2016Izakaya Moheji 5
  9. 2015Aka Medaka
  10. 2015Izakaya Moheji 4Kawada Mayumi [regular customer]
  11. 2015Teacher and Stray CatYoko Inoue
  12. 2014Izakaya Moheji 3Kawada Mayumi [regular customer]
  13. 2014Time Never StopsMasayo Hamaguchi
  14. 2013OshinTsune
  15. 2013Farewell for TodayYasuko Fujioka
  16. 2013Izakaya Moheji 2Kawada Mayumi [regular customer]
  17. 2012One in a hundred thousandKeiko Yamauchi
  18. 2012Hanayome
  19. 2011Star Watching Dog
  20. 2008Maison Ikkoku KanketsuhenHanae Ichinose
  21. 2007Glory to the Filmmaker!Kumiko
  22. 2007Maison IkkokuHanae Ichinose
  23. 2006Princess in an Iron HelmetTamako's mother
  24. 2005Takeshis'Mahjong Parlor Woman / Audition Producer / Costumer
  25. 2003Karaoke TerrorMidori Hemme
  26. 2002DollsHaruna's Aunt
  27. 1999Le Secret杉田直子
  28. 1999SecretNaoko Sugita
  29. 1999KikujiroKikujiro's Wife
  30. 1997Shin Salaryman Senka
  31. 1997FireworksNishi's Wife
  32. 1996MOROCCO 2: The Return of the Yokohama Follies
  33. 1996MOROCCO: The Story of the Yokohama Follies
  34. 1996O-higara mo yoku, go-shusho sama
  35. 1995The Woman Who Kept HidingHiroko Nishimura
  36. 1993Sky Cannot Be This BlueSawako
  37. 1985When Winter Comes
  38. 1981Tora-san's Promise爱子
  39. 1981Island of the Evil SpiritsMaho / Kataho
  40. 1979Vampire Dracula Appears in Kobe – The Devil Makes Women BeautifulEriko
  41. 1979The Rivals
  42. 1979Ameyuki-san