Actor
Hiroko Seki
Born July 30, 1929 in Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Died May 11, 200813 films
Hiroko Seki ( 関 弘 子), whose real name is Kanze Hiroko ( 観 世 弘 子) , born in Tokyo on July 30, 1929 and died on May 11, 2008, is a Japanese actress .
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Trained at the Gekidan Haiyūza theater in Tokyo, she co-founded the Gekidan Seinenza troupe in 1954. She married Hideo Kanze in 1969, a master of noh, a form of classical Japanese theater. She has performed for both television and theater, notably Noh plays and text readings. She participated in the dubbing of two animated films by Hayao Miyazaki: Kiki's Delivery Service and Porco Rosso.
She died of pneumonia at 78 years old.
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First watchKiki's Delivery Service19897.8as Bertha (voice)A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
13 films as actor- 1992Porco RossoBâ-chan (voice)
- 1990Tales of a Golden GeishaShinkame Chiyo Restaurant Manager
- 1989Kiki's Delivery ServiceBertha (voice)
- 1984The FuneralTeacher in Videotape
- 1984Mermaid LegendNobu
- 1956Season of the Sun
- 1956Cell No. 8
- 1955A Hole of My Own Making
- 1955Tales of Ginza"Bar Encore" Chaa
- 1955Till We Meet AgainDressmaking Shop Clerk Teruko
- 1953First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate HusbandTamago (Maid)
- 1953Koibito-tachi no iru machi
- 1951Dispersed CloudsYoshiko Miki