was a Japanese actress and writer.
Biography Kishida was born in the Tokyo Prefecture as the second daughter of playwright Kunio Kishida. Her older sister was the children's author and poet Eriko Kishida and she was cousins with actor Shin Kishida. She joined the Bungakuza theatre company in 1950, making her breakthrough in Yukio Mishima's stage production of Oscar Wilde's Salome. In 1963, she left the Bungakuza and joined the Kumo Theatre Company.
Kishida gave her film debut with a small role in Tadashi Imai's An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953). Her first leading film roles were in Hiroshi Teshigahara's Woman in the Dunes and Yasuzō Masumura's Manji (both 1964). Other film credits include Kon Ichikawa's Her Brother (1960), Yasujirō Ozu's An Autumn Afternoon (1962), Kaneto Shindō's Akuto (1965), Teshigahara's The Face of Another (1966) and Rikyu (1989), and Isao Yukisada's Spring Snow (2005), based on the Mishima novel of the same name.
She also appeared on television in various Taiga dramas such as Akō Rōshi (1979) and Takeda Shingen (1988), and performed voiceovers for anime series like Moomin (1969–70), Vampire Princess Miyu (1988) and Princess Tutu (2002–03).
Kishida was married to the actor Noboru Nakaya from 1954 to 1978. She died on 17 December 2006 in Tokyo from respiratory failure caused by a brain tumor.
Selected filmography Films 1950s
An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953) Futeki na Otoko (1958), Sakie Akujo no Kisetsu (1958), Yoshimi Hayakawa Gurama-to no Yuwaku (1959), Sumiko Tsuboi Anyakōro (1959), prostitute
1960s
The Twilight Story (1960), Teruko Nami no Tō (1960) Her Brother (1960), Mrs. Tanuma Minagoroshi no Uta yori Kenju-yo Saraba! (1960), Sally The Human Condition (1961), Ryuko Are ga Minato no Hi da (1961) Ten Dark Women (1961), Sayoko Goto Tokyo Yawa (1961), Ranko Ai to Honoho to (1961), geisha Onna wa Yogiri ni Nureteiru (1962), Yoshiko Hoshino The Outcast (1962), Inoko's wife Namida o Shishi no Tategami ni (1962), Reiko Matsudaira An Autumn Afternoon (1962), 'Kaoru' no Madame Watashi wa Nisai (1962), Chiyo's Friend Shinobi no Mono (1962), Inone Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963), Lady Hagi Otoko Girai (1964), Utako Takamura Woman in the Dunes (1964), the woman Le mari était là (Otto ga Mita 'Onna no Kobako' yori) (1964), Yoko Saijyo Konnichiwa Akachan (1964), Ms Okiyama Kigeki Yōki-na Mibōjin (1964) Aku no Monsho (1964), Mitsue Takazawa Manji (1964), Sonoko Kakiuchi Kwaidan (1964), a noblewoman (uncredited) Nikutai no Gakko (1965), Taeko Asano Akuto (1965), Kanze Danryu (1966), Mikie Shima The Face of Another (1966), Infirmière Ō-oku Maruhi Monogatari (1967) Fushin no Toki (1968), Chizuko Mochizuki Senya Ichiya Monogatari (1969) (voice) Jotai (1969), Akie
1970s
Men and War, Part I (1970) Moomin (1971), Moomin (voice) En to iu Onna (1971) Men and War, Part II (1971) Tabi no Omosa (1972), Mama, the girl's mother Nosutoradamusu no Daiyogen (1974), Narrator Are wa Dare? (1976), voice Inugami-ke no Ichizoku (1976), Koto Teacher Utamaro: Yume to Shiriseba (1977), Ochika Nippon no Don: Yabohen (1977), Naoko Anekoji Sugata Sanshiro (1977), Omon Risu no Panashi (1978), voice Inubue (1978), narrator Jigoku (1979), Shima Ikegata
1980s
Terra e... (1980), grandmother (voice) Rennyo to sono Haha (1981) (voice) Konoko no Nanatsu no Oiwai ni (1982), Mayumi Detective Story (1983), Kimie Hasenuma Seito Shokun! (1984), Michiko Hokujo Haru no Kane (1985), Fusako Ishimoto Rokumeikan (1986), Marchioness Takako The Sea and Poison (1986), Oba, Head Nurse Eiga Joyu (1987), Kuginukiya Seishun Kakeochi-hen (1987) Let's Gōtoku-ji! (1987), Miyabi Gōtokuji Hissatsu 4: Urami Harashimasu (1987), Benten - head of the assassins Yoshiwara Enjo (1987), Narrator Princess from the Moon (1987), Kougo Tsuru (1988), Kichibi Rikyu (1989), His wife end
1990s
Ibara-hime matawa Nemuri hime (1990), voice Ten to Chi to (1991), Maid-In-Waiting Tenkawa Densetsu Satsujin Jiken (1991), Natsu Minakami Zodiac Killer (Ji dao zhui zong) (1991), Geisha Miyako Fusa (1993), Mura Gakkō no Kaidan 2 (1996), School Master Yatsuhaka-mura (1996), Kotake and Koume Tajimi Aisuru (1997), Taeko Kano
2000s
Shinsengumi (2000), Komano (voice) Dora-heita (2000) Ningen no Kuzu (2001) Kuroe (2001), Cleaning Lady Sukedachi-ya Sukeroku (2001), Otome Sennen no koi - Hikaru Genji monogatari (2001), Gen no Naishi no Suke Winter Days (2003), Yasui (voice) The Book of the Dead (2005), narrator Haru no Yuki (2005), Kiyoaki's grandmother Onaji Tsuki o Miteiru (2005) Wool 100% (2006), Ume
Television drama
Haru no Sakamichi (1971), Yodo-dono Akō Rōshi (1979), Riku A un (1980), Kimiko Kadokura Shin Jiken: Waga Uta wa Hana Ichimonme (1981), Shizuko Kosaka Rirakkusu: Matsubara Katsumi no Nichijō Seikatsu (1982), Mrs. Udagawa Mazakon-keiji no Kikenbo (1983) Takeda Shingen (1988), Jukei-ni Ōinaru Genei (1989), Katsuko Tojyo/Haru Yamafuji Yonimo Kimyō na Monogatari (1990) Karin (1993) Hacchōbori Torimono-banashi (1993) Gokenin Zankurō (1995), Zankurō's mother Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1998), Matsushima Yakusoku (1999), Mom Jiko (2001), mother Teradake no Hanayome (2001) Purinsesu Chuchu (2002), narration Akachan o Sagase (2003) Dōbutsu no Oisha-san (2003), Taka Nishine Boku no Mahōtsukai (2003) Yuga na Akuji 2: Kyōto Kadō Iemoto Renzoku Satsujin (2003) TV Onna no Naka no Futatsu no Kao (2004), Mrs. Takigawa Lone Wolf and Cub (2004), narrator Natsumeke no Shokutaku (2005), Kiyo
Television animation Moomin (1969), Moomin Moomin (1972), Moomin
Awards and honours 1962: Mainichi Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for An Autumn Afternoon, The Outcast and Shinobi no mono 1962: Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress for An Autumn Afternoon and The Outcast 1994: Medal with Purple Ribbon 1996: Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress for Gakkō no kaidan 2 and Yatsuhaka-mura 1999: Kinokuniya Theater Award
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