Kanako Higuchi
Known for ActingBorn 1958-12-13Kamo, Niigata, Japan
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.
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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
Bedtime Eyes
1987
Casshern
2004 · as Midori Azuma
Edo Porn
1981 · as Onao
The Night of Martial Law
1980
Modori River
1983
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
2004
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
1989 · as Boss Han Bosatsu
Letter from the Mountain
2002 · as Michiko Ueda
Achilles and the Tortoise
2008 · as Sachiko
The Oil-Hell Murder
1992 · as Okichi
Manji
1983 · as Mitsuko Shido
Karaoke Terror
2003 · as Midori Suzuki
Heat Wave
1991 · as Rin Jyoshima
Shimanto River
1991
Ashura
2005 · as Bizan
Ronin-gai
1990 · as Oshin
Deaths in Tokimeki
1984 · as Hiromi Kozue
The Invitation from Cinema Orion
2007 · as Yoshie Miyoshi