Kanako Higuchi
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. 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
- Acting
- Born
- 1958-12-13 · Kamo, Niigata, Japan
Known for
- Casshern (2004) — Midori Azuma
- Achilles and the Tortoise (2008) — Sachiko
- Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004)
- Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally (1989) — Boss Han Bosatsu
- Shara (2003) — Shouko
- Edo Porn (1981) — Onao
- Ashura (2005) — Bizan
- Memories of Tomorrow (2006) — Emiko Saeki
- Ronin-gai (1990) — Oshin
- The Oil-Hell Murder (1992) — Okichi
- Manji (1983) — Mitsuko Shido
- Heat Wave (1991) — Rin Jyoshima
- Karaoke Terror (2003) — Midori Suzuki
- Letter from the Mountain (2002) — Michiko Ueda
- Detective Lovesick (2010) — Tamae Aoki
- Atsuhime (2008)