Kanako Higuchi
Born: 1958-12-13
• Kamo, Niigata Prefecture, 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.
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.
Filmography
The Pearls of the Stone Man
Time Never Stops
Door To Door
Achilles and the Tortoise
The Invitation from Cinema Orion
Memories of Tomorrow
Ashura
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
Casshern
Karaoke Terror
Hana
Shara
Letter from the Mountain
The Oil-Hell Murder
Shimanto River
Heat Wave
Ronin-gai
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
Love is Always Almond Pink
Bedtime Eyes
Tora-san, the Go-Between
The Wangan Highway
Deaths in Tokimeki
Modori River
Manji
Edo Porn
The Night of Martial Law