was a Japanese film actress. She appeared in 20 films between 1967 and 1985.
Biography
Kiwako Taichi was born in Tokyo on 2 December 1943. She graduated
Shoin Junior and Senior High School and, after training in the
Haiyuza Theatre Company, she joined
Bungakuza
is a Japanese theatre company. Along with the Mingei Theatre Company and the Haiyuza Theatre Company it is considered one of the "Big Three" among Shingeki theatre troupes.
History
The company was founded by Kunio Kishida, Mantarō Kubota ...
in 1967. Appearing in such plays as ' and ', she was hailed as a potential successor to
Haruko Sugimura. In 1970, she married actor
Taisaku Akino but divorced.
She died in a car accident in
Ito, Shizuoka on 13 October 1992 while working there with Bungakuza.
Partial filmography
Film
* ''Kawa jean blues'' (1961)
* ''Beranme Nakanori-san'' (1961)
* ''Akuma no temari-uta'' (1961) - Satoko Nire
* ''Minyo no tabi: Sakurajima Otemoyan'' (1962)
* ''Tekka wakashu'' (1962)
* ''Hibari no Hahakoi Guitar'' (1962)
* ''Hana o kuu mushi'' (1967) - Nami Aoki
* ''
Kuroneko'' (1968) - Shige (Daughter-in-Law)
* ''Dankon'' (1969) - Saori
* ''Hitorikko'' (1969)
* ''
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan'' (1970) - Namiji
* ''Shokkaku'' (1970) - Yae
* ''
Yakuza Zessyō
also known as Ode to the Yakuza is a 1970 Japanese film directed by Yasuzo Masumura. Katsu and Masumura worked together for the first in 5 years. It is based on Jūgo Kuroiwa's novel ''Nishi Naruyama Hotel Gake no Hana''. The movie depicts a ...
'' (1970) - Kanae
* ''
Live Today, Die Tomorrow!'' (1970) - Friend
* ''
If You Were Young: Rage'' (1970)
* ''Konto Gojugo-go to Miko no zettai zetsumei'' (1971) - Momoyo Tashiro
* ''Kaoyaku'' (1971) - Mayumi Takigawa
* ''Ningen Hyoteki'' (1971)
* ''Kokuhakuteki joyûron'' (1971) - Rie
* ''Zatoichi in Desperation'' (1972) - Nishikigi
* ''Akumyo: shima arashi'' (1974) - Oteru
* ''
The Last Samurai
''The Last Samurai'' is a 2003 American epic period action drama film directed and produced by Edward Zwick, who also co-wrote the screenplay with John Logan and Marshall Herskovitz from a story devised by Logan. The film stars Tom Cruise, ...
'' (1974) - Ohide
* ''Kigeki-otoko no ude dameshi'' (1974)
* ''Kigeki: onna no naki-dokoro'' (1975)
* ''
Cross the Rubicon!'' (1975) - Shizuko
* ''
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset'' (1976) - Botan
* ''Gokumon-to'' (1977) - Tomoe Kitô - Gihei's Wife
* ''Shinjuku baka monogatari'' (1977)
* ''Kôtei no inai hachigatsu'' (1978) - Ayako Nakagami
* ''
Fire Festival'' (1985) - Kimiko
* ''Chichi'' (1988)
Television
* ''
Kunitori Monogatari'' (1973) -
Nene
* ''Zatoichi Series: The Kannon Statue That was Bound'' (縛られ観音ゆきずり旅, 1974)
References
Citations
Works cited
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1943 births
1992 deaths
Japanese film actresses
Road incident deaths in Japan
Actresses from Tokyo
20th-century Japanese actresses