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

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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 Chunori-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'' (1970) - Kanae * '' Live Today, Die Tomorrow!'' (1970) - Friend * '' If You Were Young: Rage'' (1970) * ''Konto Gojugo-vai para 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'' (1974) - Ohide * ''Kigeki-otoko no ude dameshi'' (1974) * ''Kigeki: onna no naki-dokoro'' (1975) * ''

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'' (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 * ''

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'' (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)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Taichi, Kiwako 1943 births 1992 deaths Japanese film actresses Road incident deaths in Japan People from Tokyo 20th-century Japanese actresses