Acting · Kamo, Niigata, Japan · Born December 13, 1958
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.
TVKotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku
2020
as Shimasu Yako
MovieThe Pearls of the Stone Man
2015
as Ryoko Kobayashi
MovieTime Never Stops
2014
as Asako Saigo
TVOhisama
2011
as Tokuko Maruyama
TVDetective Lovesick
2010
as Tamae Aoki
TVA Little Princess
2009
as Mimura Chieko
MovieDoor To Door
2009
as Kurasawa Mitsue
MovieAchilles and the Tortoise
2008
as Sachiko
TVAtsuhime
2008
MovieThe Invitation from Cinema Orion
2007
as Yoshie Miyoshi
MovieMemories of Tomorrow
2006
as Emiko Saeki
MovieAshura
2005
as Bizan
MovieCrying Out Love in the Center of the World
2004
MovieCasshern
2004
as Midori Azuma
MovieKaraoke Terror
2003
as Midori Suzuki
MovieHana
2003
MovieShara
2003
as Shouko
MovieLetter from the Mountain
2002
as Michiko Ueda
TVThe Private Detective Mike
2002
Saigo no Kazoku
2001
TVAmakarashan
1997
as 神沢（榊）ふみ
MovieThe Oil-Hell Murder
1992
as Okichi
MovieShimanto River
1991
MovieHeat Wave
1991
as Rin Jyoshima
MovieRonin-gai
1990
as Oshin
MovieZatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
1989
as Boss Han Bosatsu
MovieLove is Always Almond Pink
1988
MovieBedtime Eyes
1987
TVMasamune Shogun
1987
as Kanako Higuchi
MovieTora-san, the Go-Between
1985
as Wakana Egami
MovieThe Wangan Highway
1984
as Fumiko Sugimoto
TVRomansu
1984
as 小島はる
MovieDeaths in Tokimeki
1984
as Hiromi Kozue
MovieModori River
1983
as Kotoe
MovieManji
1983
as Mitsuko Shido
TVSketchbook of Early Spring
1983
TVUmi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun
1983
TVToge no Gunzo
1982
TV雪の華－建礼門院徳子の生涯
1982
MovieEdo Porn
1981
as Onao
MovieThe Night of Martial Law
1980
TVNukata no Ōkimi
1980
