Kanako Higuchi
Biography
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
The Private Detective Mike
2002
Romansu
1984
Masamune Shogun
1987
Amakarashan
1997
Toge no Gunzo
1982
Ohisama
2011
Detective Lovesick
2010
Atsuhime
2008
Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku
2020
Nukata no Ōkimi
1980
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
2004
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
1989
Casshern
2004
Bedtime Eyes
1987
Sketchbook of Early Spring
1983