Known for Acting
Birthday
December 13, 1958
Place of Birth
Kamo, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
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.

Ohisama

The Private Detective Mike

Atsuhime

A Little Princess

Masamune Shogun

Detective Lovesick

Toge no Gunzo

Amakarashan

Romansu

Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku

Nukata no Ōkimi
Saigo no Kazoku

Sketchbook of Early Spring

Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun

雪の華-建礼門院徳子の生涯