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Portrait of Kanako Higuchi

Acting

Kanako Higuchi

Career

Active from 1981 to 2015, busiest in 1983 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
17
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Letter from the Mountain
Letter from the Mountain
GoodWatch score77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kanako Higuchi Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.6, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.2, average 2.7
  • Pop Culture
    1.3, average 2.2
  • Cringe Humor
    1.5, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Cinema 6
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Melancholic Tone 3
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Character Study 3
  • Melancholy 3
  • Intrigue 2
  • Contemplative 2
  • Japanese Period Drama 2
  • Psychological 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

35
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku
Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku (2020)

TV show · as Shimasu Yako

2010s

3 titles · average score 73
The Pearls of the Stone Man
The Pearls of the Stone Man (2015)

as Ryoko Kobayashi

Time Never Stops
Time Never Stops (2014)

as Asako Saigo

Detective Lovesick
Detective Lovesick (2010)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Tamae Aoki

2000s

13 titles · average score 70
A Little Princess
A Little Princess (2009)

TV show · as Mimura Chieko

Door To Door
Door To Door (2009)

as Kurasawa Mitsue

Achilles and the Tortoise
Achilles and the Tortoise (2008)
GoodWatch score 75

as Sachiko

Atsuhime
Atsuhime (2008)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show

The Invitation from Cinema Orion
The Invitation from Cinema Orion (2007)

as Yoshie Miyoshi

Memories of Tomorrow
Memories of Tomorrow (2006)
GoodWatch score 76

as Emiko Saeki

Ashura
Ashura (2005)
GoodWatch score 56

as Bizan

Casshern
Casshern (2004)
GoodWatch score 66

as Midori Azuma

Karaoke Terror
Karaoke Terror (2003)
GoodWatch score 61

as Midori Suzuki

Shara
Shara (2003)
GoodWatch score 68

as Shouko

Letter from the Mountain
Letter from the Mountain (2002)
GoodWatch score 77

as Michiko Ueda

The Private Detective Mike
The Private Detective Mike (2002)

TV show

1990s

4 titles · average score 62
Amakarashan
Amakarashan (1997)

TV show · as 神沢（榊）ふみ

The Oil-Hell Murder
The Oil-Hell Murder (1992)
GoodWatch score 62

as Okichi

Heat Wave
Heat Wave (1991)
GoodWatch score 62

as Rin Jyoshima

Ronin-gai
Ronin-gai (1990)
GoodWatch score 64

as Oshin

1980s

14 titles · average score 67
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally (1989)
GoodWatch score 67

as Boss Han Bosatsu

Masamune Shogun
Masamune Shogun (1987)

TV show · as Kanako Higuchi

Tora-san, the Go-Between
Tora-san, the Go-Between (1985)

as 江上若菜

Deaths in Tokimeki
Deaths in Tokimeki (1984)

as Hiromi Kozue

The Wangan Highway
The Wangan Highway (1984)

as Fumiko Sugimoto

Romansu
Romansu (1984)

TV show · as 小島はる

Manji
Manji (1983)

as Mitsuko Shido

Modori River
Modori River (1983)

as Kotoe

Sketchbook of Early Spring
Sketchbook of Early Spring (1983)

TV show

Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun
Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun (1983)

TV show

Toge no Gunzo
Toge no Gunzo (1982)

TV show

Edo Porn
Edo Porn (1981)
GoodWatch score 67

as Onao