Kiwako Taichi (太地 喜和子, Taichi Kiwako, 2 December 1943 – 13 October 1992) was a Japanese film actress. She appeared in 20 films between 1967 and 1985.

Kiwako Taichi
Taichi in the film Kuroneko
Born(1943-12-02)2 December 1943
Tokyo, Japan
Died13 October 1992(1992-10-13) (aged 48)
Shizuoka, Japan
Other namesTaeko Shimura
OccupationActress
Years active1967–1985

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Kiwako Taichi was born in Tokyo on 2 December 1943.[1] She graduated Shoin Junior and Senior High School[1] and, after training in the Haiyuza Theatre Company,[1] she joined Bungakuza in 1967.[1] Appearing in such plays as Yabuhara Kengyō [ja] and Gan no Tera [ja], she was hailed as a potential successor to Haruko Sugimura.[1] In 1970, she married actorTaisaku Akino but divorced.[2]

She died in a car accident in Ito, Shizuoka on 13 October 1992 while working there with Bungakuza.[1][3]

Partial filmography edit

Film edit

  • 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)
  • Cross the Rubicon! (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
  • Fire Festival (1985) - Kimiko
  • Chichi (1988)

Television edit

  • 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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Citations edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus 2015.
  2. ^ "太地 喜和子 秋野太作". kotobank. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  3. ^ Galbraith IV, Stuart. "Tora-san 17: Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset (Region 3)". DVD Talk.com.

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