Kayoko Shiraishi

Kayoko Shiraishi
Born (1941-12-09) December 9, 1941 (age 83)
Minato, Tokyo, Japan
OccupationStage actress

Kayoko Shiraishi (白石 加代子, Shiraishi Kayoko) is a Japanese stage actress. Shiraishi became involved in the Angura ("underground") theater movement in Japan in the early 1960s, as the star performer in a theater troupe called the Waseda Little Theatre, led by director Tadashi Suzuki.[1] In Shiraishi, Suzuki found an actress whose physical talents could capture his theories about Japanese stage performance.[1] Her first film role was as Oba in Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1973). She is the narrator in the 1992 film of Stravinsky's opera-oratorio Oedipus Rex directed by Julie Taymor.

Filmography

Films

Date Title Role Notes Ref.
1973 Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 Oba
1977 Akuma no Temariuta
1983 The Makioka Sisters
1992 Oedipus Rex narrator
2004 Umizaru
2005 Yamato
2008 Fine, Totally Fine [2]
2020 Labyrinth of Cinema
2022 Thousand and One Nights [3]
2023 Kumo to Saru no Kazoku [4]
Rohan at the Louvre [5]

Television

Date Title Role Notes Ref.
2004 Dark Tales of Japan TV movie
2017 Hiyokko Tomi Tachibana Asadora
2019 Idaten Wakako Mishima Taiga drama
2023 The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House Kiyo's grandmother [6]

Honours

References

  1. ^ a b Kapur, Nick (2018). Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 209. ISBN 9780674988484.
  2. ^ "全然大丈夫". eiga.com. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  3. ^ "千夜、一夜". eiga.com. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  4. ^ "クモとサルの家族". eiga.com. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
  5. ^ "岸辺露伴 ルーヴルへ行く". eiga.com. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  6. ^ "ドラマ「舞妓さんちのまかないさん」ティザー予告解禁、追加キャストに井浦新ら". Natalie. Retrieved November 7, 2022.