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is a Japanese actress famous for her roles in films like ''Tokyo Story'' and ''High and Low''. She has appeared in 118 films.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=17 June 2009 )〕 Her most recent film was ''Ballad'' in 2009. ==Biography== Kagawa was born in Tokyo〔 in 1931. She originally wanted to become a ballerina. She was discovered by a film studio after winning a beauty contest and began a career in acting. Her first major film role was in a movie ''Mado Kara Tobidase'' (Jump Out of the Window). She became a household name for her role in ''Tokyo Story'' in 1953. She also appeared in the famous film ''Sansho the Bailiff''. Akira Kurosawa made her one of his regular performers. She played the love interest of Toshiro Mifune, Kurosawa's favorite leading man, several times. Kurosawa used her in ''The Bad Sleep Well'', ''High and Low'' and ''Red Beard''. In 1965, Kagawa married and followed her husband to New York City. From this point, she began to act more in television than on the big screen. She later returned to the cinema, with films like ''Madadayo'' and ''Ballad''. In late 2011, the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, honored her long career and her contribution to Japanese cinema with an exhibition titled 'Kyoko Kagawa, Film Actress.' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kyōko Kagawa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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