Kiwako Taichi Explained

Kiwako Taichi
Alias:	Taeko Shimura
Birth Date:	1943 12, df=yes
Birth Place:	Tokyo, Japan
Death Place:	Shizuoka, Japan
Occupation:	Actress
Yearsactive:	1967–1985

was a Japanese film actress. She appeared in 20 films between 1967 and 1985.

Biography

Kiwako Taichi was born in Tokyo on 2 December 1943. She graduated Shoin Junior and Senior High School and, after training in the Haiyuza Theatre Company, she joined Bungakuza in 1967. Appearing in such plays as and , she was hailed as a potential successor to Haruko Sugimura. In 1970, she married actorTaisaku Akino but divorced.^[1]

She died in a car accident in Ito, Shizuoka on 13 October 1992 while working there with Bungakuza.^[2]

Partial filmography

Film

• Kawa jean blues (1961)
• Beranme Nakanori-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
• (1970)
• Konto Gojugo-go to 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

• Kunitori Monogatari (1973) - Nene
• Zatoichi Series: The Kannon Statue That was Bound (縛られ観音ゆきずり旅, 1974)

References

Works cited

• Encyclopedia: Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus . Taichi Kiwako . ja:太地喜和子 . japanese . 2015 . . 2020-10-05 . .

Notes and References

1. Web site: 太地 喜和子 秋野太作. kotobank. 19 March 2020.
2. Web site: DVD Talk.com. Tora-san 17: Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset (Region 3). Stuart. Galbraith IV.