This week I will feature legendary Japanese actress Kyōko Kagawa.
Kyōko Kagawa (香川 京子 Kagawa Kyōko ) has always been one of my favorite Japanese actresses! She is famous for her roles in films such as “Tokyo Story” and “The Crucified Lovers” as well as the landmark Japanese monster movie “Mothra”. Kyoko-san originally wanted to become a ballerina. She was discovered by a film studio after winning a beauty contest and began a career in acting. And she was a beauty (well, still is in her 90s!)
She also appeared in several Akira Kurosawa films, in which she often played the love interest or wife of the Toshiro Mifune characters. Kurosawa used her in “The Bad Sleep Well”, “High and Low” and “Red Beard”. Kagawa married and followed her husband to live in New York City in the 1960s, where she acted in television. She later returned to the cinema, in Kurosawa’s film “Madadayo”. In total, she has appeared in 118 films, the last one in 2009. The National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo honored her long career and her contribution to Japanese cinema with an exhibition titled ‘Kyoko Kagawa, Film Actress’ In 2011. (Source: Wikipedia, and my hazy memory)
For more (non-kimono) photos of Kyōko Kagawa, please see my Pinterest board for her linked here.
Denny’s Crazy idea: I loved Kyoko Kagawa in “Mothra”, although she was never part of the same scene with the giant flying moth. Nonetheless, do you think that a “Mothra Pattern” would be good design for a kimono?
Discuss, discuss.
Comments on: "KIMONOS ON MONDAY (Week #19): Kyōko Kagawa" (1)
Creating a giant monster kimono sounds like a good idea. Sadly I learned mothamatics at school instead of tailoring.
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