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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 30, 1929
Died
May 11, 2008
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As
- 関 弘 子
Hiroko Seki
0.5 Popularity
Biography
Hiroko Seki ( 関 弘 子), whose real name is Kanze Hiroko ( 観 世 弘 子) , born in Tokyo on July 30, 1929 and died on May 11, 2008, is a Japanese actress . Trained at the Gekidan Haiyūza theater in Tokyo, she co-founded the Gekidan Seinenza troupe in 1954. She married Hideo Kanze in 1969, a master of noh, a form of classical Japanese theater. She has performed for both television and theater, notably Noh plays and text readings. She participated in the dubbing of two animated films by Hayao Miyazaki: Kiki's Delivery Service and Porco Rosso. She died of pneumonia at 78 years old.
Known For
7.8
Bâ-chan (voice)
Porco Rosso
1992
6.3
Tales of a Golden Geisha
1990
7.8
Barsa (voice)
Kiki's Delivery Service
1989
7.2
Teacher in Videotape
The Funeral
1984
6.7
Nobu
Mermaid Legend
1984
6.0
Season of the Sun
1956
0.0
Cell No. 8
1956
6.0
A Hole of My Own Making
1955
6.8
"Bar Encore" Chaa
Tales of Ginza
1955
6.2
Dressmaking Shop Clerk Teruko
Till We Meet Again
1955
Credits
Porco Rosso
as Bâ-chan (voice)
1992
7.8
Tales of a Golden Geisha
1990
6.3
Kiki's Delivery Service
as Barsa (voice)
1989
7.8
The Funeral
as Teacher in Videotape
1984
7.2
Mermaid Legend
as Nobu
1984
6.7
Season of the Sun
1956
6.0
Cell No. 8
1956
0.0
A Hole of My Own Making
1955
6.0
Tales of Ginza
as "Bar Encore" Chaa
1955
6.8
Till We Meet Again
as Dressmaking Shop Clerk Teruko
1955
6.2
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
as Tamago (Maid)
1953
0.0
Koibito-tachi no iru machi
1953
0.0
Dispersed Clouds
as Yoshiko Miki
1951
6.5