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Hiroko Seki

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.


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Born:
Jul 30, 1929 In Tokyo
Movie/TV Credits:
13
First Appeared:
In the movie Dispersed Clouds 1951-11-23
Latest Project:
Movie Porco Rosso 1992-07-18
Known For
Poster of Tales of a Golden Geisha
Poster of Mermaid Legend
Poster of Tales of Ginza
Poster of Till We Meet Again
Filmography
Movie Porco Rosso Bâ-chan (voice) 1992-07-18
Movie Tales of a Golden Geisha 1990-06-02
Movie Kiki's Delivery Service Barsa (voice) 1989-07-29
Movie Mermaid Legend Nobu 1984-04-14
Movie The Funeral Teacher in Videotape 1984-11-17
Movie Cell No. 8 1956-01-15
Movie Season of the Sun 1956-05-17
Movie Tales of Ginza "Bar Encore" Chaa 1955-09-14
Movie Till We Meet Again Dressmaking Shop Clerk Teruko 1955-05-29
Movie A Hole of My Own Making 1955-09-28
Movie Koibito-tachi no iru machi 1953-02-19
Movie First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband Tamago (Maid) 1953-11-11
Movie Dispersed Clouds Yoshiko Miki 1951-11-23