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Hiroko Seki
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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…
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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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1992
Porco Rosso
Movie Bâ-chan (voice)
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1990
Tales of a Golden Geisha
Movie Shinkame Chiyo Restaurant Manager
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1989
Kiki's Delivery Service
Movie Bertha (voice)
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1984
The Funeral
Movie Teacher in Videotape
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1984
Mermaid Legend
Movie Nobu
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1956
Season of the Sun
Movie
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1956
Cell No. 8
Movie
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1955
A Hole of My Own Making
Movie
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1955
Tales of Ginza
Movie "Bar Encore" Chaa
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1955
Till We Meet Again
Movie Dressmaking Shop Clerk Teruko
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1953
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
Movie Tamago (Maid)
- 1953
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1951
Dispersed Clouds
Movie Yoshiko Miki
