Kimiko Ikegami
Known for Acting
Kimiko Ikegami (born January 16, 1959) is a Japanese actress. Born in Manhattan, New York City, she moved to Kyoto at age 3. Kimiko graduated from Horikoshi High School in Nakano, Tokyo and subsequently attended Tamagawa University. She is closely related to the Bandō Mitsugorō kabuki actors: her grandfather was the eighth, her uncle the ninth (later Bandō Minosuke VII), her cousin (Bandō Yasosuke V) the tenth to take that name. With the encouragement of that cousin, Kimiko turned to acting. Ikegami is best known for playing the lead role of Gorgeous in the 1977 film House.
Filmography
House
1977
as Gorgeous / Gorgeous' Mother
The Man Who Stole the Sun
1979
as Reiko Sawai
Mixed Doubles
2017
The Geisha
1983
as Momowaka
Winter's Flower
1978
as Yoko Matsuoka
Make-Up
1984
as Satoko Tsutano
A Chaos of Flowers
1988
as Akiko Hatano
Yakuza Ladies: Revenge
2000
A Samurai's Sorrow
1993
The Great Shogunate Battle
1991
Takeda Shingen
1991
Let's Go, Grandma!
1975
Brother and Sister
1976
as San
Hadashi no seishun
1975
Nemuri Kyôshirô 2: Conspiracy in Edo Castle
1993
Rennyo and His Mother
1981
Shingo's Ten Duels
1990
as Okiku
Chronicle of the Town Magistrate
1992
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
1993
as Yagyu Chizuro
Dangerous Women
1985
as Saeko Fujii