Hiroko Seki

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

13

Gender

Female

Birthday

1929-07-30

Deathday

2008-05-11 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As

  • 関 弘 子

Hiroko Seki

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

Kiki's Delivery Service
7.8%

Kiki's Delivery Service

Jul 29, 1989

Porco Rosso
7.8%

Porco Rosso

Jul 18, 1992

The Funeral
7.2%

The Funeral

Nov 17, 1984

Mermaid Legend
6.5%

Mermaid Legend

Apr 14, 1984

Tales of Ginza
6.8%

Tales of Ginza

Sep 14, 1955

Season of the Sun
6.0%

Season of the Sun

May 17, 1956

Till We Meet Again
6.2%

Till We Meet Again

May 29, 1955

Dispersed Clouds
6.5%

Dispersed Clouds

Nov 23, 1951

A Hole of My Own Making
6.0%

A Hole of My Own Making

Sep 28, 1955

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Acting

1992
Porco Rosso as Bâ-chan (voice)
1990
Tales of a Golden Geisha
1989
Kiki's Delivery Service as Barsa (voice)
1984
The Funeral as Teacher in Videotape
1984
Mermaid Legend as Nobu
1956
Season of the Sun
1956
Cell No. 8
1955
A Hole of My Own Making
1955
Tales of Ginza as "Bar Encore" Chaa
1955
Till We Meet Again as Dressmaking Shop Clerk Teruko
1953
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband as Tamago (Maid)
1953
Koibito-tachi no iru machi
1951
Dispersed Clouds as Yoshiko Miki
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