1989Winner
Best Performance
Kiki's Delivery Service
Hiroko Seki
Actor
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
July 30, 1929
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1992Winner
Best Performance
Porco Rosso
1984Nominee
Best Performance
The Funeral
Career Highlights
1955Highlight
Best Performance
Tales of Ginza
1984Highlight
Best Performance
Mermaid Legend
Video
Kiki's Delivery Service
Porco Rosso
The Funeral