Asano Naganori
Kishida became an actress in 1950, and starred in a Yukio Mishima production of the 1960 film "Salome". Her film and television drama credits number in the hundreds. Among them are four Taiga drama series on NHK television, with roles such as Aguri (the wife of Asano Naganori and Yodo-Dono (the wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi). She appeared in various roles, including acting and narrating, in various "Ōoku" series on television. In the series "Gokenin Zankurō", she portrayed the mother of the title character (played by Ken Watanabe), and narrated a "Lone Wolf and Cub" television series.