Kimiko Ikegami profile
Actor profile

Kimiko Ikegami

16th January 1959 New York City, New York, USA 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.

30 Movies 16 TV Shows 50 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Make-Up poster
Make-Up 2nd May 1984 as Satoko Tsutano
House poster
House 26th August 1977 as Gorgeous / Gorgeous' Mother