Kiyoko Suizenji

Kiyoko Suizenji was born on Oct 09, 1945 in Japan. Kiyoko Suizenji's big-screen debut came with Zatoichi's Cane Sword directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda in 1967. Kiyoko Suizenji is known for Zatoichi's Cane Sword directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Shintarô Katsu stars as Zatoichi and Shiho Fujimura as Oshizu. The upcoming new movie Kiyoko Suizenji plays is Zatoichi's Cane Sword which will be released on Jan 03, 1967.

Born in Kumamoto Southern Japan as Hayashida Tamiko, she switched to her professional alias which is a combination of Kiyoko (one of her hometown's famous historical lords) and Suizenji (taken from the name of a park by the same name in Kumamoto). She became a famous enka singer, but before her debut in the enka genre of music she had wanted to become a pop singer. She had periodically acted in feature films and TV dramas in Japan. Her nickname is 'chita,' which combines 'chisai' (small in Japanese) with her first name.