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Kayoko Shiraishi | |
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| Born | December 9, 1941 Minato, Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Stage actress |
Kayoko Shiraishi (白石 加代子, Shiraishi Kayoko) is a Japanese stage actress. Shiraishi became involved in the Angura ("underground") theater movement in Japan in the early 1960s, as the star performer in a theater troupe called the Waseda Little Theatre, led by director Tadashi Suzuki.[1] In Shiraishi, Suzuki found an actress whose physical talents could capture his theories about Japanese stage performance.[1] Her first film role was as Oba in Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1973). She is the narrator in the 1992 film of Stravinsky's opera-oratorio Oedipus Rex directed by Julie Taymor.
- ^ a b Kapur, Nick (2018). Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 209. ISBN 9780674988484.