Miki Sanjō

Miki Sanjo is exactly the kind of actress who holds a film together without you quite realizing it until she's gone from the scene. Born in Kyoto in 1928, she started at Daiei in 1946 — barely out of her teens — and spent nearly seven decades showing up and doing the work, from postwar studio melodramas to Ichikawa Kon's sharper-edged films to long-running TV staples like Mito Komon. She's probably most recognizable to international audiences through the Inugamike no Ichizoku adaptations, which is fitting: she had that quality of someone who knows exactly where all the family secrets are buried and isn't going to tell you. She passed in April 2015 at 86, still industry-connected right to the end. Not a flashy legacy, but a real one.

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Miki Sanjō (三條美紀) was a Japanese actress born on August 25, 1928, in Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. She passed away on April 9, 2015. Further details of her career and personal life have not been made public.

Name (English)

Miki Sanjō

Name (Japanese)

三條美紀

Reading

さんじょう みき

Born

August 25, 1928 – April 9, 2015

Origin

Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Occupation

Actress

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dragon

Blood type

A

Agency

オフィスまとば

Active years

1946 - 2015

Works summary

Appearances

257 (1950–2010)

By year

1950: 9, 1951: 6, 1952: 7, 1953: 4, 1954: 5, 1955: 6, 1956: 9, 1957: 12, 1958: 4, 1959: 5, 1962: 1, 1963: 1, 1964: 2, 1965: 5, 1966: 2, 1968: 4, 1969: 4, 1970: 9, 1971: 5, 1972: 5, 1976: 2, 1977: 4, 1978: 2, 1979: 4, 1980: 6, 1981: 6, 1982: 2, 1983: 2, 1984: 7, 1985: 4, 1986: 5, 1987: 3, 1988: 4, 1989: 1, 1990: 2, 1991: 2, 1992: 3, 1993: 1, 1994: 4, 1995: 2, 1996: 4, 1997: 3, 1998: 3, 1999: 2, 2000: 2, 2001: 3, 2002: 3, 2003: 4, 2004: 1, 2006: 3, 2008: 1, 2009: 3, 2010: 1

Debut work

母椿

Filmography / notable works

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%89%E6%A2%9D%E7%BE%8E%E7%B4%80
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11355975

Tags

• from Kyoto
• actress

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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