Kashiko Kawakita

Kashiko Kawakita
川喜多かしこ
Born(1908-03-21)March 21, 1908
Osaka, Japan
DiedJuly 27, 1993(1993-07-27) (aged 85)
Occupations
  • Film producer
  • film curator

Kashiko Kawakita (川喜多かしこ, Kawakita Kashiko; March 21, 1908 - July 27, 1993) was a Japanese film producer and film curator, and the wife of Nagamasa Kawakita. As vice president of Tōwa Trading, together with her husband and daughter Kazuko Kawakita she was influential in the development of the post-war Japanese film industry, sponsoring actors and actresses, and in promoting Japanese cinema to overseas audiences.