It was on October 13, 1992, that Kiwako Taiji, an actress active on stage and in films, suddenly passed away. Ms. Taiji, whose talent and aura as an actress shone more and more with each passing year, was truly a great flower. Although there was much gossip about her relationships with the opposite sex, her real talent, needless to say, was her “theatricality. From back issues of Shukan Shincho, we take a look back at the life and acting of this actress who was “an actress to the marrow. Kiwako Taiji, in black crested kimono at her funeral and with her best friend, Maki Carousel *** (The following is a re-edited version of “Kiwako Taiji’s 48 Years of Art and Man” from the October 22, 1992 issue of “Shukan Shincho”. (Age, title, etc. in the text are as they were at the time of publication.)
Let’s go see the sea” and the four of us went for a drive.
I am often told that I am sexy for some reason. I don’t think she was expecting this accident, but actress Kiwako Taiji, 48, told her fellow actors that she was. Shortly after 3:00 a.m. on October 13, Ms. Taiji fell into the sea with her car, and died at the hospital where she was taken. The accident occurred at a sightseeing pier in Ito City, Shizuoka Prefecture. After finishing a performance of “Karajin Oyoshi Monogatari” in the same city, he had dinner with two members of the same troupe, Bungakuza, and then went to two different snack bars. After dinner, we went to two more snack bars. I hit it off with the mama of the last snack bar, and the four of us decided to go for a drive to see the ocean. When the rescue team arrived at the pier, two men and a woman who had escaped on their own were holding onto the mooring rope of the boat. However, Mr. Taiji was still trapped in his car, which had sunk to the bottom of the sea at a depth of 3.2 meters. Only the driver’s window was open, but Mr. Taiji was floating in it. He was dressed in a suit and was properly dressed,” said a rescue worker.