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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

86

Gender

Female

Birthday

1932-08-11 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Also Known As

Kishi Keiko

岸 恵子

کیکو کیشی

Keiko Kishi

Biography

Keiko Kishi (born August 11, 1932 in Yokohama, Japan) is a Japanese actress, writer, and UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador. She made her acting debut in 1951, but is mostly known for playing the main role in Kimi no na wa (What Is Your Name?). Kishi married the French director Yves Ciampi in 1957, and commuted for a while between Paris and Japan to continue her acting career. In 1963 their only daughter, Delphine Ciampi, a musician and composer, is born. She divorced her husband in 1975. Since 1996 she has been a Goodwill Ambassador for the UNFPA. Shw won the award for best actress at the 25th Japan Academy Prize for Kah-chan. Description above from the Wikipedia article Keiko Kishi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Early Spring

1956

Early Spring

as

Chiyo Kaneko aka Goldfish

Kwaidan

1965

Kwaidan

as

Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

The Yakuza

1974

The Yakuza

as

Eiko

The Makioka Sisters

1983

The Makioka Sisters

as

Tsuruko Makioka

For Those We Love

2007

For Those We Love

as

Tome Torihama

Mastermind

1976

Mastermind

as

Nikki Kono

Her Brother

1960

Her Brother

as

Gen

I Will Buy You

1956

I Will Buy You

as

Fudeko Taniguchi

Lullaby to Kill

1977

Lullaby to Kill

as

Rika Aochi (proprietress of the Kamenoyu)

The Twilight Samurai

2002

The Twilight Samurai

as

Older Ito Iguchi

The Inheritance

1962

The Inheritance

as

Yasuko Miyagawa

The Snow Flurry

1959

The Snow Flurry

as

Haruko

The Garden of Women

1954

The Garden of Women

as

Tomiko Takioka

The Rendezvous

1972

The Rendezvous

as

Keiko Matsumiya

Rififi in Tokyo

1963

Rififi in Tokyo

as

Asami

治郎吉格子

1952

治郎吉格子

as

お喜乃

疾風からす隊

1953

疾風からす隊

as

お京

Kyōshū

1952

Kyōshū

as

母恋草

1951

母恋草

as

Koto: The Ancient City

1980

Koto: The Ancient City

as

Shige (Chieko's mother)

Queen Bee

1978

Queen Bee

as

Hideko Kamio

The Uninhibited

1965

The Uninhibited

as

Nora

Who Are You, Mr. Sorge?

1961

Who Are You, Mr. Sorge?

as

Yuki Sakurai

Noh Mask Murders

1991

Noh Mask Murders

as

Toshiko Nagahara

Ten Dark Women

1961

Ten Dark Women

as

Ichiko Ishinoshita

Three Loves

1954

Three Loves

as

Michiko Satomi

Snow Country

1957

Snow Country

as

Komako

I Lived, But...

1983

I Lived, But...

as

Self

The Refugee

1955

The Refugee

as

Sachiko

Kah-chan

2001

Kah-chan

as

Okatsu

The Fossil

1975

The Fossil

as

Madame Marcelin

Shikibu monogatari

1990

Shikibu monogatari

as

Nun Chishu

For Those We Love

2007

For Those We Love

as

Torihama

Yves Ciampi: The Adventurer

2025

Yves Ciampi: The Adventurer

as

Self (archive footage)

Taikouki

Taikouki

as

Oichi

First Love

First Love

as

Kaori Mukai

Maria

Maria

as

Umi Sakamoto

Mango no Ki no Shita de

Mango no Ki no Shita de

as

Rinko Okuta (1989)

Tokyo Air Raid

Tokyo Air Raid

as

Mizuhashi Etsuko

Kokoro

Kokoro

as

Kiyono Izumi

Red Torrent

Red Torrent

as

Kimoto Mitsuko

Production

Crew

Directing