Keiko Kishi
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 11, 1932
- Died
- August 7, 2026 (aged 93)
- Birthplace
- Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Biography
Keiko Kishi (born August 11, 1932 in Yokohama, Japan) was 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, was born. She divorced her husband in 1975. Since 1996 she was a Goodwill Ambassador for the UNFPA. She 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
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Filmography
Yves Ciampi: The Adventurer
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Keiko Kishi, Eternally Rebellious
Movie
First Love
TV · as Kaori Mukai · 12 eps
Mango no Ki no Shita de
TV · as Rinko Okuta (1989) · 1 ep
Bread and Soup and Cat Weather
TV · as Teacher Yamaguchi · 4 eps
Snow Prince
Movie
Tokyo Air Raid
TV · as Mizuhashi Etsuko · 2 eps
For Those We Love
Movie · as Tome Torihama
The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters
TV · as Satoko Kashiwakura · 10 eps
Kokoro
TV · as Kiyono Izumi · 156 eps
The Twilight Samurai
Movie · as Older Ito Iguchi
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
TV · as Etsuko Usami · 1 ep
Kah-chan
Movie · as Okatsu
Maria
TV · as Umi Sakamoto · 10 eps
向田邦子終戦特別企画
TV · 1 ep
Noh Mask Murders
Movie · as Toshiko Nagahara
Why She Won't Marry
Movie
Shikibu monogatari
Movie · as Nun Chishu
The Autumn in Tokyo
TV · 2 eps
The Makioka Sisters
Movie · as Tsuruko Makioka
I Lived, But...
Movie · as Self
Koto: The Ancient City
Movie · as Shige (Chieko's mother)
Zoku zoku jiken
TV · 4 eps
Hunter in the Dark
Movie · as Omon
Tokyo Suburbia
TV · 15 eps
Queen Bee
Movie · as Hideko Kamio
Lullaby to Kill
Movie · as Rika Aochi (proprietress of the Kamenoyu)
Red Torrent
TV · as Kimoto Mitsuko · 1 ep
Mastermind
Movie · as Nikki Kono
Two in the Amsterdam Rain
Movie · as Nakatsu
The Fossil
Movie · as Madame Marcelin
Red Suspicion
TV · 29 eps
The Yakuza
Movie · as Eiko
Tora-san Loves an Artist
Movie · as 笠りつ子
The Rendezvous
Movie · as Keiko Matsumiya
Fossil
TV · as Madame Marcelin · 8 eps
L'Essayage
Movie
Kwaidan
Movie · as Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
The Uninhibited
Movie · as Nora
Taikouki
TV · as Oichi · 52 eps
Rififi in Tokyo
Movie · as Asami
The Inheritance
Movie · as Yasuko Miyagawa
Love Under the Crucifix
Movie
Rue du Havre
Movie
Who Are You, Mr. Sorge?
Movie · as Yuki Sakurai
Ten Women in Black
Movie · as Ichiko Ishinoshita
Her Brother
Movie · as Gen
Honno-Ji in Flames
Movie · as Tama
The Snow Flurry
Movie · as Haruko
A Dangerous Hero
Movie
Flying in the Air
Movie
Keiko and Yves Get Married
Movie · as The bride
Snow Country
Movie · as Komako
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
Movie · as Noriko Sakurai
Early Spring
Movie · as Chiyo Kaneko aka Goldfish
I Will Buy You
Movie · as Fudeko Taniguchi
The Thick-Walled Room
Movie · as Yoshiko
Shochiku Festival: All-Star Lineup – Studio Express / The Birth of an Actress
Movie
The Fighter in the Ring
Movie
Cinépanorama
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Mask and Destiny
Movie
Growing Up
Movie
Edo Kid
Movie · as Otae
Here Is a Spring
Movie
The Refugee
Movie · as Sachiko
Every Day That New Life
Movie
So Deep in My Heart
Movie
The Garden of Women
Movie · as Tomiko Takioka
Hana to ryû - Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten
Movie
Always in My Heart Part 3
Movie
Mother's First Love
Movie
Three Loves
Movie · as Michiko Satomi
Night in Hawaii
Movie
疾風からす隊
Movie · as お京
Otome no shinsatsu-shitsu
Movie
An Heir's Place
Movie
Always in My Heart
Movie
Always in My Heart Part 2
Movie
治郎吉格子
Movie · as お喜乃
Bored Hatamoto: The Imposter
Movie · as 菊路
Kyōshū
Movie
Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
Movie
Doctor's Day Off
Movie
Songfest! The 3 Young Musketeers!
Movie
母恋草
Movie
Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival
Movie
Minami kaze
Movie
Home Sweet Home
Movie
The Den of Beasts
Movie
Haha machi gusa
Movie
The Love Letter Trial
Movie
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
Movie
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
Movie