Kirin Kiki

Kirin Kiki

Known for
Acting
Born
January 15, 1943
Died
September 15, 2018 (aged 75)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan

Biography

Kirin Kiki (樹木 希林 Kiki Kirin) (15 January 1943 – 15 September 2018) was a Japanese actress known for her work in Japanese cinema and television.

Known For

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Filmography

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Zoku Yumechiyo Nikki poster

Zoku Yumechiyo Nikki

TV · as Kikun · 5 eps

2025
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special poster

Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special

Movie

2019
Kiki Kirin's Life poster

Kiki Kirin's Life

Movie · as self

2019
Erica 38 poster

Erica 38

Movie · as Erica's Mother

2019
Cherry Blossoms & Demons poster

Cherry Blossoms & Demons

Movie · as Yus Großmutter

2018
Shoplifters poster

Shoplifters

Movie · as Hatsue Shibata

2018
Mori, The Artist's Habitat poster

Mori, The Artist's Habitat

Movie · as Hideko

2018
Every Day a Good Day poster

Every Day a Good Day

Movie · as Teacher Takeda

2017
Life is Fruity poster

Life is Fruity

Movie · as Narrator

2017
Kiki Kirin's Izakaya Grandma poster

Kiki Kirin's Izakaya Grandma

Movie

2017
The Gods of Food: The Last Promise poster

The Gods of Food: The Last Promise

Movie

2016
After the Storm poster

After the Storm

Movie · as Yoshiko Shinoda

2015
Sweet Bean poster

Sweet Bean

Movie · as Tokue

2015
Our Little Sister poster

Our Little Sister

Movie · as Fumiyo Kikuchi

2015
Kakekomi poster

Kakekomi

Movie · as Genbei

2015
Mystery Trilogy Special poster

Mystery Trilogy Special

Movie · as Kirika Ohmori (segment "A Mystery Writer's Daily Life")

2014
This Mystery is Excellent! ~ Challenge from Bestseller Writer poster

This Mystery is Excellent! ~ Challenge from Bestseller Writer

Movie · as 大森キリカ (案内人)

2013
Like Father, Like Son poster

Like Father, Like Son

Movie · as Riko Ishizeki

2013
Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row Inmate poster

Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row Inmate

Movie · as Tatsuno Okunishi

2012
Until the Break of Dawn poster

Until the Break of Dawn

Movie · as Aiko Shibuya

2012
Chronicle of My Mother poster

Chronicle of My Mother

Movie · as Yae

2012
Hanezu poster

Hanezu

Movie · as Takumi's Mother

2011
I Wish poster

I Wish

Movie · as Hideko

2011
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip poster

A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip

Movie · as fortune teller

2011
Hokaibito: Ina no Seigetsu poster

Hokaibito: Ina no Seigetsu

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2010
Villain poster

Villain

Movie · as Fusae Shimizu

2010
Arrietty poster

Arrietty

Movie · as Haru (voice)

2010
Ghost poster

Ghost

Movie · as Unten Sazuki

2010
Two Portraits of MIYAGINO poster

Two Portraits of MIYAGINO

Movie · as Madam

2009
Making 'Still Walking' poster

Making 'Still Walking'

Movie · as Self

2008
Still Walking poster

Still Walking

Movie · as Toshiko Yokoyama

2008
The Short Films: We Were All Once Children poster

The Short Films: We Were All Once Children

Movie

2007
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad poster

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Movie · as Eiko Nakagawa

2007
Dog in a Sidecar poster

Dog in a Sidecar

Movie · as Granny Tome

2007
Kagerou no Tsuji poster

Kagerou no Tsuji

TV · as Oichi · 11 eps

2007
Dots and Lines poster

Dots and Lines

TV · 2 eps

2006
Red Whale, White Snake poster

Red Whale, White Snake

Movie

2006
Our War poster

Our War

Movie

2005
Tokyo Tower poster

Tokyo Tower

Movie

2005
Natsumeke no Shokutaku poster

Natsumeke no Shokutaku

TV · 1 ep

2004
Kamikaze Girls poster

Kamikaze Girls

Movie · as Momoko's Grandmother

2004
The Taste of Tea poster

The Taste of Tea

Movie · as Obaa

2004
Half a Confession poster

Half a Confession

Movie · as Yasuko Shimamura

2004
Fireflies: River of Light poster

Fireflies: River of Light

Movie · as Headmistress

2004
Izo poster

Izo

Movie · as Izo's Mother

2003
Teacher's suitcase poster

Teacher's suitcase

Movie · as Sensei's ex-wife

2002
Returner poster

Returner

Movie · as Xia

2002
Inochi poster

Inochi

Movie · as Mother

2002
Through the Night poster

Through the Night

Movie

2001
Tokyo Marigold poster

Tokyo Marigold

Movie · as Ritsuko Sakai

2001
Pistol Opera poster

Pistol Opera

Movie · as Rin

2001
Cardboard House Girl poster

Cardboard House Girl

Movie

2000
The Whispered City poster

The Whispered City

Movie · as Fan of Kyushiro

2000
Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations poster

Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations

TV · as Lady Kasuga [Iemitsu's wet nurse] · 49 eps

1999
Keiho poster

Keiho

Movie · as Defence Counsel Shigure Nagamura

1997
Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow poster

Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow

Movie

1997
The Best Bad Thing poster

The Best Bad Thing

Movie · as Aunt Hata

1997
Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and Love poster

Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and Love

Movie · as Sanae Mita

1997
Hissatsu shimatsunin poster

Hissatsu shimatsunin

Movie · as Otora

1996
Oishinbo poster

Oishinbo

Movie · as Tome

1995
Toki no kagayaki poster

Toki no kagayaki

Movie · as Nagashima

1995
Mitabi no kaikyô poster

Mitabi no kaikyô

Movie

1994
Sakura poster

Sakura

Movie · as Fumi

1994
The Mystery of Rampo poster

The Mystery of Rampo

Movie · as House Wife / Head of Maid

1993
Yearning poster

Yearning

Movie · as Omatsu

1993
Rex: A Dinosaur's Story poster

Rex: A Dinosaur's Story

Movie

1993
Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi poster

Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi

TV · 1 ep

1992
The Triple Cross poster

The Triple Cross

Movie

1992
Ritsuko: Her Love, Her Death poster

Ritsuko: Her Love, Her Death

Movie

1992
The Games Teachers Play poster

The Games Teachers Play

Movie · as Yasuko Takeda

1991
War and Youth poster

War and Youth

Movie · as Etsuko Onoki

1991
Rainbow Kids poster

Rainbow Kids

Movie · as Kura 'Ku-chan' Nakamura

1991
Kim's War poster

Kim's War

Movie

1991
The Voyage Of Little Sinbad poster

The Voyage Of Little Sinbad

Movie

1991
Private Detective Dobu poster

Private Detective Dobu

TV · 7 eps

1991
Kimi no na wa poster

Kimi no na wa

TV · as 深野柳子 · 312 eps

1990
ママ母戦争 poster

ママ母戦争

Movie

1990
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen poster

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

TV · 5 eps

1990
As If In Flight poster

As If In Flight

TV · as 天璋院付き老女・幾島 · 48 eps

1989
Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape poster

Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape

Movie · as Otane

1988
Remembrance poster

Remembrance

Movie · as Mine Kamioka

1988
Crane poster

Crane

Movie · as Yura

1987
冷たいのがお好き

冷たいのがお好き

Movie · as Harue Hashimoto

1987
An Early Autumn poster

An Early Autumn

TV · 1 ep

1987
森繁久彌の七人の孫

森繁久彌の七人の孫

TV · 1 ep

1986
The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai poster

The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai

Movie

1986
Hanekonma poster

Hanekonma

TV · as Yae Tachibana · 156 eps

1985
Song of the Spring Pony

Song of the Spring Pony

Movie

1985
Capone Cries a Lot poster

Capone Cries a Lot

Movie · as Sene Tachikawa

1985
Yume-Chiyo poster

Yume-Chiyo

Movie

1985
Lonely Heart poster

Lonely Heart

Movie · as Terue Amano

1983
Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case poster

Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case

Movie · as Sen

1983
Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case poster

Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case

Movie · as Sen

1983
Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case poster

Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case

Movie

1983
Amagi Pass poster

Amagi Pass

Movie · as Ryosaku's wife

1983
Hometown poster

Hometown

Movie

1982
I Are You, You Am Me poster

I Are You, You Am Me

Movie · as Naoko Saitoh

1982
Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case poster

Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case

Movie · as Sen

1982
Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case poster

Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case

Movie · as Sen

1982
Highschool Scramble poster

Highschool Scramble

Movie

1982
Karate Cop poster

Karate Cop

Movie · as Sumi Yashiro

1981
Private Detective DOBU 1 poster

Private Detective DOBU 1

Movie · as Sen

1981
The Wild Daisy poster

The Wild Daisy

Movie · as Omasu

1981
Return of the Champ poster

Return of the Champ

Movie · as Tomoe

1981
Yumechiyo Nikki poster

Yumechiyo Nikki

TV · 20 eps

1980
Zigeunerweisen poster

Zigeunerweisen

Movie · as Kimi

1980
Nurse's Husband

Nurse's Husband

Movie

1980
The First Catch poster

The First Catch

Movie

1979
Taro the Dragon Boy poster

Taro the Dragon Boy

Movie · as Yamanba (voice)

1979
Down with The Big Boss poster

Down with The Big Boss

Movie · as Okonomiyaki Manager

1979
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi poster

The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

Movie

1979
Heaven Sent poster

Heaven Sent

Movie

1978
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro poster

Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro

Movie

1978
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka poster

Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka

TV · 40 eps

1977
Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal poster

Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal

Movie · as Mary

1977
Ballad of Orin poster

Ballad of Orin

Movie · as Tama Ichise

1977
Tomorrow Evening poster

Tomorrow Evening

Movie

1977
Female Teacher poster

Female Teacher

Movie · as Yuriko Yokoyama

1977
Kimagure Honkakuha poster

Kimagure Honkakuha

TV · as Ijuuin Ayano · 38 eps

1976
The Sea of Eden poster

The Sea of Eden

Movie

1976
Sachiko no sachi poster

Sachiko no sachi

Movie · as Momoe

1975
Without Complaint poster

Without Complaint

Movie · as Haruko Kitani

1975
The Viper Brothers and the Young General poster

The Viper Brothers and the Young General

Movie

1974
The Four Roughnecks poster

The Four Roughnecks

Movie

1974
Jack and the Beanstalk poster

Jack and the Beanstalk

Movie · as Madam Noir

1974
Akumyo: Notorious Dragon poster

Akumyo: Notorious Dragon

Movie

1974
Red Paper Lantern poster

Red Paper Lantern

Movie

1974
Statue in Fire poster

Statue in Fire

Movie

1974
Terauchi Kantarō Ikka poster

Terauchi Kantarō Ikka

TV · 1 ep

1972
My Voiceless Friends poster

My Voiceless Friends

Movie · as Maid

1971
Go As Messy As Messy Can Be poster

Go As Messy As Messy Can Be

Movie · as PTA Mama

1970
Live My Share, Mother

Live My Share, Mother

Movie · as Nurse Okamura

1970
Tora-san, His Tender Love poster

Tora-san, His Tender Love

Movie · as 信州女佣

1970
Ōedo Sōsamō poster

Ōedo Sōsamō

TV · 1 ep

1970
時間ですよ poster

時間ですよ

TV · as 児島(石松)浜子, 児島浜子 · 30 eps

1969
Crazy Big Explosion poster

Crazy Big Explosion

Movie

1968
Nunnery Confidential poster

Nunnery Confidential

Movie

1968
Angel's Lover poster

Angel's Lover

Movie

1967
The Journey poster

The Journey

Movie · as Chiegi

1966
Dynamite Doctor Returns poster

Dynamite Doctor Returns

Movie · as Fumiko (as Chiho Yûki)

1966
Koto—The Lake of Tears poster

Koto—The Lake of Tears

Movie · as Kayo Sugumo

1966
Dianas of the Campus poster

Dianas of the Campus

Movie

1966
3 Raccoon Dogs poster

3 Raccoon Dogs

Movie · as Midori