Keiko Kishi
Acting
Born August 11, 1932, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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.
Filmography
- First Love — Kaori Mukai
- 2023Keiko Kishi, Eternally Rebellious
- Mango no Ki no Shita de — Rinko Okuta (1989)
- Bread and Soup and Cat Weather — Teacher Yamaguchi
- 2009Snow Prince
- Tokyo Air Raid — Mizuhashi Etsuko
- 2007For Those We Love — Tome Torihama
- Kokoro — Kiyono Izumi
- The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters — Satoko Kashiwakura
- AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo — Etsuko Usami
- 2002The Twilight Samurai — Older Ito Iguchi
- 2001Kah-chan — Okatsu
- Maria — Umi Sakamoto
- 向田邦子終戦特別企画
- 1991Noh Mask Murders — Toshiko Nagahara
- 1990Shikibu monogatari — Nun Chishu
- 1990Why She Won't Marry
- The Autumn in Tokyo
- 1983The Makioka Sisters — Tsuruko Makioka
- 1980Koto: The Ancient City — Shige (Chieko's mother)
- Zoku zoku jiken
- 1979Hunter in the Dark — Omon
- Tokyo Suburbia
- 1978Queen Bee — Hideko Kamio
- 1977Lullaby to Kill — Rika Aochi (proprietress of the Kamenoyu)
- Red Torrent — Kimoto Mitsuko
- 1976Mastermind — Nikki Kono
- Red Suspicion
- 1975The Fossil — Madame Marcelin
- 1975Two in the Amsterdam Rain — Nakatsu
- 1974The Yakuza — Eiko
- 1973Tora-san Loves an Artist — 笠りつ子
- Fossil — Madame Marcelin
- 1972The Rendezvous — Keiko Matsumiya
- 1969L'Essayage
- 1965Kwaidan — Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
- Taikouki — Oichi
- 1965The Uninhibited — Nora
- 1963Rififi in Tokyo — Asami
- 1962Love Under the Crucifix
- 1962Rue du Havre
- 1962The Inheritance — Yasuko Miyagawa
- 1961Ten Women in Black — Ichiko Ishinoshita
- 1961Who Are You, Mr. Sorge? — Yuki Sakurai
- 1960Her Brother — Gen
- 1960Honno-Ji in Flames — Tama
- 1959The Snow Flurry — Haruko
- 1957A Dangerous Hero
- 1957Flying in the Air
- 1957Keiko and Yves Get Married — The bride
- 1957Snow Country — Komako
- 1957Typhoon Over Nagasaki — Noriko Sakurai
- 1956Early Spring — Chiyo Kaneko aka Goldfish
- 1956I Will Buy You — Fudeko Taniguchi
- 1956Shochiku Festival: All-Star Lineup – Studio Express / The Birth of an Actress
- 1956The Fighter in the Ring
- 1956The Thick-Walled Room — Yoshiko
- 1955Edo Kid — Otae
- 1955Every Day That New Life
- 1955Growing Up
- 1955Here Is a Spring
- 1955So Deep in My Heart
- 1955The Mask and Destiny
- 1955The Refugee — Sachiko
- 1954Always in My Heart Part 3
- 1954Hana to ryû - Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten
- 1954Mother's First Love
- 1954The Garden of Women — Tomiko Takioka
- 1954Three Loves — Michiko Satomi
- 1953Always in My Heart
- 1953Always in My Heart Part 2
- 1953An Heir's Place
- 1953Night in Hawaii
- 1953Otome no shinsatsu-shitsu
- 1953疾風からす隊 — お京
- 1952Bored Hatamoto: The Imposter — 菊路
- 1952Doctor's Day Off
- 1952Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
- 1952Kyōshū
- 1952Songfest! The 3 Young Musketeers!
- 1952治郎吉格子 — お喜乃
- 1951Haha machi gusa
- 1951Home Sweet Home
- 1951Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival
- 1951Minami kaze
- 1951The Den of Beasts
- 1951The Love Letter Trial
- 1951母恋草
- 1950Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
- 1950Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
Appearances as themselves (3)
- 2025Yves Ciampi: The Adventurer — Self (archive footage)
- 1983I Lived, But... — Self
- Cinépanorama — Self