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Keiko Kishi

Keiko Kishi

Actor · 1932–2026 · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

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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.

Acted in 87

2020s

  1. 2023

    Keiko Kishi, Eternally Rebellious

    Movie

2010s

  1. 2019

    Mango no Ki no Shita de

    Rinko Okuta (1989) · 1 episode

  2. 2013

    Bread and Soup and Cat Weather

    Teacher Yamaguchi · 4 episodes

2000s

  1. 2009

    Snow Prince

    Movie

  2. 2008

    Tokyo Air Raid

    Mizuhashi Etsuko · 2 episodes

  3. 2007
  4. 2003

    The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters

    Satoko Kashiwakura · 10 episodes

  5. 2002
  6. 2001
  7. Maria

    Umi Sakamoto · 10 episodes

1990s

  1. 1991
  2. 1990

    Why She Won't Marry

    Movie

  3. Shikibu monogatari

    Nun Chishu

1980s

  1. 1985

    The Autumn in Tokyo

    TV

  2. 1983
  3. 1980

    Koto: The Ancient City

    Shige (Chieko's mother)

  4. Zoku zoku jiken

    TV

1970s

  1. 1979
  2. Tokyo Suburbia

    TV

  3. 1978
  4. 1977

    Red Torrent

    Kimoto Mitsuko · 1 episode

  5. Lullaby to Kill

    Rika Aochi (proprietress of the Kamenoyu)

  6. 1976

    Mastermind

    Nikki Kono

  7. 1975

    The Fossil

    Madame Marcelin

  8. Red Suspicion

    TV

  9. Two in the Amsterdam Rain

    Nakatsu

  10. 1974
  11. 1973
  12. 1972

    The Rendezvous

    Keiko Matsumiya

  13. Fossil

    Madame Marcelin · 8 episodes

1960s

  1. 1969
  2. 1965

    The Uninhibited

    Nora

  3. 1963

    Rififi in Tokyo

    Asami

  4. 1962
  5. The Inheritance

    Yasuko Miyagawa

  6. Rue du Havre

    Movie

  7. 1961

    Ten Women in Black

    Ichiko Ishinoshita

  8. Who Are You, Mr. Sorge?

    Yuki Sakurai

  9. 1960

1950s

  1. 1959

    The Snow Flurry

    Haruko

  2. 1957

    A Dangerous Hero

    Movie

  3. Keiko and Yves Get Married

    The bride

  4. Snow Country

    Komako

  5. Flying in the Air

    Movie

  6. 1956
  7. The Thick-Walled Room

    Yoshiko

  8. The Fighter in the Ring

    Movie

  9. 1955
  10. So Deep in My Heart

    Movie

  11. Edo Kid

    Otae

  12. The Refugee

    Sachiko

  13. Growing Up

    Movie

  14. 1954

    Three Loves

    Michiko Satomi

  15. Mother's First Love

    Movie

  16. Always in My Heart Part 3

    Movie

  17. Hana to ryû - Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten

    Movie

  18. 1953

    Always in My Heart Part 2

    Movie

  19. Otome no shinsatsu-shitsu

    Movie

  20. Night in Hawaii

    Movie

  21. 1952

    Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove

    Movie

  22. Kyōshū

    Movie

  23. Songfest! The 3 Young Musketeers!

    Movie

  24. Bored Hatamoto: The Imposter

    菊路

  25. 1951

    Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival

    Movie

  26. Haha machi gusa

    Movie

  27. The Love Letter Trial

    Movie

  28. Home Sweet Home

    Movie

  29. 1950
  30. Les Miserables I: God and the Devil

    Movie

Appearances3

2020s

  1. 2025

    Yves Ciampi: The Adventurer

    Self (archive footage)

1980s

  1. 1983

    I Lived, But...

    Self