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 …
Known For
Kwaidan
Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
The Twilight Samurai
Older Ito Iguchi
The Yakuza
Eiko
Early Spring
Chiyo Kaneko aka Goldfish
The Makioka Sisters
Tsuruko Makioka
The Inheritance
Yasuko Miyagawa
The Thick-Walled Room
Yoshiko
Her Brother
Gen
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Filmography
Acting (89)
Movies (72)
Yves Ciampi: The Adventurer
2025as Self (archive footage)
Keiko Kishi, Eternally Rebellious
2023
Snow Prince
2009
For Those We Love
2007as Tome Torihama
The Twilight Samurai
2002as Older Ito Iguchi
Kah-chan
2001as Okatsu
Noh Mask Murders
1991as Toshiko Nagahara
Why She Won't Marry
1990
Shikibu monogatari
1990as Nun Chishu
The Makioka Sisters
1983as Tsuruko Makioka
I Lived, But...
1983as Self
Koto: The Ancient City
1980as Shige (Chieko's mother)
Hunter in the Dark
1979as Omon
Queen Bee
1978as Hideko Kamio
Lullaby to Kill
1977as Rika Aochi (proprietress of the Kamenoyu)
Mastermind
1976as Nikki Kono
The Fossil
1975as Madame Marcelin
Two in the Amsterdam Rain
1975as Nakatsu
The Yakuza
1974as Eiko
Tora-san Loves an Artist
1973as Ritsuko
The Rendezvous
1972as Keiko Matsumiya
Kwaidan
1965as Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
The Uninhibited
1965as Nora
Rififi in Tokyo
1963as Asami
The Inheritance
1962as Yasuko Miyagawa
Love Under the Crucifix
1962
Ten Dark Women
1961as Ichiko Ishinoshita
Who Are You, Mr. Sorge?
1961as Yuki Sakurai
Her Brother
1960as Gen
Honno-Ji in Flames
1960as Tama
The Snow Flurry
1959as Haruko
Keiko and Yves Get Married
1957as The bride
Flying in the Air
1957
Snow Country
1957as Komako
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957
A Dangerous Hero
1957
Early Spring
1956as Chiyo Kaneko aka Goldfish
The Thick-Walled Room
1956as Yoshiko
I Will Buy You
1956as Fudeko Taniguchi
Shochiku Festival: All-Star Lineup – Studio Express / The Birth of an Actress
1956
お役者小僧 江戸千両幟
1955as お妙
The Refugee
1955as Sachiko
Growing Up
1955
Here Is a Spring
1955 The Mask and Destiny
1955
Every Day That New Life
1955
So Deep in My Heart
1955
Hana to ryû - Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten
1954
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954
Three Loves
1954as Michiko Satomi
Mother's First Love
1954
The Garden of Women
1954as Tomiko Takioka
Otome no shinsatsu-shitsu
1953
疾風からす隊
1953as お京
Always in My Heart
1953
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
Night in Hawaii
1953
An Heir's Place
1953
Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
1952
Kyōshū
1952
Bored Hatamoto: The Imposter
1952as 菊路
Songfest! The 3 Young Musketeers!
1952
Doctor's Day Off
1952
治郎吉格子
1952as お喜乃
Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival
1951
Minami kaze
1951
母恋草
1951
The Den of Beasts
1951
Home Sweet Home
1951
Haha machi gusa
1951
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950 Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950Television (17)
First Love
2023as Kaori Mukai
Mango no Ki no Shita de
2019as Rinko Okuta (1989)
Bread and Soup and Cat Weather
2013as Teacher Yamaguchi
Tokyo Air Raid
2008as Mizuhashi Etsuko
Kokoro
2003as Kiyono Izumi
The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters
2003as 柏倉 里子
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
2002as Etsuko Usami
Maria
2001as Umi Sakamoto
向田邦子終戦特別企画
1995
The Autumn in Tokyo
1985
Zoku zoku jiken
1980
Tokyo Suburbia
1979
Red Torrent
1977as Kimoto Mitsuko
Red Suspicion
1975
Fossil
1972as Madame Marcelin
Taikouki
1965as Oichi
Cinépanorama
1956as Self
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