
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 has been a Goodwill Ambassador for the UNFPA. Shw won the award for best actress at the 25th Japan Academy Prize for Kah-chan.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
Yves Ciampi: The Adventurer as Self (archive footage)
2023Keiko Kishi, Eternally Rebellious
2023First Love as Kaori Mukai
2019Mango no Ki no Shita de as Rinko Okuta (1989)
2013Bread and Soup and Cat Weather as Teacher Yamaguchi
2009Snow Prince
2008Tokyo Air Raid as Mizuhashi Etsuko
2007For Those We Love as Tome Torihama
2007For Those We Love as Torihama
2003The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters as 柏倉 里子
2003Kokoro as Kiyono Izumi
2002The Twilight Samurai as Older Ito Iguchi
2002AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo as Etsuko Usami
2001Kah-chan as Okatsu
2001Maria as Umi Sakamoto
1995向田邦子終戦特別企画
1991Noh Mask Murders as Toshiko Nagahara
1990Why She Won't Marry
1990Shikibu monogatari as Nun Chishu
1985The Autumn in Tokyo
1983I Lived, But... as Self
1983The Makioka Sisters as Tsuruko Makioka
1980Koto: The Ancient City as Shige (Chieko's mother)
1980Zoku zoku jiken
1979Hunter in the Dark as Omon
1979Tokyo Suburbia
1978Queen Bee as Hideko Kamio
1977Red Torrent as Kimoto Mitsuko
1977Lullaby to Kill as Rika Aochi (proprietress of the Kamenoyu)
1976Mastermind as Nikki Kono
1975The Fossil as Madame Marcelin
1975Red Suspicion
1975Two in the Amsterdam Rain as Nakatsu
1974The Yakuza as Eiko
1973Tora-san Loves an Artist as Ritsuko
1972The Rendezvous as Keiko Matsumiya
1965The Uninhibited as Nora
1965Kwaidan as Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
1965Taikouki as Oichi
1963Rififi in Tokyo as Asami
1962Love Under the Crucifix
1962The Inheritance as Yasuko Miyagawa
1961Ten Dark Women as Ichiko Ishinoshita
1961Who Are You, Mr. Sorge? as Yuki Sakurai
1960Her Brother as Gen
1960Honno-Ji in Flames as Tama
1959The Snow Flurry as Haruko
1957A Dangerous Hero
1957Keiko and Yves Get Married as The bride
1957Snow Country as Komako
1957Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957Flying in the Air
1956I Will Buy You as Fudeko Taniguchi
1956The Thick-Walled Room as Yoshiko
1956Cinépanorama as Self
1956Early Spring as Chiyo Kaneko aka Goldfish
1955お役者小僧 江戸千両幟 as お妙
1955The Mask and Destiny
1955The Refugee as Sachiko
1955Growing Up
1955Here Is a Spring
1954Three Loves as Michiko Satomi
1954Mother's First Love
1954Always in My Heart Part 3
1954Hana to ryû - Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten
1954The Garden of Women as Tomiko Takioka
1953Always in My Heart Part 2
1953Always in My Heart
1953An Heir's Place
1953Otome no shinsatsu-shitsu
1953疾風からす隊 as お京
1953Night in Hawaii
1952Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
1952Kyōshū
1952Doctor's Day Off
1952治郎吉格子 as お喜乃
1952Songfest! The 3 Young Musketeers!
1952Bored Hatamoto: The Imposter as 菊路
1951Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival
1951Minami kaze
1951Haha machi gusa
1951母恋草
1951The Den of Beasts
1951Home Sweet Home
1950Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950Les Miserables I: God and the Devil









