Keiko Kishi
Acting
Born: August 11, 1932 · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Died: August 7, 2026 (aged 93)
Highest Rated
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. Shw 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.
Known for
Kwaidan
1965
The Twilight Samurai
2002
The Yakuza
1974
Early Spring
1956
The Makioka Sisters
1983
The Inheritance
1962
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
2002
The Thick-Walled Room
1956
Hunter in the Dark
1979
Photos (4)
Movies (72)
Kwaidan
Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
The Yakuza
Eiko
The Twilight Samurai
Older Ito Iguchi
Early Spring
Chiyo Kaneko aka Goldfish
The Makioka Sisters
Tsuruko Makioka
For Those We Love
Tome Torihama
For Those We Love
Torihama
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
Noriko Sakurai
The Inheritance
Yasuko Miyagawa
Her Brother
Gen
Love Under the Crucifix
1962
Ten Dark Women
Ichiko Ishinoshita
Who Are You, Mr. Sorge?
Yuki Sakurai
Bored Hatamoto: The Imposter
菊路
Keiko and Yves Get Married
The bride
Rififi in Tokyo
Asami
An Heir's Place
1953
Home Sweet Home
1951
The Uninhibited
Nora
お役者小僧 江戸千両幟
お妙
The Fossil
Madame Marcelin
Mother's First Love
1954
Hunter in the Dark
Omon
The Rendezvous
Keiko Matsumiya
A Dangerous Hero
1957
Tora-san Loves an Artist
Ritsuko
Every Day That New Life
1955
Queen Bee
Hideko Kamio
The Thick-Walled Room
Yoshiko
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
Lullaby to Kill
Rika Aochi (proprietress of the Kamenoyu)
Why She Won't Marry
1990
Noh Mask Murders
Toshiko Nagahara
Mastermind
Nikki Kono
Koto: The Ancient City
Shige (Chieko's mother)
The Snow Flurry
Haruko
The Love Letter Trial
1951
The Garden of Women
Tomiko Takioka
Snow Country
Komako
Here Is a Spring
1955
Two in the Amsterdam Rain
Nakatsu
Flying in the Air
1957
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950
Three Loves
Michiko Satomi
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950
Otome no shinsatsu-shitsu
1953
Keiko Kishi, Eternally Rebellious
2023
The Refugee
Sachiko
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954
Always in My Heart
1953
I Will Buy You
Fudeko Taniguchi
The Den of Beasts
1951
Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
1952
The Fighter in the Ring
1956
Shikibu monogatari
Nun Chishu
Doctor's Day Off
1952
治郎吉格子
お喜乃
Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival
1951
Night in Hawaii
1953
Snow Prince
2009
Songfest! The 3 Young Musketeers!
1952
Kah-chan
Okatsu
Hana to ryû - Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten
1954
Growing Up
1955
So Deep in My Heart
1955
Minami kaze
1951
Honno-Ji in Flames
Tama
Haha machi gusa
1951
L'Essayage
1969
母恋草
1951
疾風からす隊
お京
Kyōshū
1952
TV Shows (15)
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Etsuko Usami · 1 eps
Kokoro
Kiyono Izumi · 156 eps
Taikouki
Oichi · 52 eps
Red Suspicion
29 eps
The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters
Satoko Kashiwakura · 10 eps
First Love
Kaori Mukai · 12 eps
Bread and Soup and Cat Weather
Teacher Yamaguchi · 4 eps
Zoku zoku jiken
4 eps
Maria
Umi Sakamoto · 10 eps
Tokyo Air Raid
Mizuhashi Etsuko · 2 eps
Mango no Ki no Shita de
Rinko Okuta (1989) · 1 eps
Tokyo Suburbia
15 eps
The Autumn in Tokyo
2 eps
Fossil
Madame Marcelin · 8 eps
Red Torrent
Kimoto Mitsuko · 1 eps
