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