Keiko Kishi
Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Keiko Kishi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
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movieYves Ciampi: The Adventurer
2025
Self (archive footage)
tvFirst Love
2023
Kaori Mukai
tvMango no Ki no Shita de
2019
Rinko Okuta (1989)
tvBread and Soup and Cat Weather
2013
Teacher Yamaguchi
tvTokyo Air Raid
2008
Mizuhashi Etsuko
movieFor Those We Love
2007
Tome Torihama / Torihama
tvThe Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters
2003
Satoko Kashiwakura
tvKokoro
2003
Kiyono Izumi
movieThe Twilight Samurai
2002
Older Ito Iguchi
tvAIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
2002
Etsuko Usami
movieKah-chan
2001
Okatsu
tvMaria
2001
Umi Sakamoto
movieNoh Mask Murders
1991
Toshiko Nagahara
movieShikibu monogatari
1990
Nun Chishu
movieThe Makioka Sisters
1983
Tsuruko Makioka
movieKoto: The Ancient City
1980
Shige (Chieko's mother)
movieQueen Bee
1978
Hideko Kamio
tvRed Torrent
1977
Kimoto Mitsuko
movieLullaby to Kill
1977
Rika Aochi (proprietress of the Kamenoyu)
movieMastermind
1976
Nikki Kono
movieThe Fossil
1975
Madame Marcelin
movieThe Rendezvous
1972
Keiko Matsumiya
tvFossil
1972
Madame Marcelin
movieKwaidan
1965
Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
tvTaikouki
1965
Oichi
movieThe Inheritance
1962
Yasuko Miyagawa
movieTen Dark Women
1961
Ichiko Ishinoshita
movieWho Are You, Mr. Sorge?
1961
Yuki Sakurai
movieThe Snow Flurry
1959
Haruko
movieKeiko and Yves Get Married
1957
The bride
movieSnow Country
1957
Komako
movieTyphoon Over Nagasaki
1957
Noriko Sakurai
movieI Will Buy You
1956
Fudeko Taniguchi
movieEarly Spring
1956
Chiyo Kaneko aka Goldfish
movieThe Refugee
1955
Sachiko
movieThree Loves
1954
Michiko Satomi
movieThe Garden of Women
1954
Tomiko Takioka
