KEIKO KISHI

Keiko Kishi
Keiko Kishi
Gender: Female
Known for: Acting
Birthday: August 11, 1932
Place of Birth: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

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.

Notable work

Filmography

Starring

Kaori Mukai
Okuta Rinko
Teacher Yamaguchi
Mizuhashi Etsuko
Torihama, Tome Torihama
2003·
Kokoro
Kiyono Izumi
Etsuko Usami
Older Ito Iguchi
2001·
Maria
Umi Sakamoto
2001·
Kah-chan
Okatsu
Toshiko Nagahara
Nun Chishu
Self
Tsuruko Makioka
Shige (Chieko's mother)
1978·
Queen Bee
Hideko Kamio
Rika Aochi (proprietress of the Kamenoyu)
Madame Marcelin
Eiko
Keiko Matsumiya
Nikki Kono
1965·
Taikouki
Oichi
Nora
1965·
Kwaidan
Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Asami
Yasuko Miyagawa
Ichiko Ishinoshita
Yuki Sakurai
Gen
Haruko
Komako
Self
Fudeko Taniguchi
Chiyo Kaneko aka Goldfish
Sachiko
Michiko Satomi
Tomiko Takioka
お京
1952·
Kyōshū
お喜乃
1951·
母恋草