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
2025Yves Ciampi: The Adventurer
Self (archive footage)
2023Keiko Kishi, Eternally Rebellious
2009Snow Prince
2007For Those We Love
Tome Torihama
2002The Twilight Samurai
Older Ito Iguchi
2001Kah-chan
Okatsu
1991Noh Mask Murders
Toshiko Nagahara
1990Why She Won't Marry
1990Shikibu monogatari
Nun Chishu
1983The Makioka Sisters
Tsuruko Makioka
1983I Lived, But...
Self
1980Koto: The Ancient City
Shige (Chieko's mother)
1979Hunter in the Dark
Omon
1978Queen Bee
Hideko Kamio
1977Lullaby to Kill
Rika Aochi (proprietress of the Kamenoyu)
1976Mastermind
Nikki Kono
1975Two in the Amsterdam Rain
Nakatsu
1975The Fossil
Madame Marcelin
1974The Yakuza
Eiko
1973Tora-san Loves an Artist
Ritsuko
1972The Rendezvous
Keiko Matsumiya
1965Kwaidan
Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
1965The Uninhibited
Nora
1963Rififi in Tokyo
Asami