Keiko Kishi
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Etsuko Usami
2002
Series
Cinépanorama
Self
1956
Series
Kokoro
Kiyono Izumi
2003
Film
Kwaidan
Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
1965
Series
Bread and Soup and Cat Weather
Teacher Yamaguchi
2013
Film
The Twilight Samurai
Older Ito Iguchi
2002
Series
Taikouki
Oichi
1965
Series
Red Suspicion
1975
Film
The Yakuza
Eiko
1974
Series
The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters
Satoko Kashiwakura
2003
Series
First Love
Kaori Mukai
2023
Film
For Those We Love
Tome Torihama
2007
Film
For Those We Love
Torihama
2007
Series
Maria
Umi Sakamoto
2001
Film
The Makioka Sisters
Tsuruko Makioka
1983
Film
Early Spring
Chiyo Kaneko aka Goldfish
1956
Film
Snow Prince
2009
Series
Tokyo Air Raid
Mizuhashi Etsuko
2008
Series
Zoku zoku jiken
1980
Film
An Heir's Place
1953
Film
Home Sweet Home
1951
Film
Who Are You, Mr. Sorge?
Yuki Sakurai
1961
Film
Why She Won't Marry
1990
Film
The Inheritance
Yasuko Miyagawa
1962
Film
Rififi in Tokyo
Asami
1963
Film
Lullaby to Kill
Rika Aochi (proprietress of the Kamenoyu)
1977
Film
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
Noriko Sakurai
1957
Series
Fossil
Madame Marcelin
1972
Film
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
The Mask and Destiny
1955
Film
The Uninhibited
Nora
1965
Series
Tokyo Suburbia
1979
Series
The Autumn in Tokyo
1985
Film
Love Under the Crucifix
1962
Film
Keiko and Yves Get Married
The bride
1957
Film
Hunter in the Dark
Omon
1979
Film
Queen Bee
Hideko Kamio
1978
Film
I Lived, But...
Self
1983
Film
The Thick-Walled Room
Yoshiko
1956
Film
The Fossil
Madame Marcelin
1975
Shochiku Festival: All-Star Lineup – Studio Express / The Birth of an Actress
1956
Film
Noh Mask Murders
Toshiko Nagahara
1991
Film
Her Brother
Gen
1960
Film
Koto: The Ancient City
Shige (Chieko's mother)
1980
Film
Snow Country
Komako
1957
Film
Ten Dark Women
Ichiko Ishinoshita
1961
Film
Always in My Heart
1953
Film
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954
Film
The Snow Flurry
Haruko
1959
Film
L'Essayage
1969
Series
Mango no Ki no Shita de
Rinko Okuta (1989)
2019
Film
The Love Letter Trial
1951
Film
Yves Ciampi: The Adventurer
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
A Dangerous Hero
1957
Film
Haha machi gusa
1951
Film
母恋草
1951
Film
Tora-san Loves an Artist
Ritsuko
1973
Film
So Deep in My Heart
1955
Film
Flying in the Air
1957
Film
The Rendezvous
Keiko Matsumiya
1972
Film
I Will Buy You
Fudeko Taniguchi
1956
Film
Kah-chan
Okatsu
2001
Film
Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
1952
Film
Shikibu monogatari
Nun Chishu
1990
Film
Three Loves
Michiko Satomi
1954
Film
Here Is a Spring
1955
Film
The Refugee
Sachiko
1955
Film
お役者小僧 江戸千両幟
お妙
1955
Film
Doctor's Day Off
1952
Film
Honno-Ji in Flames
Tama
1960
Film
Every Day That New Life
1955
Film
Bored Hatamoto: The Imposter
菊路
1952
Film
Minami kaze
1951
Series
Red Torrent
Kimoto Mitsuko
1977
Film
The Den of Beasts
1951
Film
Keiko Kishi, Eternally Rebellious
2023
Film
Growing Up
1955
Film
The Garden of Women
Tomiko Takioka
1954
Film
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950
Film
Mastermind
Nikki Kono
1976
Film
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950
Film
Hana to ryû - Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten
1954
Film
Otome no shinsatsu-shitsu
1953
Film
Kyōshū
1952
向田邦子終戦特別企画
1995
Film
Mother's First Love
1954
Film
Songfest! The 3 Young Musketeers!
1952
Film
Two in the Amsterdam Rain
Nakatsu
1975
Film
The Fighter in the Ring
1956
Film
Night in Hawaii
1953
Film
治郎吉格子
お喜乃
1952
Film
Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival
1951
Film
疾風からす隊
お京
1953