Keiko Kishi
Acting·August 11, 1932 — 93 years old·Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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.
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2025Yves Ciampi: The AdventurerSelf (archive footage)2023Keiko Kishi, Eternally Rebellious2023First LoveTVKaori Mukai2019Mango no Ki no Shita deTVRinko Okuta (1989)2013Bread and Soup and Cat WeatherTVTeacher Yamaguchi2009Snow Prince2008Tokyo Air RaidTVMizuhashi Etsuko2007For Those We LoveTome Torihama · Torihama2003The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder SistersTVSatoko Kashiwakura2003KokoroTVKiyono Izumi2002The Twilight SamuraiOlder Ito Iguchi2002AIBOU: Tokyo Detective DuoTVEtsuko Usami2001Kah-chanOkatsu2001MariaTVUmi Sakamoto1995向田邦子終戦特別企画TV1991Noh Mask MurdersToshiko Nagahara1990Why She Won't Marry1990Shikibu monogatariNun Chishu1985The Autumn in TokyoTV1983I Lived, But...Self1983The Makioka SistersTsuruko Makioka1980Koto: The Ancient CityShige (Chieko's mother)1980Zoku zoku jikenTV1979Hunter in the DarkOmon1979Tokyo SuburbiaTV1978Queen BeeHideko Kamio1977Red TorrentTVKimoto Mitsuko1977Lullaby to KillRika Aochi (proprietress of the Kamenoyu)1976MastermindNikki Kono1975The FossilMadame Marcelin1975Red SuspicionTV1975Two in the Amsterdam RainNakatsu1974The YakuzaEiko1973Tora-san Loves an ArtistRitsuko1972The RendezvousKeiko Matsumiya1972FossilTVMadame Marcelin1965The UninhibitedNora1965KwaidanYuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")1965TaikoukiTVOichi1963Rififi in TokyoAsami1962Love Under the Crucifix1962The InheritanceYasuko Miyagawa1961Ten Dark WomenIchiko Ishinoshita1961Who Are You, Mr. Sorge?Yuki Sakurai1960Her BrotherGen1960Honno-Ji in FlamesTama1959The Snow FlurryHaruko1957A Dangerous Hero1957Keiko and Yves Get MarriedThe bride1957Snow CountryKomako1957Typhoon Over NagasakiNoriko Sakurai1957Flying in the Air1956I Will Buy YouFudeko Taniguchi1956The Thick-Walled RoomYoshiko1956Shochiku Festival: All-Star Lineup – Studio Express / The Birth of an Actress1956CinépanoramaTVSelf1956Early SpringChiyo Kaneko aka Goldfish1955Every Day That New Life1955So Deep in My Heart1955お役者小僧 江戸千両幟お妙1955The Mask and Destiny1955The RefugeeSachiko1955Growing Up1955Here Is a Spring1954Three LovesMichiko Satomi1954Mother's First Love1954Always in My Heart Part 31954Hana to ryû - Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten1954The Garden of WomenTomiko Takioka1953Always in My Heart Part 21953Always in My Heart1953An Heir's Place1953Otome no shinsatsu-shitsu1953疾風からす隊お京1953Night in Hawaii1952Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove1952Kyōshū1952Doctor's Day Off1952治郎吉格子お喜乃1952Songfest! The 3 Young Musketeers!1952Bored Hatamoto: The Imposter菊路1951Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival1951Minami kaze1951Haha machi gusa1951母恋草1951The Love Letter Trial1951The Den of Beasts1951Home Sweet Home1950Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom1950Les Miserables I: God and the Devil