Kirin Kiki
Acting·January 15, 1943·† September 15, 2018 — 75 years old·Tokyo, Japan
Kirin Kiki (樹木 希林 Kiki Kirin) (15 January 1943 – 15 September 2018) was a Japanese actress known for her work in Japanese cinema and television.
Known For
Filmography · 143
—Zoku Yumechiyo NikkiTVKikun2025Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special2019Kiki Kirin's Lifeself2019Erica 38Erica's Mother2019Cherry Blossoms & DemonsYus Großmutter2018Every Day a Good DayTeacher Takeda2018ShopliftersHatsue Shibata2018Mori, The Artist's HabitatHideko2017Kiki Kirin's Izakaya Grandma2017The Gods of Food: The Last Promise2017Life is FruityNarrator2016After the StormYoshiko Shinoda2015Mystery Trilogy SpecialKirika Ohmori (segment "A Mystery Writer's Daily Life")2015Our Little SisterFumiyo Kikuchi2015Sweet BeanTokue2015KakekomiGenbei2014This Mystery is Excellent! ~ Challenge from Bestseller Writer大森キリカ (案内人)2013Like Father, Like SonRiko Ishizeki2013Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row Inmate2012Until the Break of DawnAiko Shibuya2012Chronicle of My MotherYae2012HanezuTakumi's Mother2011I WishHideko2011A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Tripfortune teller2011Hokaibito: Ina no SeigetsuNarrator (voice)2010GhostUnten Sazuki2010VillainFusae Shimizu2010The Secret World of ArriettyHaru (voice)2010Two Portraits of MIYAGINOMadam2009Making 'Still Walking'Self2008The Short Films: We Were All Once Children2008Still WalkingToshiko Yokoyama2007Dots and LinesTV2007Kagerou no TsujiTVOichi2007Dog in a SidecarGranny Tome2007Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes DadEiko Nakagawa2006Red Whale, White Snake2006Our War2005Tokyo Tower2005Natsumeke no ShokutakuTV2004IzoIzo's Mother2004The Taste of TeaObaa2004Fireflies: River of LightHeadmistress2004Kamikaze GirlsMomoko's Grandmother2004Half a ConfessionYasuko Shimamura2003Teacher's suitcaseSensei's ex-wife2002Through the Night2002InochiMother2002ReturnerXia2001Pistol OperaRin2001Cardboard House Girl2001Tokyo MarigoldRitsuko Sakai2000The Whispered CityFan of Kyushiro2000Aoi: Tokugawa Three GenerationsTVLady Kasuga [Iemitsu's wet nurse]1999KeihoDefence Counsel Shigure Nagamura1997Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow1997The Best Bad ThingAunt Hata1997Hissatsu shimatsuninOtora1997Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and LoveSanae Mita1996OishinboTome1995Mitabi no kaikyô1995Toki no kagayakiNagashima1994The Mystery of RampoHouse Wife / Head of Maid1994SakuraFumi1993Rex: A Dinosaur's Story1993YearningOmatsu1993Korekara: Umibe no TabibitotachiTV1992The Triple Cross1992Ritsuko: Her Love, Her Death1992The Games Teachers PlayYasuko Takeda1991The Voyage Of Little Sinbad1991Private Detective DobuTV1991Kim's War1991Kimi no na waTV深野柳子1991War and YouthEtsuko Onoki1991Rainbow KidsKura 'Ku-chan' Nakamura1990Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari TokubetsuhenTV1990ママ母戦争1990As If In FlightTV天璋院付き老女・幾島1989Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass CapeOtane1988CraneYura1988RemembranceMine Kamioka1987An Early AutumnTV1987冷たいのがお好きHarue Hashimoto1987森繁久彌の七人の孫TV1986HanekonmaTVYae Tachibana1986The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai1985Yume-Chiyo1985Lonely HeartTerue Amano1985Song of the Spring Pony1985Capone Cries a LotSene Tachikawa1983Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case1983Hometown1983Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder CaseSen1983Amagi PassRyosaku's wife1983Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders CaseSen1982Highschool Scramble1982Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder CaseSen1982Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder CaseSen1982I Are You, You Am MeNaoko Saitoh1982Karate CopSumi Yashiro1981The Wild DaisyOmasu1981Yumechiyo NikkiTV1981Return of the ChampTomoe1981Private Detective DOBU 1Sen1980The First Catch1980Nurse's Husband1980ZigeunerweisenKimi1979Heaven Sent1979The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi1979Down with The Big BossOkonomiyaki Manager1979Taro the Dragon BoyYamanba (voice)1978Prime Minister of YuhigaokaTV1978Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro1977Crocodile, Parrot and Fur SealMary1977Ballad of OrinTama Ichise1977Tomorrow Evening1977Female TeacherYuriko Yokoyama1977Kimagure HonkakuhaTVIjuuin Ayano1976Sachiko no sachiMomoe1976The Sea of Eden1975The Viper Brothers and the Young General1975Without ComplaintHaruko Kitani1974Statue in Fire1974The Four Roughnecks1974Jack and the BeanstalkMadam Noir1974Akumyo: Notorious Dragon1974Red Paper Lantern1974Terauchi Kantarō IkkaTV1972My Voiceless FriendsMaid1971Go As Messy As Messy Can BePTA Mama1970Ōedo SōsamōTV1970Live My Share, MotherNurse Okamura1970時間ですよTV児島（石松）浜子 · 児島浜子1970Tora-san, His Tender LoveMaid in Shinshû1969Crazy Big Explosion1968Angel's Lover1968Nunnery Confidential1967Journey1966Koto—The Lake of TearsKayo Sugumo1966Dynamite Doctor ReturnsFumiko (as Chiho Yûki)19663 Raccoon DogsMidori1966Dianas of the Campus