Keiko Kishi
Biography
Keiko Kishi (born August 11, 1932 in Yokohama, Japan) was 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, was born. She divorced her husband in 1975. Since 1996 she was a Goodwill Ambassador for the UNFPA. She won the award for best actress at the 25th Japan Academy Prize for Kah-chan.
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Filmography
Yves Ciampi: The Adventurer
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Keiko Kishi, Eternally Rebellious
2023
Snow Prince
2009
For Those We Love
2007
as Tome Torihama
For Those We Love
2007
as Torihama
The Twilight Samurai
2002
as Older Ito Iguchi
Kah-chan
2001
as Okatsu
Noh Mask Murders
1991
as Toshiko Nagahara
Why She Won't Marry
1990
Shikibu monogatari
1990
as Nun Chishu
I Lived, But...
1983
as Self
The Makioka Sisters
1983
as Tsuruko Makioka
Koto: The Ancient City
1980
as Shige (Chieko's mother)
Hunter in the Dark
1979
as Omon
Queen Bee
1978
as Hideko Kamio
Lullaby to Kill
1977
as Rika Aochi (proprietress of the Kamenoyu)
Mastermind
1976
as Nikki Kono
The Fossil
1975
as Madame Marcelin
Two in the Amsterdam Rain
1975
as Nakatsu
The Yakuza
1974
as Eiko
Tora-san Loves an Artist
1973
as Ritsuko
The Rendezvous
1972
as Keiko Matsumiya
L'Essayage
1969
The Uninhibited
1965
as Nora