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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Known For
The Twilight Samurai
(2002)
Older Ito Iguchi
The Yakuza
(1974)
Eiko
Kwaidan
(1965)
Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Early Spring
(1956)
Chiyo Kaneko
Full Filmography
Acting
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
(1950)
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
(1950)
Kemono no yado
(1951)
Minami kaze
(1951)
Karuma Tengu: The Fire Festival
(1951)
Haha machi gusa
(1951)
Home Sweet Home
(1951)
母恋草
(1951)
The Imposter
(1952)
菊路
Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
(1952)
Kyōshū
(1952)
Doctor's Day Off
(1952)
治郎吉格子
(1952)
お喜乃
An Heir's Place
(1953)
Night in Hawaii
(1953)
Always in My Heart Part 2
(1953)
Always in My Heart
(1953)
Otome no shinsatsu-shitsu
(1953)
疾風からす隊
(1953)
お京
The Garden of Women
(1954)
Tomiko Takioka
Three Loves
(1954)
Michiko Satomi
Hana to ryû - Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten
(1954)
Always in My Heart Part 3
(1954)
Here Is a Spring
(1955)
Growing Up
(1955)
The Refugee
(1955)
Sachiko
The Mask and Destiny
(1955)
お役者小僧 江戸千両幟
(1955)
お妙
The Thick-Walled Room
(1956)
Yoshiko
I Will Buy You
(1956)
Fudeko Taniguchi
Early Spring
(1956)
Chiyo Kaneko
Flying in the Air
(1957)
A Dangerous Hero
(1957)
Snow Country
(1957)
Komako
Keiko and Yves Get Married
(1957)
The bride
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
(1957)
The Snow Flurry
(1959)
Haruko
Her Brother
(1960)
Gen
Honno-Ji in Flames
(1960)
Tama
Ten Dark Women
(1961)
Ichiko Ishinoshita
Who Are You, Mr. Sorge?
(1961)
Yuki Sakurai
Love Under the Crucifix
(1962)
The Inheritance
(1962)
Yasuko Miyagawa
Rififi in Tokyo
(1963)
Asami
The Uninhibited
(1965)
Nora
Kwaidan
(1965)
Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Mastermind
(1969)
Nikki Kono
The Rendezvous
(1972)
Keiko Matsumiya
Tora-san Loves an Artist
(1973)
Ritsuko
The Yakuza
(1974)
Eiko
The Fossil
(1975)
Madame Marcelin
Two in the Amsterdam Rain
(1975)
Nakatsu
Lullaby to Kill
(1977)
Rika Aochi (proprietress of the Kamenoyu)
Queen Bee
(1978)
Hideko Kamio
Hunter in the Dark
(1979)
Omon
Koto: The Ancient City
(1980)
Shige (Chieko's mother)
I Lived, But...
(1983)
Self
The Makioka Sisters
(1983)
Tsuruko Makioka
Why She Won't Marry
(1990)
Shikibu monogatari
(1990)
Nun Chishu
Noh Mask Murders
(1991)
Toshiko Nagahara
Kah-chan
(2001)
Okatsu
The Twilight Samurai
(2002)
Older Ito Iguchi
For Those We Love
(2007)
Tome Torihama
Snow Prince
(2009)
Keiko Kishi, Eternally Rebellious
(2023)