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
Kwaidan
(1965)
Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
The Twilight Samurai
(2002)
Older Ito Iguchi
The Yakuza
(1974)
Eiko
Full Filmography
Acting
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
(1950)
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
(1950)
Home Sweet Home
(1951)
Kemono no yado
(1951)
Haha machi gusa
(1951)
母恋草
(1951)
Karuma Tengu: The Fire Festival
(1951)
Minami kaze
(1951)
Doctor's Day Off
(1952)
Kyōshū
(1952)
治郎吉格子
(1952)
お喜乃
The Imposter
(1952)
菊路
Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
(1952)
Always in My Heart
(1953)
Always in My Heart Part 2
(1953)
An Heir's Place
(1953)
Night in Hawaii
(1953)
疾風からす隊
(1953)
お京
Otome no shinsatsu-shitsu
(1953)
The Garden of Women
(1954)
Tomiko Takioka
Always in My Heart Part 3
(1954)
Three Loves
(1954)
Michiko Satomi
Hana to ryû - Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten
(1954)
Growing Up
(1955)
Here Is a Spring
(1955)
The Refugee
(1955)
Sachiko
The Mask and Destiny
(1955)
お役者小僧 江戸千両幟
(1955)
お妙
Early Spring
(1956)
Chiyo Kaneko
I Will Buy You
(1956)
Fudeko Taniguchi
The Thick-Walled Room
(1956)
Yoshiko
Snow Country
(1957)
Komako
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
(1957)
A Dangerous Hero
(1957)
Flying in the Air
(1957)
Keiko and Yves Get Married
(1957)
The bride
The Snow Flurry
(1959)
Haruko
Her Brother
(1960)
Gen
Honno-Ji in Flames
(1960)
Tama
Who Are You, Mr. Sorge?
(1961)
Yuki Sakurai
Ten Dark Women
(1961)
Ichiko Ishinoshita
The Inheritance
(1962)
Yasuko Miyagawa
Love Under the Crucifix
(1962)
Rififi in Tokyo
(1963)
Asami
Kwaidan
(1965)
Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
The Uninhibited
(1965)
Nora
Mastermind
(1969)
Nikki Kono
The Rendezvous
(1972)
Keiko Matsumiya
Tora-san Loves an Artist
(1973)
Ritsuko
The Yakuza
(1974)
Eiko
Two in the Amsterdam Rain
(1975)
Nakatsu
The Fossil
(1975)
Madame Marcelin
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)
The Makioka Sisters
(1983)
Tsuruko Makioka
I Lived, But...
(1983)
Self
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)