Keiko Kishi
Acting • Born 1932-08-11
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Keiko Kishi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
87 credits
Early Spring
Movie • 1956
Chiyo Kaneko aka Goldfish
Kwaidan
Movie • 1965
Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Night in Hawaii
Movie • 1953
The Yakuza
Movie • 1974
Eiko
The Makioka Sisters
Movie • 1983
Tsuruko Makioka
Hunter in the Dark
Movie • 1979
Omon
For Those We Love
Movie • 2007
Tome Torihama
The Mask and Destiny
Movie • 1955
Mastermind
Movie • 1976
Nikki Kono
Her Brother
Movie • 1960
Gen
I Will Buy You
Movie • 1956
Fudeko Taniguchi
Lullaby to Kill
Movie • 1977
Rika Aochi (proprietress of the Kamenoyu)
The Twilight Samurai
Movie • 2002
Older Ito Iguchi
The Thick-Walled Room
Movie • 1956
Yoshiko
The Inheritance
Movie • 1962
Yasuko Miyagawa
Tora-san Loves an Artist
Movie • 1973
Ritsuko
Two in the Amsterdam Rain
Movie • 1975
Nakatsu
The Snow Flurry
Movie • 1959
Haruko
The Garden of Women
Movie • 1954
Tomiko Takioka
The Rendezvous
Movie • 1972
Keiko Matsumiya
Rififi in Tokyo
Movie • 1963
Asami
Growing Up
Movie • 1955
治郎吉格子
Movie • 1952
お喜乃
Bored Hatamoto: The Imposter
Movie • 1952
菊路
疾風からす隊
Movie • 1953
お京
お役者小僧 江戸千両幟
Movie • 1955
お妙
Otome no shinsatsu-shitsu
Movie • 1953
A Dangerous Hero
Movie • 1957
Kyōshū
Movie • 1952
母恋草
Movie • 1951
Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
Movie • 1952
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
Movie • 1950
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
Movie • 1950
Snow Prince
Movie • 2009
Koto: The Ancient City
Movie • 1980
Shige (Chieko's mother)
Keiko Kishi, Eternally Rebellious
Movie • 2023
An Heir's Place
Movie • 1953
Flying in the Air
Movie • 1957
Keiko and Yves Get Married
Movie • 1957
The bride
Hana to ryû - Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten
Movie • 1954
Queen Bee
Movie • 1978
Hideko Kamio
Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival
Movie • 1951
Minami kaze
Movie • 1951
Always in My Heart
Movie • 1953
Here Is a Spring
Movie • 1955
Always in My Heart Part 2
Movie • 1953
Always in My Heart Part 3
Movie • 1954
The Uninhibited
Movie • 1965
Nora
Mother's First Love
Movie • 1954
Who Are You, Mr. Sorge?
Movie • 1961
Yuki Sakurai
Noh Mask Murders
Movie • 1991
Toshiko Nagahara
Ten Dark Women
Movie • 1961
Ichiko Ishinoshita
Three Loves
Movie • 1954
Michiko Satomi
Love Under the Crucifix
Movie • 1962
Snow Country
Movie • 1957
Komako
I Lived, But...
Movie • 1983
Self
The Refugee
Movie • 1955
Sachiko
Kah-chan
Movie • 2001
Okatsu
Home Sweet Home
Movie • 1951
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
Movie • 1957
Honno-Ji in Flames
Movie • 1960
Tama
The Fossil
Movie • 1975
Madame Marcelin
The Den of Beasts
Movie • 1951
Haha machi gusa
Movie • 1951
Why She Won't Marry
Movie • 1990
Shikibu monogatari
Movie • 1990
Nun Chishu
Doctor's Day Off
Movie • 1952
Songfest! The 3 Young Musketeers!
Movie • 1952
For Those We Love
Movie • 2007
Torihama
Yves Ciampi: The Adventurer
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Taikouki
TV • 1965
Oichi
向田邦子終戦特別企画
TV • 1995
Bread and Soup and Cat Weather
TV • 2013
Teacher Yamaguchi
Red Suspicion
TV • 1975
First Love
TV • 2023
Kaori Mukai
The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters
TV • 2003
柏倉 里子
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
TV • 2002
Etsuko Usami
Maria
TV • 2001
Umi Sakamoto
Mango no Ki no Shita de
TV • 2019
Rinko Okuta (1989)
Cinépanorama
TV • 1956
Self
Zoku zoku jiken
TV • 1980
Tokyo Air Raid
TV • 2008
Mizuhashi Etsuko
Kokoro
TV • 2003
Kiyono Izumi
The Autumn in Tokyo
TV • 1985
Tokyo Suburbia
TV • 1979
Red Torrent
TV • 1977
Kimoto Mitsuko
Fossil
TV • 1972
Madame Marcelin