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Keiko Kishi

Keiko Kishi

Born: 1932-08-11 • Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

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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Filmography
Yves Ciampi: The Adventurer poster
Yves Ciampi: The Adventurer
2025 • Self (archive footage)
Keiko Kishi, Eternally Rebellious poster
Keiko Kishi, Eternally Rebellious
2023
Snow Prince poster
Snow Prince
2009
For Those We Love poster
For Those We Love
2007 • Tome Torihama
For Those We Love poster
For Those We Love
2007 • Torihama
The Twilight Samurai poster
The Twilight Samurai
2002 • Older Ito Iguchi
Kah-chan poster
Kah-chan
2001 • Okatsu
Noh Mask Murders poster
Noh Mask Murders
1991 • Toshiko Nagahara
Why She Won't Marry poster
Why She Won't Marry
1990
Shikibu monogatari poster
Shikibu monogatari
1990 • Nun Chishu
I Lived, But... poster
I Lived, But...
1983 • Self
The Makioka Sisters poster
The Makioka Sisters
1983 • Tsuruko Makioka
Koto: The Ancient City poster
Koto: The Ancient City
1980 • Shige (Chieko's mother)
Hunter in the Dark poster
Hunter in the Dark
1979 • Omon
Queen Bee poster
Queen Bee
1978 • Hideko Kamio
Lullaby to Kill poster
Lullaby to Kill
1977 • Rika Aochi (proprietress of the Kamenoyu)
Mastermind poster
Mastermind
1976 • Nikki Kono
The Fossil poster
The Fossil
1975 • Madame Marcelin
Two in the Amsterdam Rain poster
Two in the Amsterdam Rain
1975 • Nakatsu
The Yakuza poster
The Yakuza
1974 • Eiko
Tora-san Loves an Artist poster
Tora-san Loves an Artist
1973 • Ritsuko
The Rendezvous poster
The Rendezvous
1972 • Keiko Matsumiya
The Uninhibited poster
The Uninhibited
1965 • Nora
Kwaidan poster
Kwaidan
1965 • Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
Rififi in Tokyo poster
Rififi in Tokyo
1963 • Asami
Love Under the Crucifix poster
Love Under the Crucifix
1962
The Inheritance poster
The Inheritance
1962 • Yasuko Miyagawa
Ten Dark Women poster
Ten Dark Women
1961 • Ichiko Ishinoshita
Who Are You, Mr. Sorge? poster
Who Are You, Mr. Sorge?
1961 • Yuki Sakurai
Her Brother poster
Her Brother
1960 • Gen
Honno-Ji in Flames poster
Honno-Ji in Flames
1960 • Tama
The Snow Flurry poster
The Snow Flurry
1959 • Haruko
A Dangerous Hero poster
A Dangerous Hero
1957
Keiko and Yves Get Married poster
Keiko and Yves Get Married
1957 • The bride
Snow Country poster
Snow Country
1957 • Komako
Typhoon Over Nagasaki poster
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957
Flying in the Air poster
Flying in the Air
1957
I Will Buy You poster
I Will Buy You
1956 • Fudeko Taniguchi
The Thick-Walled Room poster
The Thick-Walled Room
1956 • Yoshiko
Early Spring poster
Early Spring
1956 • Chiyo Kaneko aka Goldfish
お役者小僧 江戸千両幟 poster
お役者小僧 江戸千両幟
1955 • お妙
No Image
The Mask and Destiny
1955
The Refugee poster
The Refugee
1955 • Sachiko
Growing Up poster
Growing Up
1955
Here Is a Spring poster
Here Is a Spring
1955
Three Loves poster
Three Loves
1954 • Michiko Satomi
Mother's First Love poster
Mother's First Love
1954
Always in My Heart Part 3 poster
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954
Hana to ryû - Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten poster
Hana to ryû - Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten
1954
The Garden of Women poster
The Garden of Women
1954 • Tomiko Takioka
Always in My Heart Part 2 poster
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
Always in My Heart poster
Always in My Heart
1953
An Heir's Place poster
An Heir's Place
1953
Otome no shinsatsu-shitsu poster
Otome no shinsatsu-shitsu
1953
疾風からす隊 poster
疾風からす隊
1953 • お京
Night in Hawaii poster
Night in Hawaii
1953
Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove poster
Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove
1952
Kyōshū poster
Kyōshū
1952
Doctor's Day Off poster
Doctor's Day Off
1952
治郎吉格子 poster
治郎吉格子
1952 • お喜乃
Songfest! The 3 Young Musketeers! poster
Songfest! The 3 Young Musketeers!
1952
Bored Hatamoto: The Imposter poster
Bored Hatamoto: The Imposter
1952 • 菊路
Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival poster
Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival
1951
Minami kaze poster
Minami kaze
1951
Haha machi gusa poster
Haha machi gusa
1951
母恋草 poster
母恋草
1951
The Den of Beasts poster
The Den of Beasts
1951
Home Sweet Home poster
Home Sweet Home
1951
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom poster
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil poster
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950