Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
8/11/1932
Place of Birth
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Also Known As
Kishi Keiko岸 恵子کیکو کیشی
Keiko Kishi
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 A...
Known For
I Will Buy You
as Fudeko Taniguchi
Honno-Ji in Flames
as Tama
The Den of Beasts
Unknown Role
Three Loves
as Michiko Satomi
Kwaidan
as Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")
The Yakuza
as Eiko
The Twilight Samurai
as Older Ito Iguchi
The Rendezvous
as Keiko Matsumiya
The Thick-Walled Room
as Yoshiko
The Makioka Sisters
as Tsuruko Makioka
Here Is a Spring
Unknown Role
Early Spring
as Chiyo Kaneko aka Goldfish
Love Under the Crucifix
Unknown Role
Lullaby to Kill
as Rika Aochi (proprietress of the Kamenoyu)
Queen Bee
as Hideko Kamio
Kah-chan
as Okatsu
Hunter in the Dark
as Omon
Her Brother
as Gen
Noh Mask Murders
as Toshiko Nagahara
Ten Dark Women
as Ichiko Ishinoshita