Keiko Kishi

    Known For

    Acting

    Birthday

    August 11, 1932 (93 years old)

    Place of Birth

    Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

    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 Academy Prize for Kah-chan. Description above from the Wikipedia article Keiko Kishi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

    Known For

    • Kwaidan

      Kwaidan

      1965

    • The Twilight Samurai

      The Twilight Samurai

      2002

    • The Yakuza

      The Yakuza

      1974

    • Early Spring

      Early Spring

      1956

    • The Makioka Sisters

      The Makioka Sisters

      1983

    • The Inheritance

      The Inheritance

      1962

    • The Thick-Walled Room

      The Thick-Walled Room

      1956

    • Hunter in the Dark

      Hunter in the Dark

      1979

    • AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

      AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

      2002

    • Her Brother

      Her Brother

      1960

    • I Will Buy You

      I Will Buy You

      1956

    • Lullaby to Kill

      Lullaby to Kill

      1977

    • Typhoon Over Nagasaki

      Typhoon Over Nagasaki

      1957

    • The Rendezvous

      The Rendezvous

      1972

    • Rififi in Tokyo

      Rififi in Tokyo

      1963