
Acting
Keiko Kishi
- Born
- August 11, 1932
- Died
- August 7, 2026
Biography
Keiko Kishi (born August 11, 1932 in Yokohama, Japan) was 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, was born. She divorced her husband in 1975. Since 1996 she was 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
Known for
7.5Early Spring
1956
7.7Kwaidan
1965
7.0Night in Hawaii
1953
7.1The Yakuza
1974
7.4The Makioka Sisters
1983
6.3Hunter in the Dark
1979
6.2For Those We Love
2007
4.8Mastermind
1976
7.1Her Brother
1960
7.1I Will Buy You
1956
6.6Lullaby to Kill
1977
7.8The Twilight Samurai
2002
7.2The Thick-Walled Room
1956
7.3The Inheritance
1962
8.4Tora-san Loves an Artist
1973
8.0Two in the Amsterdam Rain
1975
6.9The Snow Flurry
1959
6.6The Garden of Women
1954