
Keiko Kishi
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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
Credits

Kwaidan (1965)
as Yuki the Snow Maiden (segment "The Woman of the Snow")

An Heir's Place (1953)
Actor

Home Sweet Home (1951)
Actor

Why She Won't Marry (1990)
Actor

The Twilight Samurai (2002)
as Older Ito Iguchi

The Love Letter Trial (1951)
Actor

For Those We Love (2007)
as Tome Torihama

The Makioka Sisters (1983)
as Tsuruko Makioka
Shochiku Festival: All-Star Lineup – Studio Express / The Birth of an Actress (1956)
Actor

Hunter in the Dark (1979)
as Omon

Keiko Kishi, Eternally Rebellious (2023)
Actor

Lullaby to Kill (1977)
as Rika Aochi (proprietress of the Kamenoyu)

So Deep in My Heart (1955)
Actor

Her Brother (1960)
as Gen

Early Spring (1956)
as Chiyo Kaneko aka Goldfish

Ten Dark Women (1961)
as Ichiko Ishinoshita

Queen Bee (1978)
as Hideko Kamio

Haha machi gusa (1951)
Actor

Who Are You, Mr. Sorge? (1961)
as Yuki Sakurai

Keiko and Yves Get Married (1957)
as The bride

Noh Mask Murders (1991)
as Toshiko Nagahara

Every Day That New Life (1955)
Actor

Mastermind (1976)
as Nikki Kono

The Uninhibited (1965)
as Nora

The Yakuza (1974)
as Eiko

Snow Prince (2009)
Actor

The Rendezvous (1972)
as Keiko Matsumiya

Yves Ciampi: The Adventurer (2025)
as Self (archive footage)

I Will Buy You (1956)
as Fudeko Taniguchi

Love Under the Crucifix (1962)
Actor

Snow Country (1957)
as Komako

Kah-chan (2001)
as Okatsu

I Lived, But... (1983)
as Self

The Thick-Walled Room (1956)
as Yoshiko

A Dangerous Hero (1957)
Actor

Typhoon Over Nagasaki (1957)
as Noriko Sakurai

The Inheritance (1962)
as Yasuko Miyagawa

The Fossil (1975)
as Madame Marcelin

Koto: The Ancient City (1980)
as Shige (Chieko's mother)

The Snow Flurry (1959)
as Haruko

Rififi in Tokyo (1963)
as Asami

Always in My Heart Part 3 (1954)
Actor

Here Is a Spring (1955)
Actor

Hana to ryû - Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten (1954)
Actor

Flying in the Air (1957)
Actor

The Refugee (1955)
as Sachiko

Shikibu monogatari (1990)
as Nun Chishu
The Mask and Destiny (1955)
Actor

The Garden of Women (1954)
as Tomiko Takioka

Mother's First Love (1954)
Actor

Tora-san Loves an Artist (1973)
as Ritsuko

The Den of Beasts (1951)
Actor

Minami kaze (1951)
Actor

Always in My Heart Part 2 (1953)
Actor

Always in My Heart (1953)
Actor

Les Miserables I: God and the Devil (1950)
Actor

Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove (1952)
Actor

お役者小僧 江戸千両幟 (1955)
as お妙

Honno-Ji in Flames (1960)
as Tama

Two in the Amsterdam Rain (1975)
as Nakatsu

Growing Up (1955)
Actor

Doctor's Day Off (1952)
Actor

Bored Hatamoto: The Imposter (1952)
as 菊路

母恋草 (1951)
Actor

Otome no shinsatsu-shitsu (1953)
Actor

Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival (1951)
Actor

Songfest! The 3 Young Musketeers! (1952)
Actor

Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom (1950)
Actor

疾風からす隊 (1953)
as お京

治郎吉格子 (1952)
as お喜乃

Three Loves (1954)
as Michiko Satomi

Night in Hawaii (1953)
Actor

Kyōshū (1952)
Actor





