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

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

The Twilight Samurai

as Older Ito Iguchi

The Yakuza

as Eiko

Early Spring

as Chiyo Kaneko

The Makioka Sisters

as Tsuruko Makioka

The Inheritance

as Yasuko Miyagawa

The Thick-Walled Room

as Yoshiko

Hunter in the Dark

as Omon

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

as Etsuko Usami

Her Brother

as Gen