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.

Most Popular Keiko Kishi Trailers

Total trailers found: 68

Kyōshū Trailer (1952)

02 July 1952

The Refugee Trailer (1955)

03 May 1955

A Chinese medical student named Gan Shosho finds himself cut off from his homeland as he is studying in Japan during the outbreak of the war.

Haha machi gusa Trailer (1951)

17 August 1951

Asako works in a hostel for troubled young women. When a beautiful young girl is brought in one day after committing theft, Asako finds out from the older widow she works with that the new girl is undoubtedly her half-sister.

The Rendezvous Trailer (1972)

29 March 1972

The brief love story of an attentive young man and a beautiful woman who meet, fall in love and part during the course of a train ride.

I Lived, But... Trailer (1983)

29 October 1983

An extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination of footage from vintage films and new material (both interviews and Ozu-related locations) shot by Ozu's long-time camera-man (who came out of retirement to work on this).

Lullaby to Kill Trailer (1977)

02 April 1977

Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. He meets a police detective and they start to investigate an old unsolved murder.

The Twilight Samurai Trailer (2002)

02 November 2002

Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother.

Kwaidan Trailer (1965)

06 January 1965

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales.

Mastermind Trailer (1976)

10 September 1976

Zero Mostel plays an inspector on the trail of criminals who have captured a robot called Chatze(sp?) played by Felix Silas.

Noh Mask Murders Trailer (1991)

16 March 1991

The patriarch of a bickering family announces his retirement, stirring competition about who will succeed him as a leading practitioner of Noh theater, his granddaughter or grandson.

Home Sweet Home Trailer (1951)

21 March 1951

The Ueki family may not be wealthy, but smiles are never in short supply. The father is awarded prize money for 25 years of service to his workplace, but has it stolen on the way home from the ceremony.

Always in My Heart Part 2 Trailer (1953)

01 December 1953

Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Two meet again in Hokkaido only to be separated again.

The Inheritance Trailer (1962)

16 February 1962

A dying businessman intends to will ¥200 million to his three illegitimate children, but his associates scheme to take advantage of the situation.

Here Is a Spring Trailer (1955)

12 February 1955

The story of a group of young people who organise their own travelling symphony orchestra to provide music for people living in remote villages shortly after the war.

Always in My Heart Trailer (1953)

15 September 1953

Machiko Ujiie and Haruki Atomiya first meet and fall in love on Ginza’s Sukiyabashi Bridge during the Great Tokyo Air Raid in March 1945.

Queen Bee Trailer (1978)

11 February 1978

To solve the mystery of a murder of an old governess which takes place at a wealthy Daidoji family's country estate, family secrets and lies dating back several generations must be sorted out once and for all.

Early Spring Trailer (1956)

29 January 1956

A young salaryman and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he embarks on an extramarital affair.

Ten Dark Women Trailer (1961)

03 May 1961

Kaze is a philandering TV producer. His wife and nine of his mistresses conspire to kill him. However each woman would rather keep him alive, as long as she was the only woman in his life.

The Makioka Sisters Trailer (1983)

21 May 1983

This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms.

Tora-san Loves an Artist Trailer (1973)

25 December 1973

Tora-San returns to Shibamata just before his family leaves on a trip for Kyushu. Later, he encounters an old school chum and begins to have feeling for his artist sister.

Her Brother Trailer (1960)

01 November 1960

Set in 1926 when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this drama looks at the inner workings of a small family, especially the relationship between a sister and brother.

Two in the Amsterdam Rain Trailer (1975)

20 March 1975

Sakuda is a Japanese expat working in Amsterdam. When his company gets exposed for exporting fire arms to Italy that are later repurposed for war in Africa, he finds himself involved in a major complot alongside Ryo, a woman from his native village whom he falls in love with.

For Those We Love Trailer (2007)

12 May 2007

In 1943, as Japan's WWII effort falters, a vice-admiral proposes training squadrons of "volunteer" flyers to crash their armed planes into Allied warships.

Keiko Kishi, Eternally Rebellious Trailer (2023)

16 October 2023

Born in 1932, Keiko Kishi has been one of the first Japanese actresses known worldwide. Her decision to move to France and to marry director Yves Ciampi in 1957 – after he filmed her in Typhoon Over Nagasaki starring Jean Marais and Danielle Darrieux – caused a huge scandal in Japan.

The Yakuza Trailer (1974)

21 December 1974

When George Tanner does business with high-ranking Yakuza Tono, Tono kidnaps his daughter, and George summons his old friend, private eye Harry Kilmer, to Japan to investigate.

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

24 March 1954

Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten: Kiyoshi Saeki directed movie

Hunter in the Dark Trailer (1979)

17 June 1979

Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to protect him during an inter-clan conflict.

Love Under the Crucifix Trailer (1962)

03 June 1962

A tea master and his daughter Ogin are both Christians in feudal Japan. Ogin falls in love with a married feudal prince who shares her faith.

The Thick-Walled Room Trailer (1956)

31 October 1956

A group of rank-and-file soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.

The Fossil Trailer (1975)

04 October 1975

An industrialist is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is abroad in Europe at the time, and a glimpse of a Japanese woman in that setting causes him to imagine her as the personification of his impending fate.

Who Are You, Mr. Sorge? Trailer (1961)

29 March 1961

French docu-drama which chronicles the chain of events that lead to the hanging of German-journalist Richard Sorge, who was executed in 1944 after he was found supplying classified information to the Russians.

Three Loves Trailer (1954)

29 December 1954

In a mountain village, Heita, a translator's son, is a gifted boy but is shunned by the villagers. He can imitate birds' cry and befriends another boy who works in a brewery.

The Snow Flurry Trailer (1959)

03 January 1959

After surviving the double suicide pact she made with her lover, a woman gives birth to their child.

Snow Prince Trailer (2009)

12 December 2009

10-year-old Sota lives with his grandfather and a dog named Chibi in a small snowy village. They live in such a poverty that Sota cannot even afford to go to school, but however hard the situation is, Sota never holds a bad feeling against anyone around and keeps his dream alive to become a painter.

Snow Country Trailer (1957)

30 April 1957

It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous trip, and it seems like love.

I Will Buy You Trailer (1956)

21 November 1956

A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising baseball player to The Toyko Flowers.

Shikibu monogatari Trailer (1990)

06 October 1990

Toyoichi Otomo suffers from psychological and spiritual troubles after a horrific industrial accident.

The Uninhibited Trailer (1965)

21 April 1965

Vincent is recovering from a nervous breakdown in a seaside village on the Costa Brava. He enters into an affair with nightclub owner Jenny, but their relationship changes when she falls for alcoholic author Pascal Regnier, who is struggling to resume his writing career.

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

15 July 1952

Mariko studies at a missionary school in Shinshu. She drops out of school and joins her father on a circus tour when she discovers that her father, Ryutaro, whom she always thought was an agricultural and forestry engineer, was a circus clown.

Kah-chan Trailer (2001)

10 November 2001

Okatsu is a widow raising five children - adults but still mama-dependent - in mid-eighteenth century Edo, Japan.

Minami kaze Trailer (1951)

14 September 1951

1951 Japanese movie

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

14 November 1950

Typhoon Over Nagasaki Trailer (1957)

06 February 1957

Pierre Marsac, a French engineer working for the Nagasaki shipbuilding yards, has fallen in love both with Japan and a charming Japanese girl named Noriko.

Koto: The Ancient City Trailer (1980)

20 December 1980

Chieko (Momoe Yamaguchi) has been raised as the only child of parents who run a dry goods store. When Chieko was a middle-school student, she learned that her parents are not her biological parents.

Otome no shinsatsu-shitsu Trailer (1953)

01 April 1953

1953 Japanese movie

A Dangerous Hero Trailer (1957)

30 July 1957

A film by Hideo Suzuki.

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

03 November 1950

Always in My Heart Part 3 Trailer (1954)

27 April 1954

Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Machiko is not allowed to see Haruki. They finally meet again, but Haruki departs to Europe.

Honno-Ji in Flames Trailer (1960)

11 September 1960

The plot is based on the novel "Akechi Samanosuke no Koi," the final work in a trilogy by Hiroshi Kato about the forced suicide of Oda Nobunaga at the temple Honnoji.

The Garden of Women Trailer (1954)

16 March 1954

A student at a woman's university takes a controversial action against the school's old-fashioned doctrines.

Rififi in Tokyo Trailer (1963)

29 March 1963

Van Hekken, an old gangster, arrives in Tokyo to direct a bank hold-up in order to get a very valuable diamond.

Doctor's Day Off Trailer (1952)

01 April 1952

Having completed the first year at his new medical practice, a doctor plans to relax on his day off. However, it is not to be: on this hectic day a man just back from the war front visits the doctor with a medical emergency, followed by a woman who claims to have been molested.

Night in Hawaii Trailer (1953)

09 January 1953

Mother's First Love Trailer (1954)

17 September 1954

A melodrama based on the novel by Yasunari Kawabata, telling about the tragic fate of a mother and daughter who are attracted to the same man.

Flying in the Air Trailer (1957)

09 January 1957

The movie depicts the youth of kamikaze pilots who scattered young lives in the sky.

Shochiku Festival: All-Star Lineup – Studio Express / The Birth of an Actress Trailer (1956)

19 September 1956

Produced by Shochiku’s all-star cast as a commemorative film to mark the completion of the “Shochiku Kaikan” in Tsukiji, Tokyo, this movie introduces both the Shochiku Ofuna and Kyoto studios.

Growing Up Trailer (1955)

01 April 1955

A boy falls in love with a girl. Neither of them know that she's to be sold to a brothel.

An Heir's Place Trailer (1953)

03 June 1953

This film stars Tanaka Kinuyo as the mother of the heir to the Hosho name, a famous lineage of Noh actors.

Songfest! The 3 Young Musketeers! Trailer (1952)

26 January 1952

Saito Torajiro directed this light comic musical about the lives and loves of three cheerful, lively young men on the R University Rugby Club, Toshio (Tsuruta Koji), Kenkichi (Tabata Yoshio), and Shunzo (Kawada Haruhisa).

The Den of Beasts Trailer (1951)

08 June 1951