Kishi Keiko
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is a Japan
ese 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.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese actress, writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, 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
Yves Ciampi
Yves Ciampi was a French director, born 1921, died 1982. He was married to Japanese actress Kishi Keiko from 1957 to 1975.-Filmography:*1950 : Suzanne et les brigands*1950 : Un certain monsieur*1951 : Un grand patron...
in 1957, and commuted for a while between Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
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.
Filmography
- Typhon sur NagasakiTyphon sur NagasakiTyphon sur Nagasaki is a French drama romance film from 1957, directed by Yves Ciampi, written by Jean-Charles Tacchella, starring Jean Marais...
(1957) - AruseAruseis a 1957 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse. It was Japan's submission to the 30th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.-Cast:* Hideko Takamine* Ken Uehara* Masayuki Mori...
(1957) - Her BrotherHer BrotherHer Brother is a 1960 Japanese drama film directed by Kon Ichikawa. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival, where it won a prize for Special Distinction....
(1960) - TakekurabeTakekurabe (1955 film), English titles include: Adolescence, Growing Up Twice, Growing Up, and Child's Play, is a 1955 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Heinosuke Gosho.It is a film adaptation of Higuchi Ichiyō's 1895-1896 novel Takekurabe....
(たけくらべ Takekurabe), English titles include: Adolescence aka Growing Up Twice aka Growing Up aka Child's Play (1955) - Snow CountrySnow Country (film)Snow Country is a 1957 black-and-white drama Japanese film directed by Shirō Toyoda based on the novel Snow Country written by the Nobel Prize winning author Kawabata Yasunari between 1937 and 1941. The film was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival...
(1957) - Hibari no Circus: kanashiki kobatoHibari no Circus: kanashiki kobatois a 1952 black and white Japanese film directed by Mizuho Shunkai.-Cast:* Hibari Misora* Sata Keiji * Keiko Kishi* Kuniko Miyake * Shunji Sakai * Ichirō Shimizu * Ryuji Kita * Kawada Haruhisa * Shin Tokudaiji...
(ひばりのサーカス 悲しき小鳩 Hibari no saakasu kanashiki kobato) (1952) - Ten Dark Women (黒い十人の女 Kuroi Jūnin no Onna) (1961)
- The RendezvousThe Rendezvousis a 1972 Japanese film directed by Kōichi Saitō. It was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Keiko Kishi - Woman on parole* Kenichi Hagiwara - Burglar* Yoshie Minami - Supervisor* Rentarô Mikuni - Detective* Jin Nakayama...
(1972) - The YakuzaThe YakuzaThe Yakuza is a 1974 neo-noir gangster film directed by Sydney Pollack, written by Leonard Schrader, Paul Schrader, and Robert Towne.The Yakuza portrays the clash of traditional Japanese values during Japan's transition from the US occupation to economic success in the early 1970s...
(1974) - The Makioka Sisters (1983) (Sasameyuki)
- Kah-chan (2001)
- The Twilight SamuraiThe Twilight SamuraiThe Twilight Samurai or is a 2002 Japanese film directed by Yoji Yamada. Set in mid-19th century Japan, a few years before the Meiji Restoration, it follows the life of Seibei Iguchi, a low-ranking samurai employed as a bureaucrat. Poor, but not destitute, he still manages to lead a content and...
(たそがれせいべい Tasogare Seibei) (2002) - Snow PrinceSnow Princeis a 2009 Japanese film adapted from the novel A Dog of Flanders and inspired by the 1971 film A Small Love Melody. It is directed by Joji Matsuoka and written by Kundo Koyama—the scriptwriter for the film Departures...
(スノープリンス 2009)