Keiko Kishi
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Keiko Kishi | |
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岸 惠子 | |
.jpg) Kishi in 1957. | |
| Born | 11 August 1932 Yokohama, Japan |
| Died | 7 August 2026 (aged 93) |
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| Years active | 1951–2026 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
Keiko Kishi (岸 惠子, Kishi Keiko; 11 August 1932 – 7 August 2026) was a Japanese actress, writer and UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador. She was a Japan Academy Film Prize winner, out of three total nominations.
Early life and career
[edit]Kishi was born in Yokohama on 11 August 1932, and studied ballet as a child. She aspired to be a novelist, as an admirer of Yasunari Kawabata.
She made her acting debut in 1951 in Noboru Nakamura's film Home Sweet Home.
Kishi co-founded the production company Ninjin Club, with Yoshiko Kuga and Ineko Arima in 1954.
In the 1950s, David Lean proposed her for the main role in The Wind Cannot Read, which is about a Japanese language instructor in India circa 1943 who falls in love with a British officer, but that idea fell through and Yoko Tani was eventually cast in the role.
From 1996 she was a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
In 2002, she won the Japan Academy Prize for best actress for her role in the film Kah-chan.[1]
Personal life and death
[edit]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 a daughter was born. She divorced her husband in 1975. Kishi had two grandchildren by her daughter.[2]
Kishi died on 7 August 2026, four days before her 94th birthday.[3][4]
Filmography (selected)
[edit]Film
[edit]- Home Sweet Home (1951)
- The Idiot (1951)
- Hibari no Sākasu Kanashiki Kobato (1952)
- The Thick-Walled Room (1953, rel. 1956)
- The Garden of Women (1954)
- Takekurabe (1955)
- Early Spring (1956)
- I Will Buy You (1956)
- Typhoon Over Nagasaki (1957)
- Untamed (1957)
- Snow Country (1957)
- The Snow Flurry (1959)
- Her Brother (1960)
- Ten Dark Women (1961)
- The Inheritance (1962)
- Love Under the Crucifix (1962)
- Rififi in Tokyo (1963)
- Kwaidan (1964)
- Mastermind (1969)
- The Rendezvous (1972)
- Tora-san Loves an Artist (1973)
- The Yakuza (1974)
- The Fossil (1975)
- Two in the Amsterdam Rain (1975)
- Akuma No Temari-uta (1977)
- Queen Bee (1978)
- Hunter in the Dark (1979)
- Koto (1980)
- The Makioka Sisters (1983)
- Shikibu Monogatari (1990)[5]
- Kah-chan (2001)
- The Twilight Samurai (2002)
- Autumn in Warsaw (2003)
- Grave of the Fireflies (2005)
- Snow Prince (2009)
Television
[edit]Honours
[edit]- Kinuyo Tanaka Award (1990)[6]
- Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2004)
References
[edit]- ↑ 第 25 回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品 (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
- ↑ "岸惠子と元夫イヴ・シャンピの結婚、離婚にいたるまで！娘の現在は？ | 斜め上からこんにちは（芸能人、有名人の過去、今、未来を応援するブログ！）". anincline.com. 10 August 2020. Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ↑ "Japanese Actor Keiko Kishi, Whose Career Expanded to France, Dies at 93". The Japan News. The Yomiuri Shimbun. 19 August 2026. Archived from the original on 19 August 2026. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
- ↑ "Keiko Kishi, who starred in the 1953 hit 'Kimi no Na wa,' dies at 93". The Asahi Shimbun. 19 August 2026. Archived from the original on 19 August 2026. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
- ↑ "式部物語". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 March 2026.
- ↑ "田中絹代賞とは". Tanaka Kinuyo Memorial Association. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
External links
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- Keiko Kishi at IMDb
- Keiko Kishi at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
