Keiko Kishi

Keiko Kishi
Keiko Kishi (1957)
Born (1932-08-11) 11 August 1932 (age 92)
Yokohama, Japan
Occupations
  • Actress
  • writer
Years active1951–present
Spouse
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(m. 1957; div. 1975)​
Children1

Keiko Kishi (岸 惠子, Kishi Keiko, born 11 August 1932 in Yokohama, Japan) is a Japanese actress, writer, and UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador.

Life and career

She made her acting debut in 1951 in Noboru Nakamura's film Home Sweet Home.

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.

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, Delphine Ciampi, a musician and composer, was born. She divorced her husband in 1975. She has two grandchildren by her daughter.[1]

Since 1996 she has been 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.[2]

Filmography (selected)

Film

Television

  • Taikōki (1965), Oichi
  • The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters (2003), Satoko Kashiwakura
  • Mango no Ki no Shita de (2019), Rinko

Honours

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ 第 25 回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品 (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  3. ^ "田中絹代賞とは". Tanaka Kinuyo Memorial Association. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
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