Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

132

Gender

Female

Birthday

1943-01-15

Deathday

2018-09-15 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Also Known As

Kiki Kirin
Keiko Nakatani
Nakatani Keiko
中谷啓子
Chiho Yūki
Yūki Chiho
悠木千帆
Keiko Uchida
Uchida Keiko
内田啓子
Kiki Kilin
키키 키린
树木希林

Kirin Kiki

Biography

Kirin Kiki (樹木希林 Kiki Kirin) (15 January 1943 – 15 September 2018) was a Japanese actress known for her work in Japanese cinema and television.

Known For

7.7%

The Secret World of Arrietty

Jul 16, 2010

7.9%

Shoplifters

Jun 2, 2018

7.7%

Like Father, Like Son

Sep 24, 2013

7.4%

Sweet Bean

May 30, 2015

7.6%

Our Little Sister

Jun 13, 2015

7.8%

Still Walking

Jun 28, 2008

7.2%

After the Storm

May 21, 2016

6.5%

Returner

Aug 31, 2002

7.0%

Kamikaze Girls

May 29, 2004

7.3%

I Wish

Jun 11, 2011

7.5%

The Taste of Tea

Jul 17, 2004

6.1%

Izo

Sep 7, 2004

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Acting

2019		Kiki Kirin's Life as self
2019		Erica 38 as Erica's Mother

2018		Every Day a Good Day as Teacher Takeda
2018		Shoplifters as Hatsue Shibata
2018		Mori, The Artist's Habitat as Hideko

2017

Life is Fruity as Narrator

2016

After the Storm as Yoshiko Shinoda

2015		Mystery Trilogy Special as Kirika Ohmori (segment "A Mystery Writer's Daily Life")
2015		Our Little Sister as Fumiyo Kikuchi
2015		Sweet Bean as Tokue
2015		Kakekomi as Genbei

2014

This Mystery is Excellent! ~ Challenge from Bestseller Writer as 大森キリカ (案内人)

2013		Like Father, Like Son as Riko Ishizeki
2013		Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row Inmate

2012		Until the Break of Dawn as Aiko Shibuya
2012		Chronicle of My Mother as Yae
2012		Hanezu as Takumi's Mother

2011		I Wish as Hideko
2011		A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip as fortune teller
2011		Hokaibito: Ina no Seigetsu as Narrator (voice)

2010		Ghost as Unten Sazuki
2010		Villain as Fusae Shimizu
2010		The Secret World of Arrietty as Haru (voice)
2010		Two Portraits of MIYAGINO as Madam

2009

Making 'Still Walking' as Self

2008		The Short Films Everyone started out as a child
2008		Still Walking as Toshiko Yokoyama

2007		Dots and Lines
2007		Kagerou no Tsuji as Oichi
2007		Dog in a Sidecar as Granny Tome
2007		Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad as Eiko Nakagawa

2006		Red Whale, White Snake
2006		Our War

2005		Tokyo Tower
2005		Natsumeke no Shokutaku

2004		Izo as Izo's Mother
2004		The Taste of Tea as Obaa
2004		Fireflies: River of Light as Headmistress
2004		Kamikaze Girls as Momoko's Grandmother
2004		Half a Confession as Yasuko Shimamura

2003

Teacher's suitcase as Sensei's ex-wife

2002		Through the Night
2002		Inochi as Mother
2002		Returner as Xia

2001		Pistol Opera as Rin
2001		Cardboard House Girl
2001		Tokyo Marigold as Ritsuko Sakai

2000		The Whispered City as Fan of Kyushiro
2000		Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations as Lady Kasuga [Iemitsu's wet nurse]

1999

Keiho as Defence Counsel Shigure Nagamura

1997		Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
1997		The Best Bad Thing as Aunt Hata
1997		Hissatsu shimatsunin as Otora
1997		Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and Love as Sanae Mita

1996

Oishinbo as Tome

1995		Mitabi no kaikyô
1995		The Mystery of Rampo
1995		Toki no kagayaki as Nagashima

1994

Sakura as Fumi

1993		Rex: A Dinosaur's Story
1993		Yearning as Omatsu
1993		Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi

1992		The Triple Cross
1992		Ritsuko: Her Love, Her Death
1992		The Games Teachers Play as Yasuko Takeda

1991		リトルシンドバッド　小さな冒険者たち
1991		Private Detective Dobu
1991		Kim's War
1991		Kimi no na wa as 深野柳子
1991		War and Youth as Etsuko Onoki
1991		Rainbow Kids as Kura 'Ku-chan' Nakamura

1990		Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990		ママ母戦争
1990		As If In Flight as 天璋院付き老女・幾島

1989

Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape as Otane

1988		Crane as Yura
1988		Remembrance as Mine Kamioka

1987		An Early Autumn
1987		冷たいのがお好き as Harue Hashimoto

1986		Hanekonma as Yae Tachibana
1986		The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai

1985		Yume-Chiyo
1985		Miss Lonely as Terue Amano
1985		Song of the Spring Pony
1985		Capone Cries a Lot as Sene Tachikawa

1983		Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case
1983		Amagi Pass as Ryosaku's wife
1983		Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case
1983		Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case

1982		Highschool Scramble
1982		Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case
1982		Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case
1982		I Are You, You Am Me as Naoko Saitoh
1982		Karate Cop as Sumi Yashiro

1981		The Wild Daisy as Omasu
1981		Yumechiyo Nikki
1981		Private Detective DOBU 1

1980		The First Catch
1980		Nurse's Husband
1980		Zigeunerweisen as Kimi

1979		Heaven Sent
1979		The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979		Down with The Big Boss as Okonomiyaki Manager
1979		Taro the Dragon Boy as Yamanba (voice)

1978

Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka

1977		Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal as Mary
1977		Ballad of Orin as Tama Ichise
1977		Female Teacher as Yuriko Yokoyama(横山百合子)
1977		Tomorrow Evening
1977		Kimagure Honkakuha as Ijuuin Ayano

1976		Sachiko no sachi as Momoe
1976		The Sea of Eden

1975		The Viper Brothers and the Young General
1975		Without Complaint as Haruko Kitani

1974		Statue in Fire
1974		The Four Roughnecks
1974		Jack and the Beanstalk as Madam Noir
1974		Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
1974		Red Paper Lantern
1974		Terauchi Kantarō Ikka

1972

My Voiceless Friends as Maid

1971

Go As Messy As Messy Can Be as PTA Mama

1970		Ōedo Sōsamō
1970		Live My Share, Mother as Nurse Okamura
1970		Tora-san, His Tender Love as Maid in Shinshû

1969

Crazy Big Explosion

1968		Angel's Lover
1968		Nunnery Confidential

1967

Journey

1966		Koto—The Lake of Tears as Kayo Sugumo
1966		Dynamite Doctor Returns as Fumiko (as Chiho Yûki)
1966		Dianas of the Campus