Kirin Kiki
Known for acting · Born 15 January 1943 · Died 15 September 2018 · aged 75 · Tokyo, Japan
143 credits
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
Kimi no na wa
1991
Arrietty
2010
Sweet Bean
2015
Shoplifters
2018
After the Storm
2016
Hanekonma
1986
Returner
2002
Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations
2000
As If In Flight
1990
Every Day a Good Day
2018
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
1978
Kimagure Honkakuha
1977
Acting (143)
2025Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary SpecialFilm
2019Cherry Blossoms & DemonsYus GroßmutterFilm
2019Erica 38Erica's MotherFilm
2019Kiki Kirin's LifeselfFilm
2018ShopliftersHatsue ShibataFilm
2018Every Day a Good DayTeacher TakedaFilm
2018Mori, The Artist's HabitatHidekoFilm
2017Life is FruityNarratorFilm
2017The Gods of Food: The Last PromiseFilm
2017Kiki Kirin's Izakaya GrandmaFilm
2016After the StormYoshiko ShinodaFilm
2015Sweet BeanTokueFilm
2015Our Little SisterFumiyo KikuchiFilm
2015KakekomiGenbeiFilm
2015Mystery Trilogy SpecialKirika Ohmori (segment "A Mystery Writer's Daily Life")Film
2014This Mystery is Excellent! ~ Challenge from Bestseller Writer大森キリカ (案内人)Film
2013Like Father, Like SonRiko IshizekiFilm
2013Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row InmateTatsuno OkunishiFilm
2012HanezuTakumi's MotherFilm
2012Chronicle of My MotherYaeFilm
2012Until the Break of DawnAiko ShibuyaFilm
2011I WishHidekoFilm
2011A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Tripfortune tellerFilm
2011Hokaibito: Ina no SeigetsuNarrator (voice)Film
2010ArriettyHaru (voice)Film
2010VillainFusae ShimizuFilm
2010GhostUnten SazukiFilm
2010Two Portraits of MIYAGINOMadamFilm
2009Making 'Still Walking'SelfFilm
2008Still WalkingToshiko YokoyamaFilm
2008The Short Films: We Were All Once ChildrenFilm
2007Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes DadEiko NakagawaFilm
2007Dog in a SidecarGranny TomeFilm
2007Kagerou no TsujiOichi · 11 episodesSeries
2007Dots and Lines · 2 episodesSeries
2006Our WarFilm
2006Red Whale, White SnakeFilm
2005Tokyo TowerFilm
2005Natsumeke no ShokutakuSeries
2004Kamikaze GirlsMomoko's GrandmotherFilm
2004The Taste of TeaObaaFilm
2004IzoIzo's MotherFilm
2004Half a ConfessionYasuko ShimamuraFilm
2004Fireflies: River of LightHeadmistressFilm
2003Teacher's suitcaseSensei's ex-wifeFilm
2002ReturnerXiaFilm
2002InochiMotherFilm
2002Through the NightFilm
2001Pistol OperaRinFilm
2001Tokyo MarigoldRitsuko SakaiFilm
2001Cardboard House GirlFilm
2000Aoi: Tokugawa Three GenerationsLady Kasuga [Iemitsu's wet nurse] · 49 episodesSeries
2000The Whispered CityFan of KyushiroFilm
1999KeihoDefence Counsel Shigure NagamuraFilm
1997The Best Bad ThingAunt HataFilm
1997Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and LoveSanae MitaFilm
1997Magnitude: Bridge to TomorrowFilm
1997Hissatsu shimatsuninOtoraFilm
1996OishinboTomeFilm
1995Mitabi no kaikyôFilm
1995Toki no kagayakiNagashimaFilm
1994The Mystery of RampoHouse Wife / Head of MaidFilm
1994SakuraFumiFilm
1993Rex: A Dinosaur's StoryFilm
1993YearningOmatsuFilm
1993Korekara: Umibe no TabibitotachiSeries
1992The Triple CrossFilm
1992The Games Teachers PlayYasuko TakedaFilm
1992Ritsuko: Her Love, Her DeathFilm
1991Rainbow KidsKura 'Ku-chan' NakamuraFilm
1991War and YouthEtsuko OnokiFilm
1991Kimi no na wa深野柳子 · 312 episodesSeries
1991Kim's WarFilm
1991The Voyage Of Little SinbadFilm
1991Private Detective Dobu · 7 episodesSeries
1990Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen · 5 episodesSeries
1990As If In Flight天璋院付き老女・幾島 · 48 episodesSeries
1990ママ母戦争Film
1989Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass CapeOtaneFilm
1988RemembranceMine KamiokaFilm
1988CraneYuraFilm
1987冷たいのがお好きHarue HashimotoFilm
1987An Early AutumnSeries
1987森繁久彌の七人の孫Series
1986The Ballad of the Sea of GenkaiFilm
1986HanekonmaYae Tachibana · 156 episodesSeries
1985Lonely HeartTerue AmanoFilm
1985Capone Cries a LotSene TachikawaFilm
1985Song of the Spring PonyFilm
1985Yume-ChiyoFilm
1983Amagi PassRyosaku's wifeFilm
1983Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder CaseSenFilm
1983HometownFilm
1983Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders CaseSenFilm
1983Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder CaseFilm
1982I Are You, You Am MeNaoko SaitohFilm
1982Highschool ScrambleFilm
1982Karate CopSumi YashiroFilm
1982Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder CaseSenFilm
1982Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder CaseSenFilm
1981The Wild DaisyOmasuFilm
1981Private Detective DOBU 1SenFilm
1981Return of the ChampTomoeFilm
1981Yumechiyo Nikki · 20 episodesSeries
1980ZigeunerweisenKimiFilm
1980The First CatchFilm
1980Nurse's HusbandFilm
1979Taro the Dragon BoyYamanba (voice)Film
1979The Adventures of Kosuke KindaichiFilm
1979Heaven SentFilm
1979Down with The Big BossOkonomiyaki ManagerFilm
1978Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of MomojiroFilm
1978Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka · 40 episodesSeries
1977Ballad of OrinTama IchiseFilm
1977Female TeacherYuriko YokoyamaFilm
1977Crocodile, Parrot and Fur SealMaryFilm
1977Tomorrow EveningFilm
1977Kimagure HonkakuhaIjuuin Ayano · 38 episodesSeries
1976The Sea of EdenFilm
1976Sachiko no sachiMomoeFilm
1975Without ComplaintHaruko KitaniFilm
1975The Viper Brothers and the Young GeneralFilm
1974Jack and the BeanstalkMadam NoirFilm
1974Red Paper LanternFilm
1974The Four RoughnecksFilm
1974Akumyo: Notorious DragonFilm
1974Statue in FireFilm
1974Terauchi Kantarō IkkaSeries
1972My Voiceless FriendsMaidFilm
1971Go As Messy As Messy Can BePTA MamaFilm
1970Tora-san, His Tender Love信州女佣Film
1970Ōedo SōsamōSeries
1970Live My Share, MotherNurse OkamuraFilm
1970時間ですよ児島（石松）浜子 · 30 episodes, 児島浜子 · 35 episodesSeries
1969Crazy Big ExplosionFilm
1968Nunnery ConfidentialFilm
1968Angel's LoverFilm
1967The JourneyChiegiFilm
1966Koto—The Lake of TearsKayo SugumoFilm
19663 Raccoon DogsMidoriFilm
1966Dynamite Doctor ReturnsFumiko (as Chiho Yûki)Film
1966Dianas of the CampusFilm
—Zoku Yumechiyo NikkiKikun · 5 episodesSeries