Kirin Kiki

Personal Info

Known For:
Acting

Birthday:
January 15, 1943

Place of Birth:
Tokyo, Japan

Social Media

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

The Secret World of Arrietty
The Secret World of Arrietty

Haru (voice)
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
Shoplifters
Shoplifters

Hatsue Shibata
Kimi no na wa
Kimi no na wa

深野柳子
Kamikaze Girls
Kamikaze Girls

Momoko's Grandmother
Like Father, Like Son
Like Father, Like Son

Riko Ishizeki
Making 'Still Walking'
Making 'Still Walking'

Self
Still Walking
Still Walking

Toshiko Yokoyama

Filmography

Year Movie Role
2025 Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special
2019 Kiki Kirin's Life self
2019 Erica 38 Erica's Mother
2019 Cherry Blossoms & Demons Yus Großmutter
2018 Shoplifters Hatsue Shibata
2018 Mori, The Artist's Habitat Hideko
2018 Every Day a Good Day Teacher Takeda
2017 Life is Fruity Narrator
2017 Kiki Kirin's Izakaya Grandma
2016 After the Storm Yoshiko Shinoda
2015 Sweet Bean Tokue
2015 Our Little Sister Fumiyo Kikuchi
2015 Kakekomi Genbei
2015 Mystery Trilogy Special Kirika Ohmori (segment "A Mystery Writer's Daily Life")
2014 This Mystery is Excellent! ~ Challenge from Bestseller Writer 大森キリカ (案内人)
2013 Like Father, Like Son Riko Ishizeki
2013 Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row Inmate
2012 Until the Break of Dawn Aiko Shibuya
2012 Chronicle of My Mother Yae
2012 Hanezu Takumi's Mother
2011 I Wish Hideko
2011 A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip fortune teller
2011 Hokaibito: Ina no Seigetsu Narrator (voice)
2010 Villain Fusae Shimizu
2010 The Secret World of Arrietty Haru (voice)
2010 Ghost Unten Sazuki
2010 Two Portraits of MIYAGINO Madam
2009 Making 'Still Walking' Self
2008 Still Walking Toshiko Yokoyama
2008 The Short Films Everyone started out as a child
2007 Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad Eiko Nakagawa
2007 Dog in a Sidecar Granny Tome
2006 Red Whale, White Snake
2006 Our War
2005 Tokyo Tower
2004 Kamikaze Girls Momoko's Grandmother
2004 The Taste of Tea Obaa
2004 Half a Confession Yasuko Shimamura
2004 Fireflies: River of Light Headmistress
2004 Izo Izo's Mother
2003 Teacher's suitcase Sensei's ex-wife
2002 Returner Xia
2002 Inochi Mother
2002 Through the Night
2001 Tokyo Marigold Ritsuko Sakai
2001 Pistol Opera Rin
2001 Cardboard House Girl
2000 The Whispered City Fan of Kyushiro
1999 Keiho Defence Counsel Shigure Nagamura
1997 Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
1997 The Best Bad Thing Aunt Hata
1997 Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and Love Sanae Mita
1997 Hissatsu shimatsunin Otora
1996 Oishinbo Tome
1995 The Mystery of Rampo House Wife / Head of Maid
1995 Toki no kagayaki Nagashima
1995 Mitabi no kaikyô
1994 Sakura Fumi
1993 Yearning Omatsu
1993 Rex: A Dinosaur's Story
1992 The Triple Cross
1992 Ritsuko: Her Love, Her Death
1992 The Games Teachers Play Yasuko Takeda
1991 War and Youth Etsuko Onoki
1991 Rainbow Kids Kura 'Ku-chan' Nakamura
1991 Kim's War
1991 The Voyage Of Little Sinbad
1990 ママ母戦争
1989 Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape Otane
1988 Remembrance Mine Kamioka
1988 Crane Yura
1987 冷たいのがお好き Harue Hashimoto
1986 The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai
1985 Song of the Spring Pony
1985 Capone Cries a Lot Sene Tachikawa
1985 Yume-Chiyo
1985 Miss Lonely Terue Amano
1983 Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case
1983 Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case
1983 Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case
1983 Amagi Pass Ryosaku's wife
1982 I Are You, You Am Me Naoko Saitoh
1982 Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case
1982 Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case
1982 Highschool Scramble
1982 Karate Cop Sumi Yashiro
1981 Private Detective DOBU 1
1981 The Wild Daisy Omasu
1981 Return of the Champ Tomoe
1980 Zigeunerweisen Kimi
1980 Nurse's Husband
1980 The First Catch
1979 Taro the Dragon Boy Yamanba (voice)
1979 Down with The Big Boss Okonomiyaki Manager
1979 The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979 Heaven Sent
1978 Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
1977 Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal Mary
1977 Ballad of Orin Tama Ichise
1977 Tomorrow Evening
1977 Female Teacher Yuriko Yokoyama(横山百合子)
1976 The Sea of Eden
1976 Sachiko no sachi Momoe
1975 Without Complaint Haruko Kitani
1975 The Viper Brothers and the Young General
1974 The Four Roughnecks
1974 Jack and the Beanstalk Madam Noir
1974 Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
1974 Red Paper Lantern
1974 Statue in Fire
1972 My Voiceless Friends Maid
1971 Go As Messy As Messy Can Be PTA Mama
1970 Live My Share, Mother Nurse Okamura
1970 Tora-san, His Tender Love Maid in Shinshû
1969 Crazy Big Explosion
1968 Nunnery Confidential
1968 Angel's Lover
1967 Journey
1966 Dynamite Doctor Returns Fumiko (as Chiho Yûki)
1966 Koto—The Lake of Tears Kayo Sugumo
1966 Dianas of the Campus
1966 3 Raccoon Dogs Midori
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