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

Kimi no na wa

深野柳子

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

Hanekonma

Yae Tachibana

As If In Flight

天璋院付き老女・幾島

Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations

Lady Kasuga [Iemitsu's wet nurse]

The Secret World of Arrietty

Haru (voice)

Kagerou no Tsuji

Oichi

Shoplifters

Hatsue Shibata

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	世にも奇妙な物語 35周年SP ～伝説の名作一夜限りの復活編～
2019	Kiki Kirin's Life	self
2019	Erica 38	Erica's Mother
2018	Shoplifters	Hatsue Shibata
2018	Mori, The Artist's Habitat	Hideko
2018	Every Day a Good Day	Teacher Takeda
2017	Life is Fruity	Narrator
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
2007	Dots and Lines
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	リトルシンドバッド　小さな冒険者たち
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 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case
1983	Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder 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
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

Year	TV Show	Role
2007	Kagerou no Tsuji	Oichi
2005	Natsumeke no Shokutaku
2000	Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations	Lady Kasuga [Iemitsu's wet nurse]
1993	Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi
1991	Private Detective Dobu
1991	Kimi no na wa	深野柳子
1990	Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990	As If In Flight	天璋院付き老女・幾島
1987	An Early Autumn
1986	Hanekonma	Yae Tachibana
1981	Yumechiyo Nikki
1978	Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
1977	Kimagure Honkakuha	Ijuuin Ayano
1974	Terauchi Kantarō Ikka
1970	Ōedo Sōsamō