--- name: "Kirin Kiki" canonical: "https://film.one/person/kirin-kiki" fi1m_id: "kirin-kiki" imdb_id: "nm0452817" tmdb_id: 43663 wikidata_id: "Q873529" roles: ["Actor"] born: "15 January 1943" died: "15 September 2018" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-14T04:03:28.710223+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Kirin Kiki ## Identity Kirin Kiki - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kirin-kiki - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** kirin-kiki - **IMDb ID:** nm0452817 - **TMDB ID:** 43663 - **Wikidata ID:** Q873529 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirin_Kiki, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q873529, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0452817/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/43663 Actor. Born 15 January 1943 in Tokyo, Japan. Died 15 September 2018. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 15 January 1943, Tokyo, Japan - **Died:** 15 September 2018 - **Active:** 2010–2018 - **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 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirin_Kiki, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q873529, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0452817/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/43663 ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*Shoplifters*](https://film.one/film/shoplifters.md) (89) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Kirin Kiki (born Keiko Nakatani) was a Japanese actress. She began her career in the early 1960s as a member of the Bungakuza theatre troupe under the stage name Chiho Yuki, later adopting the name Kirin Kiki. She appeared in numerous television series and films over six decades. She was a frequent collaborator with director Hirokazu Kore-eda, appearing in *Still Walking* (2008), *Like Father, Like Son* (2013), *Our Little Sister* (2015), *After the Storm* (2016) and *Shoplifters* (2018). Other notable film roles include *Sweet Bean* (2015) and the voice of Haru in the animated feature *Arrietty* (2010). She received several Japan Academy Prize awards for her performances. Kiki died in Tokyo on 15 September 2018. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, hollywoodreporter.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Shoplifters* (2018), Fi1m 89, as Hatsue Shibata — [page](https://film.one/film/shoplifters.md) ## Complete filmography (141) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special* (2025), Actor - *Erica 38* (2019), as Erica's Mother - *Cherry Blossoms & Demons* (2019), as Yus Großmutter - *Every Day a Good Day* (2018), as Teacher Takeda - *Shoplifters* (2018), as Hatsue Shibata — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/shoplifters.md) - *Mori, The Artist's Habitat* (2018), as Hideko - *Kiki Kirin's Izakaya Grandma* (2017), Actor - *The Gods of Food: The Last Promise* (2017), Actor - *Life is Fruity* (2017), as Narrator - *After the Storm* (2016), as Yoshiko Shinoda - *Mystery Trilogy Special* (2015), as Kirika Ohmori (segment "A Mystery Writer's Daily Life") - *Our Little Sister* (2015), as Fumiyo Kikuchi - *Sweet Bean* (2015), as Tokue - *Kakekomi* (2015), as Genbei - *This Mystery is Excellent! ~ Challenge from Bestseller Writer* (2014), as 大森キリカ (案内人) - *Like Father, Like Son* (2013), as Riko Ishizeki - *Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row Inmate* (2013), as Tatsuno Okunishi - *Until the Break of Dawn* (2012), as Aiko Shibuya - *Chronicle of My Mother* (2012), as Yae - *Hanezu* (2012), as Takumi's Mother - *I Wish* (2011), as Hideko - *A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip* (2011), as fortune teller - *Hokaibito: Ina no Seigetsu* (2011), as Narrator (voice) - *Ghost* (2010), as Unten Sazuki - *Villain* (2010), as Fusae Shimizu - *Arrietty* (2010), as Haru (voice) - *Two Portraits of MIYAGINO* (2010), as Madam - *The Short Films: We Were All Once Children* (2008), Actor - *Still Walking* (2008), as Toshiko Yokoyama - *Dots and Lines* (2007), series, Actor - *Kagerou no Tsuji* (2007), series, as Oichi - *Dog in a Sidecar* (2007), as Granny Tome - *Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad* (2007), as Eiko Nakagawa - *Red Whale, White Snake* (2006), Actor - *Our War* (2006), Actor - *Tokyo Tower* (2005), Actor - *Natsumeke no Shokutaku* (2005), series, Actor - *Izo* (2004), as Izo's Mother - *The Taste of Tea* (2004), as Obaa - *Fireflies: River of Light* (2004), as Headmistress - *Kamikaze Girls* (2004), as Momoko's Grandmother - *Half a Confession* (2004), as Yasuko Shimamura - *Teacher's suitcase* (2003), as Sensei's ex-wife - *Through the Night* (2002), Actor - *Inochi* (2002), as Mother - *Returner* (2002), as Xia - *Pistol Opera* (2001), as Rin - *Cardboard House Girl* (2001), Actor - *Tokyo Marigold* (2001), as Ritsuko Sakai - *The Whispered City* (2000), as Fan of Kyushiro - *Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations* (2000), series, as Lady Kasuga [Iemitsu's wet nurse] - *Keiho* (1999), as Defence Counsel Shigure Nagamura - *Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow* (1997), Actor - *The Best Bad Thing* (1997), as Aunt Hata - *Hissatsu shimatsunin* (1997), as Otora - *Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and Love* (1997), as Sanae Mita - *Oishinbo* (1996), as Tome - *Mitabi no kaikyô* (1995), Actor - *Toki no kagayaki* (1995), as Nagashima - *The Mystery of Rampo* (1994), as House Wife / Head of Maid - *Sakura* (1994), as Fumi - *Rex: A Dinosaur's Story* (1993), Actor - *Yearning* (1993), as Omatsu - *Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi* (1993), series, Actor - *The Triple Cross* (1992), Actor - *Ritsuko: Her Love, Her Death* (1992), Actor - *The Games Teachers Play* (1992), as Yasuko Takeda - *The Voyage Of Little Sinbad* (1991), Actor - *Private Detective Dobu* (1991), series, Actor - *Kim's War* (1991), Actor - *Kimi no na wa* (1991), series, as 深野柳子 - *War and Youth* (1991), as Etsuko Onoki - *Rainbow Kids* (1991), as Kura 'Ku-chan' Nakamura - *Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen* (1990), series, Actor - *ママ母戦争* (1990), Actor - *As If In Flight* (1990), series, as 天璋院付き老女・幾島 - *Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape* (1989), as Otane - *Crane* (1988), as Yura - *Remembrance* (1988), as Mine Kamioka - *An Early Autumn* (1987), series, Actor - *冷たいのがお好き* (1987), as Harue Hashimoto - *森繁久彌の七人の孫* (1987), series, Actor - *Hanekonma* (1986), series, as Yae Tachibana - *The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai* (1986), Actor - *Yume-Chiyo* (1985), Actor - *Lonely Heart* (1985), as Terue Amano - *Song of the Spring Pony* (1985), Actor - *Capone Cries a Lot* (1985), as Sene Tachikawa - *Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case* (1983), Actor - *Hometown* (1983), Actor - *Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case* (1983), as Sen - *Amagi Pass* (1983), as Ryosaku's wife - *Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case* (1983), as Sen - *Highschool Scramble* (1982), Actor - *Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case* (1982), as Sen - *Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case* (1982), as Sen - *I Are You, You Am Me* (1982), as Naoko Saitoh - *Karate Cop* (1982), as Sumi Yashiro - *The Wild Daisy* (1981), as Omasu - *Yumechiyo Nikki* (1981), series, Actor - *Return of the Champ* (1981), as Tomoe - *Private Detective DOBU 1* (1981), as Sen - *The First Catch* (1980), Actor - *Nurse's Husband* (1980), Actor - *Zigeunerweisen* (1980), as Kimi - *Heaven Sent* (1979), Actor - *The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi* (1979), Actor - *Down with The Big Boss* (1979), as Okonomiyaki Manager - *Taro the Dragon Boy* (1979), as Yamanba (voice) - *Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka* (1978), series, Actor - *Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro* (1978), Actor - *Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal* (1977), as Mary - *Ballad of Orin* (1977), as Tama Ichise - *Female Teacher* (1977), as Yuriko Yokoyama - *Tomorrow Evening* (1977), Actor - *Kimagure Honkakuha* (1977), series, as Ijuuin Ayano - *Sachiko no sachi* (1976), as Momoe - *The Sea of Eden* (1976), Actor - *The Viper Brothers and the Young General* (1975), Actor - *Without Complaint* (1975), as Haruko Kitani - *Statue in Fire* (1974), Actor - *The Four Roughnecks* (1974), Actor - *Jack and the Beanstalk* (1974), as Madam Noir - *Akumyo: Notorious Dragon* (1974), Actor - *Red Paper Lantern* (1974), Actor - *Terauchi Kantarō Ikka* (1974), series, Actor - *My Voiceless Friends* (1972), as Maid - *Go As Messy As Messy Can Be* (1971), as PTA Mama - *Ōedo Sōsamō* (1970), series, Actor - *Live My Share, Mother* (1970), as Nurse Okamura - *時間ですよ* (1970), series, as 児島（石松）浜子, 児島浜子 - *Tora-san, His Tender Love* (1970), as Maid in Shinshû - *Crazy Big Explosion* (1969), Actor - *Angel's Lover* (1968), Actor - *Nunnery Confidential* (1968), Actor - *The Journey* (1967), as Chiegi - *Koto—The Lake of Tears* (1966), as Kayo Sugumo - *Dynamite Doctor Returns* (1966), as Fumiko (as Chiho Yûki) - *3 Raccoon Dogs* (1966), as Midori - *Dianas of the Campus* (1966), Actor - *Zoku Yumechiyo Nikki*, series, as Kikun ## Gallery - ![Japanese actress Kirin Kiki at the 6th Odessa International Film Festival. (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/93118/gallery-613e901bd19a.jpg) Japanese actress Kirin Kiki at the 6th Odessa International Film Festival. (2015) — Andriy Makukha (Amakuha), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/OIFF_2015-07-18_124244_-_Kirin_Kiki.jpg/1280px-OIFF_2015-07-18_124244_-_Kirin_Kiki.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Japanese actress Kirin Kiki at the 6th Odessa International Film Festival. (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/93118/gallery-5ed586d3e117.jpg) Japanese actress Kirin Kiki at the 6th Odessa International Film Festival. (2015) — Andriy Makukha (Amakuha), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/OIFF_2015-07-18_124308_-_Kirin_Kiki.jpg/1280px-OIFF_2015-07-18_124308_-_Kirin_Kiki.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Kirin Kiki](https://film.one/media/person/93118/gallery-7eb20edf5b18.jpg) Kirin Kiki — Andriy Makukha (Amakuha), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/OIFF_2015-07-18_123740_-_Kirin_Kiki-2_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-OIFF_2015-07-18_123740_-_Kirin_Kiki-2_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Japanese actress Kirin Kiki at the 6th Odessa International Film Festival. (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/93118/gallery-1953352a756a.jpg) Japanese actress Kirin Kiki at the 6th Odessa International Film Festival. (2015) — Andriy Makukha (Amakuha), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/OIFF_2015-07-18_123740_-_Kirin_Kiki.jpg/1280px-OIFF_2015-07-18_123740_-_Kirin_Kiki.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Kirin Kiki](https://film.one/media/person/93118/gallery-74c334a92a44.jpg) Kirin Kiki — Image via TMDB - ![Kirin Kiki](https://film.one/media/person/93118/gallery-b036db611cd2.jpg) Kirin Kiki — Image via TMDB - ![Kirin Kiki](https://film.one/media/person/93118/gallery-ffb3b86ead08.jpg) Kirin Kiki — Image via TMDB - ![Japanese actress Kirin Kiki at the 6th Odessa International Film Festival. (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/93118/gallery-af869d3ba4e3.jpg) Japanese actress Kirin Kiki at the 6th Odessa International Film Festival. (2015) — Andriy Makukha (Amakuha), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/OIFF_2015-07-18_123740_-_Kirin_Kiki-2.jpg/1280px-OIFF_2015-07-18_123740_-_Kirin_Kiki-2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Kirin Kiki](https://film.one/media/person/93118/gallery-14cbdc22deaf.jpg) Kirin Kiki — Image via TMDB - ![Kirin Kiki](https://film.one/media/person/93118/gallery-d3a27645494e.jpg) Kirin Kiki — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 2 won - Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actress 2009: Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actress (won) - Medal with Purple Ribbon 2008: Medal with Purple Ribbon (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/kirin-kiki