Kiki Kirin
- Name: Kiki Kirin
- Native name: 樹木希林
- Given name: Uchida Keiko
- Also Known as: Keiko Nakatani, Nakatani Keiko, 中谷啓子, Chiho Yūki, 悠木千帆, Yūki Chiho, きき きりん
- Nationality: Japanese
- Gender: Female
- Born: January 15, 1943
- Died: September 15, 2018
After graduating from high school, she started her acting career in the early 1960s as a member of the Bungakuza theater troupe using the stage name Yuki Chiho. She was aiming to become a pharmacist but abandoned college because her leg was injured by skiing just before taking the university entrance exam.
She eventually gained fame for performing uniquely comedic and eccentric roles on such television shows as Jikan desu yo and Terauchi Kantaro Ikka and in television commercials. She changed her name to "Kirin Kiki" when, after being asked on a television show to auction off something of hers, she ended up selling her first stage name, claiming she had "nothing else to sell."
While battling various ailments, including a detached retina in 2003 and breast cancer in 2005, Kiki continued to act and won several awards, including the best actress Japan Academy Prize for Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad in 2008, the Best Supporting Actress award from the Yokohama Film Festival for her work in Kamikaze Girls and Half a Confession in 2004, and the Best Supporting Actress Blue Ribbon Award for Still Walking in 2008.
Kiki married fellow Bungakuza actor Kishida Shin. They separated in 1968. She married musician Uchida Yuya in 1973 and remained legally married to him though they separated in 1975. Their daughter, Uchida Yayako, is an essayist and musician and portrayed the younger self of Kiki's character in the film Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad. Kirin's granddaughter Uchida Kyara has appeared with her in two films, I Wish and Sweet Bean.
Kiki was diagnosed with cancer in 2004 and underwent a mastectomy. She died of cancer, and related illnesses, on 15 September 2018.
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Narrator
| Title | Rating |
|---|---|
| Life Is Fruity | 7.3 |
Drama
| Title | Rating |
|---|---|
|
Hamidashi Keiji Jonetsu Kei Season 7
Japanese Drama, 2003, 11 eps
Matsuo Kikue
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Hamidashi Keiji Jonetsu Kei Season 6
Japanese Drama, 2001, 24 eps
Matsuo Kikue
(Support Role)
|
9.0
|
|
Mukai Arata no Doubutsu Nikki: Aiken Rosinante no Sainan
Japanese Drama, 2001, 10 eps
Haruko
(Support Role)
|
6.9
|
|
Hamidashi Keiji Jonetsu Kei Season 5
Japanese Drama, 2000, 24 eps
Matsuo Kikuo
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Aoi Tokugawa Sandai
Japanese Drama, 2000, 49 eps
Lady Kasuga [Iemitsu's wet nurse]
(Support Role)
|
8.1
|
|
Hamidashi Keiji Jonetsu Kei Season 4
Japanese Drama, 1999, 24 eps
Matsuo Kikue
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Teppen
Japanese Drama, 1999, 11 eps
["Grandma King"]
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Hamidashi Keiji Jonetsu Kei Season 3
Japanese Drama, 1998, 24 eps
Matsuo Kikue
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Hamidashi Keiji Jonetsu Kei Season 2
Japanese Drama, 1997, 23 eps
Matsuo Kikue
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Hamidaishi Keiji no Netsukei
Japanese Drama, 1996, 22 eps
Matsuo Kikue
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Garasu no Kakeratachi
Japanese Drama, 1996, 11 eps
Mizusawa Sakura
(Support Role)
|
5.0
|
|
Aji Ichimonme Season 2
Japanese Drama, 1996, 11 eps
Fujimura Yoshie
(Support Role)
|
8.0
|
|
Kagayake! Rintaro
Japanese Drama, 1995, 12 eps
Moezawa Rin
(Support Role)
|
7.7
|
|
Aji Ichimonme
Japanese Drama, 1995, 10 eps
Fujimura Yoshie
(Support Role)
|
8.0
|
|
Kimi no Na wa
Japanese Drama, 1991, 312 eps
Fukano Ryuko [Landlady at downtown]
(Support Role)
|
6.0
|
|
Hanekonma
Japanese Drama, 1986, 156 eps
Tachibana Yae [Rin's mother]
(Support Role)
|
7.6
|
|
Gekai Kido Shuhei
Japanese Drama, 1983, 13 eps
Noguchi Fuku
(Support Role)
|
3.0
|
|
Himawari no Uta
Japanese Drama, 1981, 27 eps
[Ep.2,3]
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Nihon Akusai ni Kanpai!
Japanese Drama, 1981, 11 eps
Matsuki Himiko
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Kekkonshitai Onna
Japanese Drama, 1981, 6 eps
Kameyo
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Hanshichi Torimonocho
Japanese Drama, 1979, 26 eps
(Ep. 25)
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Yuhigaoka no Sori Daijin
Japanese Drama, 1978, 40 eps
Oya Fuku
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Kimaguren Tenshi
Japanese Drama, 1976, 43 eps
Ijuuin Ayano
(Main Role)
|
2.0
|
|
It's Time
Japanese Drama, 1970, 30 eps
Hamako
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Hassuru Oku-sama
Japanese Drama, 1966, 25 eps
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Movie
| Title | Rating |
|---|---|
|
Erica 38
Japanese Movie, 2019,
Watanabe Kaoru
(Support Role)
|
7.0
|
|
Every Day a Good Day
Japanese Movie, 2018,
Teacher Takeda
(Main Role)
|
7.6
|
|
Shoplifters
Japanese Movie, 2018,
Shibata Hatsue
(Main Role)
|
8.3
|
|
Mori, the Artist's Habitat
Japanese Movie, 2018,
Hideko
(Main Role)
|
7.2
|
|
After the Storm
Japanese Movie, 2016,
Shinoda Yoshiko
(Main Role)
|
7.4
|
|
Our Little Sister
Japanese Movie, 2015,
Kikuchi Fumiyo [Great Aunt of Koda sisters]
(Support Role)
|
8.1
|
|
Sweet Bean
Japanese Movie, 2015,
Tokue
(Main Role)
|
8.1
|
|
Kakekomi
Japanese Movie, 2015,
Kashiwaya Genbei [Goyo yado inn owner]
(Support Role)
|
7.4
|
|
Journey with the Gods: The rebuilding of Ise Jingu Shrine
Japanese Movie, 2014,
[Herself]
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Like Father, Like Son
Japanese Movie, 2013,
Ishizeki Satoko [Midori's mother]
(Support Role)
|
8.2
|
|
Until the Break of Dawn
Japanese Movie, 2012,
[Ayumi's grandmother]
(Main Role)
|
7.6
|
|
Chronicles Of My Mother
Japanese Movie, 2012,
Yae
(Main Role)
|
7.1
|
|
I Wish
Japanese Movie, 2011,
Osako Hideko
(Support Role)
|
7.6
|
|
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. and Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip
Japanese Movie, 2011,
[fortune teller]
(Support Role)
|
7.1
|
|
Ghost
Japanese Movie, 2010,
Unten
(Support Role)
|
7.3
|
|
Villain
Japanese Movie, 2010,
Shimizu Fusae
(Support Role)
|
7.5
|
|
Two Portraits of MIYAGINO
Japanese Movie, 2010,
Madam
(Support Role)
|
6.4
|
|
The Short Films: We Were All Once Children
Japanese Movie, 2008,
{Daikon}
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Still Walking
Japanese Movie, 2008,
Yokoyama Toshiko
(Support Role)
|
7.9
|
|
Tokyo Tower: Mom & Me, and Sometimes Dad
Japanese Movie, 2007,
Eiko
(Main Role)
|
7.7
|
|
Red Whale, White Snake
Japanese Movie, 2006,
Ohara Midori
(Support Role)
|
4.0
|
|
The Taste of Tea
Japanese Movie, 2004,
Obaa
(Guest Role)
|
7.5
|
|
Hotaru no Hoshi
Japanese Movie, 2004,
Principal Hashimoto
(Support Role)
|
7.8
|
|
Kamikaze Girls
Japanese Movie, 2004,
[Momoko's grandmother]
(Support Role)
|
7.6
|
|
Half a Confession
Japanese Movie, 2004,
Yasuko Shimamura
(Support Role)
|
7.8
|
|
Inochi
Japanese Movie, 2002,
[Mother]
(Support Role)
|
7.2
|
|
Returner
Japanese Movie, 2002,
Xie
(Support Role)
|
7.2
|
|
Pistol Opera
Japanese Movie, 2001,
Rin
(Support Role)
|
6.5
|
|
Tokyo Marigold
Japanese Movie, 2001,
Sakai Ritsuko
(Support Role)
|
7.3
|
|
Magnitude
Japanese Movie, 1997,
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Hissatsu Shimatsunin
Japanese Movie, 1997,
Otora
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Love, Fireworks and a Ferris Wheel
Japanese Movie, 1997,
Mita Sanae
(Support Role)
|
7.0
|
|
Oishinbo
Japanese Movie, 1996,
Tome
(Unknown)
|
5.0
|
|
Mitabi no Kaikyo
Japanese Movie, 1995,
"Harmoni"
(Bit part)
|
0.0
|
|
Rampo
Japanese Movie, 1994,
[Housekeeper]
(Support Role)
|
7.3
|
|
Cherry Blossoms
Japanese Movie, 1994,
Fumi
(Support Role)
|
8.0
|
|
Double Cross
Japanese Movie, 1992,
[Imura's wife]
(Support Role)
|
7.0
|
|
The Games Teachers Play
Japanese Movie, 1992,
(Support Role)
|
4.0
|
|
Senso to Seishun
Japanese Movie, 1991,
Onoki Etsuko
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Rainbow Kids
Japanese Movie, 1991,
Kura Ku-chan Nakamura
(Main Role)
|
7.2
|
|
Donmai
Japanese Movie, 1990,
Hanako
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
|
The Glass Cape
Japanese Movie, 1989,
Otane
(Support Role)
|
6.0
|
|
Remembrance
Japanese Movie, 1988,
Ueko Mine
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Harukoma no Uta
Japanese Movie, 1986,
(Support Role)
|
8.0
|
|
The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai
Japanese Movie, 1986,
Hanae
(Support Role)
|
5.0
|
|
Yumechiyo's Diary
Japanese Movie, 1985,
(Support Role)
|
9.0
|
|
Sabishinbo
Japanese Movie, 1985,
Amano Terue
(Bit part)
|
7.8
|
|
Capone Cries a Lot
Japanese Movie, 1985,
Sene Tachikawa
(Support Role)
|
6.7
|
|
Hometown
Japanese Movie, 1983,
Yoshi
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Amagi Pass
Japanese Movie, 1983,
[Wife]
(Support Role)
|
7.4
|
|
Santo Kokosei
Japanese Movie, 1982,
Michiko Takehisa
(Support Role)
|
4.0
|
|
Keiji Monogatari
Japanese Movie, 1982,
Yashiro Sumi [Criminal Division General Affairs]
(Support Role)
|
4.0
|
|
I Are You, You Am Me
Japanese Movie, 1982,
[Kazuo's mother]
(Support Role)
|
7.4
|
|
Nogiku no Haka
Japanese Movie, 1981,
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Tosa no Ipponzuri
Japanese Movie, 1980,
Fuki
(Support Role)
|
5.0
|
|
Zigeunerweisen
Japanese Movie, 1980,
Kimi
(Bit part)
|
7.3
|
|
Heaven Sent
Japanese Movie, 1979,
[Woman who brought a boy]
(Bit part)
|
8.0
|
|
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
Japanese Movie, 1979,
Tane
(Support Role)
|
7.6
|
|
Another Odyssey of Momojiro the Truck Rascals
Japanese Movie, 1978,
(Support Role)
|
6.3
|
|
Crocodile, Parrot And Fur Seal
Japanese Movie, 1977,
Meri
(Support Role)
|
4.0
|
|
Ballad of Orin
Japanese Movie, 1977,
Ichise Tama
(Support Role)
|
7.2
|
|
Female Teacher
Japanese Movie, 1977,
Yokoyama Yuriko
(Unknown)
|
5.0
|
|
Eden no Umi
Japanese Movie, 1976,
Orittsan
(Support Role)
|
6.6
|
|
Mamushi to Aodaisho
Japanese Movie, 1975,
(Support Role)
|
2.0
|
|
Kokuso Sezu
Japanese Movie, 1975,
(Unknown)
|
0.0
|
|
Hono no Shozo
Japanese Movie, 1974,
(Unknown)
|
0.0
|
|
Zao Zessho
Japanese Movie, 1974,
Tokita Imako
(Support Role)
|
5.0
|
|
The Four Roughnecks
Japanese Movie, 1974,
Mitsuko
(Support Role)
|
4.0
|
|
Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
Japanese Movie, 1974,
Oshige
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Red Paper Lantern
Japanese Movie, 1974,
Yoshimura Kuniko
(Support Role)
|
6.1
|
|
Tora-san 3: His Tender Love
Japanese Movie, 1970,
Maid in Shinshu
(Guest Role)
|
7.0
|
|
Aniki no Koibito
Japanese Movie, 1968,
Sanae
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Lake of Tears
Japanese Movie, 1966,
Sugumo Kayo
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Tonogata o Yojin
Japanese Movie, 1966,
Kuraishi Matsuko
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Special
| Title | Rating |
|---|---|
|
Ito no Mori no Ie
Japanese Special, 2015, 2 eps
Oharu-san
(Support Role)
|
7.4
|
|
Aji Ichimonme: 2013 Special
Japanese Special, 2013, 1 eps
Fujimura Yoshie
(Support Role)
|
7.0
|
|
Aji Ichimonme: 2011 Special
Japanese Special, 2011, 1 eps
Fujimura Yoshie
(Support Role)
|
6.0
|
|
Shinano no Colombo Jiken File 17
Japanese Special, 2008, 1 eps
Kawai Takayo
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 2008 SMAP Special
Japanese Special, 2008, 1 eps
{BLACK ROOM} Yunomoto Kazuko
(Support Role)
|
7.5
|
|
Enzai: Chichi to Ko no Tabiji
Japanese Special, 2005, 1 eps
Otomi Haruka
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Teacher's Suitcase
Japanese Special, 2003, 1 eps
Sensei's ex-wife
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Shingo Mama Drama Special Ooh Will Save the World 2
Japanese Special, 2001, 1 eps
(Support Role)
|
4.0
|
|
Kikujiro to saki Special
Japanese Special, 2001, 1 eps
(Support Role)
|
6.0
|
|
Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 2001 SMAP Special
Japanese Special, 2001, 1 eps
{BLACK ROOM}
(Support Role)
|
7.6
|
|
Aji Ichimonme: 1998 Special
Japanese Special, 1998, 1 eps
Fujimura Yoshie
(Support Role)
|
6.0
|
|
Aji Ichimonme: 1997 Special
Japanese Special, 1997, 1 eps
Fujimura Yoshie
(Support Role)
|
8.0
|
|
Oyaji no Hige 20
Japanese Special, 1996, 1 eps
Sawada Tokiko
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Oyaji no Hige 18
Japanese Special, 1995, 1 eps
Sawada Tokiko
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Oyaji no Hige 19
Japanese Special, 1995, 1 eps
Sawada Tokiko
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Oyaji no Hige 15
Japanese Special, 1993, 1 eps
Sawada Tokiko
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Korekara Umibe no Tabibito Tachi
Japanese Special, 1993, 1 eps
(Support Role)
|
8.0
|
|
Kin no Senso
Japanese Special, 1991, 1 eps
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Chotto Aishite…
Japanese Special, 1985, 1 eps
Kashima Hideko
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
|
Kaze ni Mukatte Maiuei
Japanese Special, 1984, 1 eps
Tomiko Hara
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
TV Show
| Title | Rating |
|---|---|
|
A-Studio+
Japanese TV Show, 2009, 810 eps
(Ep. 83, 312)
(Guest)
|
10.0
|
|
Shabekuri 007
Japanese TV Show, 2008, 610 eps
(Ep. 143)
(Guest)
|
8.2
|
|
This Person Show
Japanese TV Show, 1982, 112 eps
(Ep. 97)
(Guest)
|
0.0
|
|
Kouhaku Uta Gassen
Japanese TV Show, 1951, 75 eps
[Judge] (Ep. 63)
(Guest)
|
7.6
|
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