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Keiko Kishi
Keiko Kishi (1957)
Born	(1932-08-11)11 August 1932 (age 92) Yokohama, Japan
Occupations	Actress writer
Years active	1951–present
Spouse	Yves Ciampi ​ ​ (m. 1957; div. 1975)​
Children	1

Keiko Kishi (岸 惠子,Kishi Keiko, born 11 August 1932 inYokohama, Japan) is a Japanese actress, writer, andUNFPA Goodwill Ambassador.

She made her acting debut in 1951 inNoboru Nakamura's filmHome Sweet Home.

In the 1950s,David Lean proposed her for the main role inThe Wind Cannot Read, which is about a Japanese language instructor in India circa 1943 who falls in love with a British officer, but that idea fell through andYoko Tani was eventually cast in the role.

Kishi married the French directorYves Ciampi in 1957, and commuted for a while between Paris and Japan to continue her acting career. In 1963 a daughter, Delphine Ciampi, a musician and composer, was born. She divorced her husband in 1975. She has two grandchildren by her daughter.^[1]

Since 1996 she has been a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

In 2002, she won theJapan Academy Prize for best actress for her role in the filmKah-chan.^[2]

• Vol 272, Miki
• Taikōki (1965),Oichi
• The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters (2003), Satoko Kashiwakura
• Mango no Ki no Shita de (2019), Rinko

• Kinuyo Tanaka Award (1990)^[3]
• Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2004)

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