Kirin Kiki

Jan 15, 1943 - Sep 15, 2018 (75 years old) in Tokyo, Japan

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

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Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

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Kamikaze Girls

Momoko's Grandmother

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The Secret World of Arrietty

Haru (voice)

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The Taste of Tea

Obaa

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Female Teacher

Yuriko Yokoyama(横山百合子)

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Like Father, Like Son

Riko Ishizeki

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Ballad of Orin

Tama Ichise

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Rainbow Kids

Kura 'Ku-chan' Nakamura

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I Are You, You Am Me

Naoko Saitoh

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Tokyo Marigold

Ritsuko Sakai

Credits

Zoku Yumechiyo Nikki Future

Kikun

★ NR
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special 2025

★ NR
Kiki Kirin's Life 2019

self

★ NR
Erica 38 2019

Erica's Mother

★ NR
Cherry Blossoms & Demons 2019

Yus Großmutter

★ 5.1
Every Day a Good Day 2018

Teacher Takeda

★ 7.3
Shoplifters 2018

Hatsue Shibata

★ 7.8
Mori, The Artist's Habitat 2018

Hideko

★ 7.3
Kiki Kirin's Izakaya Grandma 2017

★ NR
Life is Fruity 2017

Narrator

★ 9
After the Storm 2016

Yoshiko Shinoda

★ 7.2
Mystery Trilogy Special 2015

Kirika Ohmori (segment "A Mystery Writer's Daily Life")

★ NR
Our Little Sister 2015

Fumiyo Kikuchi

★ 7.6
Sweet Bean 2015

Tokue

★ 7.4
Kakekomi 2015

Genbei

★ 5.9
This Mystery is Excellent! ~ Challenge from Bestseller Writer 2014

大森キリカ (案内人)

★ NR
Like Father, Like Son 2013

Riko Ishizeki

★ 7.7
Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row Inmate 2013

★ NR
Until the Break of Dawn 2012

Aiko Shibuya

★ 6.7
Chronicle of My Mother 2012

Yae

★ 6.6
Hanezu 2012

Takumi's Mother

★ 6
I Wish 2011

Hideko

★ 7.3
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip 2011

fortune teller

★ 8.5
Hokaibito: Ina no Seigetsu 2011

Narrator (voice)

★ NR
Ghost 2010

Unten Sazuki

★ 5.2
Villain 2010

Fusae Shimizu

★ 6.6
The Secret World of Arrietty 2010

Haru (voice)

★ 7.7
Two Portraits of MIYAGINO 2010

Madam

★ 7.5
Making 'Still Walking' 2009

Self

★ 8
The Short Films Everyone started out as a child 2008

★ NR
Still Walking 2008

Toshiko Yokoyama

★ 7.8
Dots and Lines 2007

★ NR
Kagerou no Tsuji 2007

Oichi

★ NR
Dog in a Sidecar 2007

Granny Tome

★ 5.8
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad 2007

Eiko Nakagawa

★ 7
Red Whale, White Snake 2006

★ NR
Our War 2006

★ 6
Tokyo Tower 2005

★ 7.1
Natsumeke no Shokutaku 2005

★ NR
Izo 2004

Izo's Mother

★ 6.1
The Taste of Tea 2004

Obaa

★ 7.5
Fireflies: River of Light 2004

Headmistress

★ 4.5
Kamikaze Girls 2004

Momoko's Grandmother

★ 7
Half a Confession 2004

Yasuko Shimamura

★ 8
Teacher's suitcase 2003

Sensei's ex-wife

★ 7
Through the Night 2002

★ NR
Inochi 2002

Mother

★ 3.8
Returner 2002

Xia

★ 6.5
Pistol Opera 2001

Rin

★ 6
Cardboard House Girl 2001

★ NR
Tokyo Marigold 2001

Ritsuko Sakai

★ 6.1
The Whispered City 2000

Fan of Kyushiro

★ 9
Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations 2000

Lady Kasuga [Iemitsu's wet nurse]

★ 10
Keiho 1999

Defence Counsel Shigure Nagamura

★ 6
Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow 1997

★ NR
The Best Bad Thing 1997

Aunt Hata

★ 7
Hissatsu shimatsunin 1997

Otora

★ NR
Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and Love 1997

Sanae Mita

★ NR
Oishinbo 1996

Tome

★ 6
Mitabi no kaikyô 1995

★ NR
The Mystery of Rampo 1995

House Wife / Head of Maid

★ 7
Toki no kagayaki 1995

Nagashima

★ NR
Sakura 1994

Fumi

★ NR
Rex: A Dinosaur's Story 1993

★ 5.1
Yearning 1993

Omatsu

★ NR
Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi 1993

★ NR
The Triple Cross 1992

★ 6.6
Ritsuko: Her Love, Her Death 1992

★ NR
The Games Teachers Play 1992

Yasuko Takeda

★ NR
The Voyage Of Little Sinbad 1991

★ NR
Private Detective Dobu 1991

★ NR
Kim's War 1991

★ NR
Kimi no na wa 1991

深野柳子

★ 7
War and Youth 1991

Etsuko Onoki

★ 5.2
Rainbow Kids 1991

Kura 'Ku-chan' Nakamura

★ 6.4
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen 1990

★ 9.5
ママ母戦争 1990

★ NR
As If In Flight 1990

天璋院付き老女・幾島

★ 6
Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape 1989

Otane

★ 5
Crane 1988

Yura

★ 6.8
Remembrance 1988

Mine Kamioka

★ 5.7
An Early Autumn 1987

★ NR
冷たいのがお好き 1987

Harue Hashimoto

★ NR
森繁久彌の七人の孫 1987

★ NR
Hanekonma 1986

Yae Tachibana

★ 8
The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai 1986

★ 7
Yume-Chiyo 1985

★ 8
Miss Lonely 1985

Terue Amano

★ 7
Song of the Spring Pony 1985

★ 7
Capone Cries a Lot 1985

Sene Tachikawa

★ 5.9
Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case 1983

★ NR
Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case 1983

Sen

★ NR
Amagi Pass 1983

Ryosaku's wife

★ 6.3
Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case 1983

Sen

★ NR
Highschool Scramble 1982

★ NR
Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case 1982

Sen

★ NR
Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case 1982

Sen

★ NR
I Are You, You Am Me 1982

Naoko Saitoh

★ 6.6
Karate Cop 1982

Sumi Yashiro

★ NR
The Wild Daisy 1981

Omasu

★ 6
Yumechiyo Nikki 1981

★ NR
Return of the Champ 1981

Tomoe

★ NR
Private Detective DOBU 1 1981

Sen

★ NR
The First Catch 1980

★ 2.7
Nurse's Husband 1980

★ NR
Zigeunerweisen 1980

Kimi

★ 6.5
Heaven Sent 1979

★ 5.2
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi 1979

★ 6.4
Down with The Big Boss 1979

Okonomiyaki Manager

★ NR
Taro the Dragon Boy 1979

Yamanba (voice)

★ 6.5
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka 1978

★ NR
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro 1978

★ NR
Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal 1977

Mary

★ NR
Ballad of Orin 1977

Tama Ichise

★ 7.1
Tomorrow Evening 1977

★ NR
Female Teacher 1977

Yuriko Yokoyama(横山百合子)

★ 1
Kimagure Honkakuha 1977

Ijuuin Ayano

★ NR
Sachiko no sachi 1976

Momoe

★ NR
The Sea of Eden 1976

★ NR
The Viper Brothers and the Young General 1975

★ NR
Without Complaint 1975

Haruko Kitani

★ NR
Statue in Fire 1974

★ 5
The Four Roughnecks 1974

★ 5
Jack and the Beanstalk 1974

Madam Noir

★ 6.5
Akumyo: Notorious Dragon 1974

★ 5
Red Paper Lantern 1974

★ 6.3
Terauchi Kantarō Ikka 1974

★ NR
My Voiceless Friends 1972

Maid

★ NR
Go As Messy As Messy Can Be 1971

PTA Mama

★ NR
Ōedo Sōsamō 1970

★ 10
Live My Share, Mother 1970

Nurse Okamura

★ NR
Tora-san, His Tender Love 1970

Maid in Shinshû

★ 7
Crazy Big Explosion 1969

★ NR
Angel's Lover 1968

★ NR
Nunnery Confidential 1968

★ 5
Journey 1967

★ NR
Koto—The Lake of Tears 1966

Kayo Sugumo

★ 6.5
Dynamite Doctor Returns 1966

Fumiko (as Chiho Yûki)

★ NR
3 Raccoon Dogs 1966

Midori

★ NR
Dianas of the Campus 1966

★ NR

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