Person

Kirin Kiki

Acting · 1943–2018 · 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.

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  Female Teacher

  Yuriko Yokoyama

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  Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

  1990

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  Shoplifters

  Hatsue Shibata

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  Kimi no na wa

  深野柳子

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  The Secret World of Arrietty

  Haru (voice)

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  Hanekonma

  Yae Tachibana

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  Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations

  Lady Kasuga [Iemitsu's wet nurse]

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  Kim's War

  1991

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  Mitabi no kaikyô

  1995

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  Go As Messy As Messy Can Be

  PTA Mama

• 2025Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special
• 2019Kiki Kirin's Lifeself
• 2019Erica 38Erica's Mother
• 2019Cherry Blossoms & DemonsYus Großmutter
• 2018Every Day a Good DayTeacher Takeda
• 2018ShopliftersHatsue Shibata
• 2018Mori, The Artist's HabitatHideko
• 2017Kiki Kirin's Izakaya Grandma
• 2017The Gods of Food: The Last Promise
• 2017Life is FruityNarrator
• 2016After the StormYoshiko Shinoda
• 2015Mystery Trilogy SpecialKirika Ohmori (segment "A Mystery Writer's Daily Life")
• 2015Our Little SisterFumiyo Kikuchi
• 2015Sweet BeanTokue
• 2015KakekomiGenbei
• 2014This Mystery is Excellent! ~ Challenge from Bestseller Writer大森キリカ (案内人)
• 2013Like Father, Like SonRiko Ishizeki
• 2013Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row Inmate
• 2012Until the Break of DawnAiko Shibuya
• 2012Chronicle of My MotherYae
• 2012HanezuTakumi's Mother
• 2011I WishHideko
• 2011A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Tripfortune teller
• 2011Hokaibito: Ina no SeigetsuNarrator (voice)
• 2010GhostUnten Sazuki
• 2010VillainFusae Shimizu
• 2010The Secret World of ArriettyHaru (voice)
• 2010Two Portraits of MIYAGINOMadam
• 2009Making 'Still Walking'Self
• 2008The Short Films: We Were All Once Children
• 2008Still WalkingToshiko Yokoyama
• 2007Dots and Lines
• 2007Kagerou no TsujiOichi
• 2007Dog in a SidecarGranny Tome
• 2007Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes DadEiko Nakagawa
• 2006Red Whale, White Snake
• 2006Our War
• 2005Tokyo Tower
• 2005Natsumeke no Shokutaku
• 2004IzoIzo's Mother
• 2004The Taste of TeaObaa
• 2004Fireflies: River of LightHeadmistress
• 2004Kamikaze GirlsMomoko's Grandmother
• 2004Half a ConfessionYasuko Shimamura
• 2003Teacher's suitcaseSensei's ex-wife
• 2002Through the Night
• 2002InochiMother
• 2002ReturnerXia
• 2001Pistol OperaRin
• 2001Cardboard House Girl
• 2001Tokyo MarigoldRitsuko Sakai
• 2000The Whispered CityFan of Kyushiro
• 2000Aoi: Tokugawa Three GenerationsLady Kasuga [Iemitsu's wet nurse]
• 1999KeihoDefence Counsel Shigure Nagamura
• 1997Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
• 1997The Best Bad ThingAunt Hata
• 1997Hissatsu shimatsuninOtora
• 1997Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and LoveSanae Mita
• 1996OishinboTome
• 1995Mitabi no kaikyô
• 1995Toki no kagayakiNagashima
• 1994The Mystery of RampoHouse Wife / Head of Maid
• 1994SakuraFumi
• 1993Rex: A Dinosaur's Story
• 1993YearningOmatsu
• 1993Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi
• 1992The Triple Cross
• 1992Ritsuko: Her Love, Her Death
• 1992The Games Teachers PlayYasuko Takeda
• 1991The Voyage Of Little Sinbad
• 1991Private Detective Dobu
• 1991Kim's War
• 1991Kimi no na wa深野柳子
• 1991War and YouthEtsuko Onoki
• 1991Rainbow KidsKura 'Ku-chan' Nakamura
• 1990Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
• 1990ママ母戦争
• 1990As If In Flight天璋院付き老女・幾島
• 1989Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass CapeOtane
• 1988CraneYura
• 1988RemembranceMine Kamioka
• 1987An Early Autumn
• 1987冷たいのがお好きHarue Hashimoto
• 1987森繁久彌の七人の孫
• 1986HanekonmaYae Tachibana
• 1986The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai
• 1985Yume-Chiyo
• 1985Lonely HeartTerue Amano
• 1985Song of the Spring Pony
• 1985Capone Cries a LotSene Tachikawa
• 1983Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case
• 1983Hometown
• 1983Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder CaseSen
• 1983Amagi PassRyosaku's wife
• 1983Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders CaseSen
• 1982Highschool Scramble
• 1982Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder CaseSen
• 1982Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder CaseSen
• 1982I Are You, You Am MeNaoko Saitoh
• 1982Karate CopSumi Yashiro
• 1981The Wild DaisyOmasu
• 1981Yumechiyo Nikki
• 1981Return of the ChampTomoe
• 1981Private Detective DOBU 1Sen
• 1980The First Catch
• 1980Nurse's Husband
• 1980ZigeunerweisenKimi
• 1979Heaven Sent
• 1979The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
• 1979Down with The Big BossOkonomiyaki Manager
• 1979Taro the Dragon BoyYamanba (voice)
• 1978Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
• 1978Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
• 1977Crocodile, Parrot and Fur SealMary
• 1977Ballad of OrinTama Ichise
• 1977Tomorrow Evening
• 1977Female TeacherYuriko Yokoyama
• 1977Kimagure HonkakuhaIjuuin Ayano
• 1976Sachiko no sachiMomoe
• 1976The Sea of Eden
• 1975The Viper Brothers and the Young General
• 1975Without ComplaintHaruko Kitani
• 1974Statue in Fire
• 1974The Four Roughnecks
• 1974Jack and the BeanstalkMadam Noir
• 1974Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
• 1974Red Paper Lantern
• 1974Terauchi Kantarō Ikka
• 1972My Voiceless FriendsMaid
• 1971Go As Messy As Messy Can BePTA Mama
• 1970Ōedo Sōsamō
• 1970Live My Share, MotherNurse Okamura
• 1970時間ですよ児島（石松）浜子
• 1970Tora-san, His Tender LoveMaid in Shinshû
• 1969Crazy Big Explosion
• 1968Angel's Lover
• 1968Nunnery Confidential
• 1967Journey
• 1966Koto—The Lake of TearsKayo Sugumo
• 1966Dynamite Doctor ReturnsFumiko (as Chiho Yûki)
• 19663 Raccoon DogsMidori
• 1966Dianas of the Campus
• —Zoku Yumechiyo NikkiKikun