Kirin Kiki
| Kirin Kiki | |
|---|---|
 Kirin Kiki at the Odessa International Film Festival 2015 | |
| Native name | 樹木 希林 |
| Born |
Keiko Nakatani (中谷 啓子 Nakatani Keiko) January 15, 1943 Tokyo, Japan |
| Other names |
Chiho Yūki (悠木千帆 Yūki Chiho) first stage name; Keiko Uchida (内田 啓子 Uchida Keiko) current real name |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1961–present |
| Spouse(s) | Shin Kishida (1964–1968), Yūya Uchida (current) |
Kirin Kiki (樹木 希林 Kiki Kirin) (born 15 January 1943) is a Japanese actress known for her work in cinema and television.
Kiki was born in the Kanda area of Tokyo as the daughter of a master of the biwa lute.[1] 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 Chiho Yūki (悠木千帆).[2] She eventually gained fame for performing uniquely comedic and eccentric roles on such television shows as Jikan desu yo and Terauchi Kantarō ikka and in television commercials.[2] 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."[1]
While battling various ailments, including a detached retina in 2003 and breast cancer in 2005,[3] Kiki has continued to act and has won several awards, including the best actress Japan Academy Prize for Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad in 2008,[4] the best supporting actress award from the Yokohama Film Festival for her work in Kamikaze Girls and Half a Confession in 2004,[5] and the best supporting actress Blue Ribbon Award for Still Walking in 2008.[6]
Kiki married fellow Bungakuza actor Shin Kishida, but they divorced in 1968. She is currently married to the rock musician Yuya Uchida.[1] Her daughter, Yayako Uchida, is an essayist and musician; notably, Uchida portrayed the younger self of Kiki's character in the film Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad. Yayako Uchida is married to the actor Masahiro Motoki,[1] who was adopted into the Uchida family as a mukoyōshi.[7]
Selected filmography
- Films
- Tora-san, His Tender Love (1970)
- Zigeunerweisen (1980)
- Tenkōsei (1982)
- Hometown (1983)
- Capone Cries a Lot (1985)
- Rainbow Kids (1991) as Kura Nakamura[8]
- The Triple Cross (1992)
- Rintaro (輝け！隣太郎, Kagayake! Rintaro) (1995) – she also sang the title song (with Toshiaki Karasawa)
- Pistol Opera (2001)
- Returner (2002)
- Kamikaze Girls (2004)
- Half a Confession (2004)
- Still Walking (2008)
- Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2008)
- The Borrower Arrietty (2010)
- Ghost: In Your Arms Again (2010)
- Villain (2010)
- Chronicle of My Mother (2011)
- I Wish (2011)
- Like Father, Like Son (2013)
- Our Little Sister (2015)
- Sweet Red Bean Paste (2015)
- After the Storm (2016) – Yoshiko
- Television
- Aoi Tokugawa Sandai (2000) – Lady Kasuga
Honours
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Kiki Kirin". Tarento meikan (in Japanese). Sponichi Annex. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
- 1 2 "Kiki Kirin". Nihon jinmei daijiten (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
- ↑ "Asahi shinbun shinpojiumu: Gan ni makenai, akiramenai kotsu". Asahi shinbun (in Japanese). 25 March 2006. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ↑ "Dai 31-kai Nihon Academī Shō yūshū sakuhin" (in Japanese). Nihon Academī Shō kōshiki saito. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
- ↑ "Dai 25-kai Yokohama Eigasai: Nihon eiga kojin shō" (in Japanese). Yokohama Eigasai. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ↑ "Burū Ribon Shō hisutorī 2008" (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ↑ "Motoki Masahiro". Nihon jinmei daijiten (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ↑ Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 375. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
External links
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- Kirin Kiki at the Internet Movie Database
- Kiki Kirin at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)
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