Kirin Kiki

Acting • 1943-01-15 • 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

7.7

Arrietty

2010

7.5

Sweet Bean

2015

7.8

Shoplifters

2018

7.2

After the Storm

2016

6.6

Returner

2002

7.7

Like Father, Like Son

2013

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Filmography

2025
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary SpecialFilm
2019
Cherry Blossoms & DemonsFilm
Yus Großmutter
★ 5.1
2019
Erica 38Film
Erica's Mother
★ 4.0
2019
Kiki Kirin's LifeFilm
self
2018
ShopliftersFilm
Hatsue Shibata
★ 7.8
2018
Every Day a Good DayFilm
Teacher Takeda
★ 7.2
2018
Mori, The Artist's HabitatFilm
Hideko
★ 7.3
2017
Life is FruityFilm
Narrator
★ 8.7
2017
The Gods of Food: The Last PromiseFilm
★ 7.0
2017
Kiki Kirin's Izakaya GrandmaFilm
2016
After the StormFilm
Yoshiko Shinoda
★ 7.2
2015
Our Little SisterFilm
Fumiyo Kikuchi
★ 7.6
2015
Sweet BeanFilm
Tokue
★ 7.5
2015
KakekomiFilm
Genbei
★ 6.1
2015
Mystery Trilogy SpecialFilm
Kirika Ohmori (segment "A Mystery Writer's Daily Life")
2014
This Mystery is Excellent! ~ Challenge from Bestseller WriterFilm
大森キリカ (案内人)
2013
Like Father, Like SonFilm
Riko Ishizeki
★ 7.7
2013
Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row InmateFilm
Tatsuno Okunishi
2012
HanezuFilm
Takumi's Mother
★ 6.0
2012
Chronicle of My MotherFilm
Yae
★ 6.6
2012
Until the Break of DawnFilm
Aiko Shibuya
★ 6.6
2011
I WishFilm
Hideko
★ 7.3
2011
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous TripFilm
fortune teller
★ 8.5
2011
Hokaibito: Ina no SeigetsuFilm
Narrator (voice)
2010
ArriettyFilm
Haru (voice)
★ 7.7
2010
VillainFilm
Fusae Shimizu
★ 6.8
2010
GhostFilm
Unten Sazuki
★ 5.2
2010
Two Portraits of MIYAGINOFilm
Madam
★ 7.8
2009
Making 'Still Walking'Film
Self
★ 7.5
2008
Still WalkingFilm
Toshiko Yokoyama
★ 7.8
2008
The Short Films: We Were All Once ChildrenFilm
2007
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes DadFilm
Eiko Nakagawa
★ 6.9
2007
Dog in a SidecarFilm
Granny Tome
★ 5.8
2007
Kagerou no TsujiTV
Oichi • 11 episodes
2007
Dots and LinesTV
2006
Our WarFilm
★ 6.0
2006
Red Whale, White SnakeFilm
2005
Tokyo TowerFilm
★ 7.2
2005
Natsumeke no ShokutakuTV
★ 7.0
2004
Kamikaze GirlsFilm
Momoko's Grandmother
★ 7.2
2004
The Taste of TeaFilm
Obaa
★ 7.5
2004
IzoFilm
Izo's Mother
★ 6.0
2004
Half a ConfessionFilm
Yasuko Shimamura
★ 7.7
2004
Fireflies: River of LightFilm
Headmistress
★ 5.0
2003
Teacher's suitcaseFilm
Sensei's ex-wife
★ 7.0
2002
ReturnerFilm
Xia
★ 6.6
2002
InochiFilm
Mother
★ 4.4
2002
Through the NightFilm
★ 8.0
2001
Pistol OperaFilm
Rin
★ 6.1
2001
Tokyo MarigoldFilm
Ritsuko Sakai
★ 6.3
2001
Cardboard House GirlFilm
2000
Aoi: Tokugawa Three GenerationsTV
Lady Kasuga [Iemitsu's wet nurse] • 49 episodes
★ 10.0
2000
The Whispered CityFilm
Fan of Kyushiro
★ 9.0
1999
KeihoFilm
Defence Counsel Shigure Nagamura
★ 6.3
1997
The Best Bad ThingFilm
Aunt Hata
★ 7.7
1997
Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and LoveFilm
Sanae Mita
★ 10.0
1997
Magnitude: Bridge to TomorrowFilm
1997
Hissatsu shimatsuninFilm
Otora
1996
OishinboFilm
Tome
★ 6.5
1995
Mitabi no kaikyôFilm
★ 7.0
1995
Toki no kagayakiFilm
Nagashima
1994
The Mystery of RampoFilm
House Wife / Head of Maid
★ 7.1
1994
SakuraFilm
Fumi
1993
Rex: A Dinosaur's StoryFilm
★ 5.1
1993
YearningFilm
Omatsu
★ 10.0
1993
Korekara: Umibe no TabibitotachiTV
1992
The Triple CrossFilm
★ 7.2
1992
The Games Teachers PlayFilm
Yasuko Takeda
★ 10.0
1992
Ritsuko: Her Love, Her DeathFilm
1991
Kimi no na waTV
深野柳子 • 312 episodes
★ 8.0
1991
Rainbow KidsFilm
Kura 'Ku-chan' Nakamura
★ 6.7
1991
War and YouthFilm
Etsuko Onoki
★ 6.8
1991
Private Detective DobuTV
1991
Kim's WarFilm
1991
The Voyage Of Little SinbadFilm
1990
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari TokubetsuhenTV
★ 9.5
1990
As If In FlightTV
天璋院付き老女・幾島 • 48 episodes
★ 6.0
1990
ママ母戦争Film
1989
Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass CapeFilm
Otane
★ 6.5
1988
RemembranceFilm
Mine Kamioka
★ 6.5
1988
CraneFilm
Yura
★ 6.8
1987
An Early AutumnTV
1987
森繁久彌の七人の孫TV
1987
冷たいのがお好きFilm
Harue Hashimoto
1986
HanekonmaTV
Yae Tachibana • 156 episodes
★ 8.0
1986
The Ballad of the Sea of GenkaiFilm
★ 7.0
1985
Lonely HeartFilm
Terue Amano
★ 7.3
1985
Capone Cries a LotFilm
Sene Tachikawa
★ 6.0
1985
Song of the Spring PonyFilm
★ 8.5
1985
Yume-ChiyoFilm
★ 8.0
1983
Amagi PassFilm
Ryosaku's wife
★ 6.5
1983
HometownFilm
★ 9.0
1983
Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder CaseFilm
Sen
★ 7.0
1983
Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder CaseFilm
1983
Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders CaseFilm
Sen
1982
I Are You, You Am MeFilm
Naoko Saitoh
★ 6.4
1982
Highschool ScrambleFilm
★ 10.0
1982
Karate CopFilm
Sumi Yashiro
★ 9.0
1982
Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder CaseFilm
Sen
1982
Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder CaseFilm
Sen
1981
The Wild DaisyFilm
Omasu
★ 6.3
1981
Return of the ChampFilm
Tomoe
★ 10.0
1981
Private Detective DOBU 1Film
Sen
★ 7.0
1981
Yumechiyo NikkiTV
1980
ZigeunerweisenFilm
Kimi
★ 6.5
1980
The First CatchFilm
★ 3.5
1980
Nurse's HusbandFilm
★ 7.0
1979
Taro the Dragon BoyFilm
Yamanba (voice)
★ 6.5
1979
The Adventures of Kosuke KindaichiFilm
★ 6.4
1979
Heaven SentFilm
★ 6.2
1979
Down with The Big BossFilm
Okonomiyaki Manager
★ 8.0
1978
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of MomojiroFilm
★ 9.0
1978
Prime Minister of YuhigaokaTV
1977
Ballad of OrinFilm
Tama Ichise
★ 7.2
1977
Female TeacherFilm
Yuriko Yokoyama
★ 2.6
1977
Crocodile, Parrot and Fur SealFilm
Mary
★ 8.0
1977
Kimagure HonkakuhaTV
Ijuuin Ayano • 38 episodes
1977
Tomorrow EveningFilm
1976
The Sea of EdenFilm
★ 8.0
1976
Sachiko no sachiFilm
Momoe
1975
Without ComplaintFilm
Haruko Kitani
★ 10.0
1975
The Viper Brothers and the Young GeneralFilm
★ 9.0
1974
Jack and the BeanstalkFilm
Madam Noir
★ 6.4
1974
Red Paper LanternFilm
★ 7.2
1974
Statue in FireFilm
★ 7.5
1974
Akumyo: Notorious DragonFilm
★ 7.0
1974
The Four RoughnecksFilm
★ 5.0
1974
Terauchi Kantarō IkkaTV
1972
My Voiceless FriendsFilm
Maid
★ 9.0
1971
Go As Messy As Messy Can BeFilm
PTA Mama
1970
Tora-san, His Tender LoveFilm
信州女佣
★ 7.4
1970
Ōedo SōsamōTV
★ 10.0
1970
Live My Share, MotherFilm
Nurse Okamura
★ 7.0
1970
時間ですよTV
児島（石松）浜子 • 30 episodes
1970
時間ですよTV
児島浜子 • 35 episodes
1969
Crazy Big ExplosionFilm
★ 7.0
1968
Nunnery ConfidentialFilm
★ 5.5
1968
Angel's LoverFilm
1967
The JourneyFilm
Chiegi
★ 7.0
1966
Koto—The Lake of TearsFilm
Kayo Sugumo
★ 7.2
1966
3 Raccoon DogsFilm
Midori
★ 5.0
1966
Dianas of the CampusFilm
1966
Dynamite Doctor ReturnsFilm
Fumiko (as Chiho Yûki)