Kirin Kiki

Kirin Kiki (2015)

Kirin Kiki ( 樹木希林 Kiki Kirin ; also: Chiho Yuki; * January 15, 1943 as Keiko Nakatani in Tokyo ; † September 15, 2018 there ) was a multiple award-winning Japanese film and television actress.

Life

Keiko Nakatani was born in the Kanda district of Tokyo in 1943 . She began her acting career in 1961 with the Bungakuza theater company, followed by television roles in the 1970s . She spontaneously auctioned her first stage name Chiho Yuki in a television show and then called herself Kirin Kiki . In the 1980s she worked with well-known directors such as Seijun Suzuki , Masahiro Shinoda and Kon Ichikawa .

She was recognized as Best Actress by the Japanese Academy Award for her role in Joji Matsuoka's 2007 film Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad , in which she played the mother of the male lead with cancer , as well as for her role in Chronicle in 2013 of My Mother by Masato Harada.

In its cooperation with Hirokazu Koreeda since 2008 resulted in a series of award-winning films, including Still Walking (2008), After the Storm (2016) and most recently Shoplifters , the Palme d'Or of the Film Festival of Cannes 2018 won.

In the mid- 2000s she developed cancer, which she did not fully cure. She died of complications from the disease in September 2018 at the age of 75.

Filmography (selection)

1966: Zoku Yoidore Hakase

1980: Tsigoineruwaizen

2001: Pisutoru opera

2002: Kamikaze Girls (Shimotsuma Monogatari)

2002: Returner - Fight for the Future (Ritānā)

2004: Half A Confession

2004: Shimotsuma monogatari

2007: Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

2008: Still Walking (Aruitemo aruitemo)

2010: Arrietty - The wondrous world of borrowers ( Karigurashi no Arietti ; voice)

2011: Chronicle of My Mother

2011: Kiseki

2013: Like Father, Like Son (Soshite Chichi ni Naru)

2015: Cherry blossoms and red beans (An)

2015: Our little sister (Umimachi Diary)

2016: After the Storm (Umi yori mo Mada Fukaku)

2018: Shoplifters - family ties (Manbiki kazoku)

2018: Cherry Blossoms & Demons

Web links

Commons : Kirin Kiki - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Kirin Kiki in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Veteran Japanese actress Kirin Kiki dies at 75 , September 16, 2018, The Japan Times
↑ Bibi Nurshuhada Ramli: Kirin Kiki stays humble. In: New Straits Times. September 13, 2016, accessed May 17, 2018 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Edmund Lee: Kirin Kiki, everyone's favorite Japanese screen grandmother, on flowering late. In: South China Morning Post. March 22, 2016, accessed May 17, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Kiki, Kirin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Yuki, Chiho; Uchida, Keiko (maiden name); Yes, Kirin (Long)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Japanese film and television actress
DATE OF BIRTH	January 15, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tokyo
DATE OF DEATH	15th September 2018
Place of death	Tokyo

[1] Veteran Japanese actress Kirin Kiki dies at 75 , September 16, 2018, The Japan Times

[2] Bibi Nurshuhada Ramli: Kirin Kiki stays humble. In: New Straits Times. September 13, 2016, accessed May 17, 2018 .

[:0-3] Edmund Lee: Kirin Kiki, everyone's favorite Japanese screen grandmother, on flowering late. In: South China Morning Post. March 22, 2016, accessed May 17, 2018 .