Kirin Kiki
Kirin Kiki | |
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樹木 希林 | |
![]() Kirin Kiki at the 2015 Odesa International Film Festival | |
Born | Keiko Nakatani (中谷 啓子, Nakatani Keiko) January 15, 1943 Tokyo, Japan |
Died | September 15, 2018 Tokyo, Japan | (aged 75)
Other names | Chiho Yūki (悠木千帆, Yūki Chiho) first stage name; Keiko Uchida (内田 啓子, Uchida Keiko) current legal name |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1961–2018 |
Spouses | |
Children | 1 |
Kirin Kiki (Japanese: 樹木 希林, Hepburn: Kiki Kirin, 15 January 1943 – 15 September 2018) was a Japanese actress for Japanese cinema and television.
Biography
[edit]Kiki was born on January 15, 1943, in Kanda, Tokyo. Her father was a master of the biwa lute and a former police officer.[1][2] Her mother owned a cafe in Jinbōchō, Tokyo and a restaurant in Noge, Yokohama, the latter being Kiki's maternal parents' home.[3] Her mother was seven years senior to her father and had a child from both her two previous marriages.[2]
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).[4] 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.[4] 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,[5] Kiki continued to act and won several awards, including the best actress Japan Academy Prize for Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad in 2008,[6] the best supporting actress award from the Yokohama Film Festival for her work in Kamikaze Girls and Half a Confession in 2004,[7] and the best supporting actress Blue Ribbon Award for Still Walking in 2008.[8]
Personal life
[edit]Kiki married fellow Bungakuza actor Shin Kishida. They separated in 1968. She married musician Yuya Uchida in 1973, and remained legally married to him though they separated in 1975.[9] Their daughter, Yayako Uchida , is an essayist and musician, and 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.[10] Kirin has three grandchildren by her daughter, including actress Kyara Uchida, who has appeared with her in two films, I Wish and Sweet Bean.[11]
Kiki was diagnosed with cancer in 2004 and underwent a mastectomy.[12] She died of cancer, and related illnesses, on 15 September 2018.[13]
Selected filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]- Zoku Yoidore hakase (1966) - Fumiko
- Lake of Tears (1966) - Kayo Sugumo
- Tonogata goyôjin (1966)
- Tabiji (1967) - Chie
- Aniki no koibito (1968) - Sanae
- Kamisama no koibito (1968) - Aiko Yamagami
- Dai bakuhatsu (1969)
- Tora-san, His Tender Love (1970) - Maid in Shinshû
- Aka chôchin (1974)
- Akumyo: shima arashi (1974) - Oshige
- Jack and the Beanstalk (1974) - Madam Noir (voice)
- Honô no shôzô (1974)
- Abayo dachikô (1974)
- Mamushi to aodaishô (1975) - Kiku Matsukawa
- Za.Dorifutazu no kamo da!! Goyo da!! (1975) - tomiko
- Eden no umi (1976) - Orittsan
- Sachiko no sachi (1976) - Momoe
- Onna kyôshi (1977) - Yuriko Yokoyama
- Ballad of Orin (1977) - Tama Ichise
- Wani to oum to ottosei (1977) - Mary
- Taro the Dragon Boy (1979) - Yamanba (voice)
- Sochô no kubi (1979) - Okonomiyaki Manager
- Kindaichi Kosuke no boken (1979) - Tane
- Kamisamaga kureta akanbô (1979) - Woman who brought a boy
- Zigeunerweisen (1980) - Kimi
- Otake shinobu no a! Kono ai nakuba ganbasseyo Kuni-chan (1980)
- Tosa No Ipponzuri (1980) - Fuki
- Nogiku no haka (1981) - Omasu
- Tenkōsei (1982) - Naoko Saitoh
- Keiji monogatari (1982) - Sumi Yashiro
- Santô kôkôsei (1982)
- Amagi goe (1983) - Ryosaku's Wife
- Hometown (1983) - Yoshi
- Capone Cries a Lot (1985) - Sene Tachikawa
- Lonely Heart (1985) - Terue Amano
- Yumechiyo nikki (1985) - Kikuyakko
- Kyôshû (1988) - Mine Kamioka
- Tsuru (1988) - Yura
- Daidokoro No Seijo (1988) - Hisajo Sugita
- Kaze no Matasaburô - Garasu no manto (1989) - Otane
- Donmai (1990) - Hanako
- Rainbow Kids (1991) - Kura Nakamura[14]
- Sensou to seishun (1991) - Etsuko Onoki
- Za Chugaku kyoshi (1992)
- The Triple Cross (1992)
- Yearning (1993) - Omatsu
- Rex: A Dinosaur's Story (1993)[15]
- Rampo (1994) - House wife / Head of maid
- Toki no kagayaki (1995) - Nagashima
- Rintaro (輝け!隣太郎, Kagayake! Rintaro) (1995, she also sang the title song (with Toshiaki Karasawa))
- Oishinbo (1996)
- Koi to hanabi to kanransha (1997) - Sanae Mita
- Hissatsu shimatsunin (1997) - Otora
- Ashita heno kakehashi (1997)
- 39 keihô dai sanjûkyû jô (1997) - Defence Counsel Shigure Nagamura
- Zawa-zawa Shimo-Kitazawa (2000) - Fan of Kyushiro
- Drug (2001) - Yoshie Hirakawa
- Tôkyô Marîgôrudo (2001) - Ritsuko Sakai
- Pistol Opera (2001) - Rin
- Danbôru hausu gâru (2001)
- Inochi (2002) - Mother
- Returner (2002) - Xie
- Yoru o kakete (2002)
- Hotaru no hoshi (2003) - Headmistress
- Half a Confession (2004) - Yasuko Shimamura
- Kamikaze Girls (2004) - Momoko's Grandmother
- Izo (2004)
- Chekeraccho!! (2006) - Chisa Haebaru
- Brave Story (2006) - Onba (voice)
- Akai kujira to shiroi hebi (2006) - Midori Ohara
- Tôkyô tawâ: Okan to boku to, tokidoki, oton (2007) - Eiko Nakagawa
- Saido kâ ni inu (2007) - Granny Tome
- Still Walking (2008) - Toshiko Yokoyama
- Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2008)
- Miyagino (2008) - Madam
- The Borrower Arrietty (2010) - Haru (voice)
- Villain (2010) - Fusae Shimizu
- Ghost: In Your Arms Again (2010)
- Ôki-ke no tanoshii ryokô: Shinkon jigoku-hen (2011)
- Hanezu (2011) - Takumi's Mother
- I Wish (2011) - Hideko (Grandmother)
- Chronicle of My Mother (2011) - Yae
- Tsunagu (2012) - Aiko
- Yakusoku: Nabari dokubudôshu jiken shikeishû no shôgai (2013) - Iatsuno okunishi
- Like Father, Like Son (2013) - Riko Ishizeki
- Sweet Bean (2015; Best Performance by an Actress, Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2015) - Tokue
- Our Little Sister (2015) - Fumiyo Kikuchi
- Kakekomi onna to kakedashi otoko (2015) - Genbee
- After the Storm (2016) – Yoshiko
- Mori, The Artist's Habitat (2018) - Hideko Kumagai
- Shoplifters (2018) - Hatsue Shibata
- Every Day A Good Day (2018) - Ms. Takeda
- Cherry Blossoms and Demons (2019) - Yu's Grandmother
- Erica 38 (2019) - Erica's mother (final film role)
Television
[edit]- Shadow Warriors (1980-1986) - Orin
- Hanekonma (1986) - Yae (Hanekonma's mother)
- Tobu ga Gotoku (1990) - Ikushima
- Kimi no Na wa (1991)
- Aoi (2000) - Lady Kasuga
Honours
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Kiki Kirin". Tarento meikan (in Japanese). Sponichi Annex. Retrieved 21 July 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b 斎藤明美. "これがはじまり 最終回 樹木希林 『行きがかり上、役者になって、自分にはずっと合っていないなと思いつつ.....。』". キネマ旬報 (2008年12月下旬号). キネマ旬報社: 152–155.
- ^ 松井清人『オカン、おふくろ、お母さん』 文藝春秋、2006年、71-73頁
- ^ a b "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. Archived from the original on 13 February 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ^ "Burū Ribon Shō hisutorī 2008" (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 26 July 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ^ "Japan's grandmother Kirin Kiki has defied conventions throughout her long film career". Japan Times.
- ^ "Motoki Masahiro". Nihon jinmei daijiten (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ^ tokyoguy. "26 | March | 2010 | Japan Zone" [Sekine, Amami are the Ideal Bosses]. Archived from the original on 2024-05-11. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
- ^ Yoshikawa, Mai (June 28, 2018). "Actress Kirin Kiki wants an ending with no twists". The Japan Times.
- ^ "Veteran TV, movie actress Kirin Kiki dies in Tokyo at age 75". The Japan Times. 16 September 2018. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "REX 恐竜物語". eiga.com. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
External links
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- Kirin Kiki at IMDb
- Kirin Kiki at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)