{{short description|Japanese actress (1943–2018)}} {{Infobox person | name = Kirin Kiki | image = OIFF_2015-07-18_123740_-_Kirin_Kiki-2_(cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Kirin Kiki at the 2015 [[Odesa International Film Festival]] | native_name = 樹木 希林 | native_name_lang = ja | birth_name = {{nihongo|Keiko Nakatani|中谷 啓子|Nakatani Keiko}} | birth_date = {{Birth date |1943|01|15}} | birth_place = [[Tokyo]], Japan | death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|09|15|1943|01|15}} | death_place = [[Tokyo]], Japan | other_names = {{nihongo|Chiho Yūki|悠木千帆|Yūki Chiho}} first stage name;<br>{{nihongo|Keiko Uchida|内田 啓子|Uchida Keiko}} current legal name | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1961–2018 | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|[[Shin Kishida]]|1964|1968|end=divorced}} * {{marriage|[[Yuya Uchida (singer)|Yuya Uchida]]|1973|2019|end=died}} }} | children = 1 | awards = | website = }} {{nihongo|'''Kirin Kiki'''|樹木 希林|Kiki Kirin|15 January 1943 – 15 September 2018|lead=yes}} was a Japanese actress for [[Japanese cinema]] and television.
==Biography== Kiki was born on January 15, 1943, in [[Kanda, Tokyo|Kanda]], [[Tokyo]]. Her father was a master of the ''[[biwa]]'' lute and a former police officer.<ref name="Sponichi">{{cite web|title=Kiki Kirin|url=https://wiki.sponichi.co.jp/entry/%E6%A8%B9%E6%9C%A8%E5%B8%8C%E6%9E%97|access-date=21 July 2010|work=Tarento meikan|publisher=Sponichi Annex|language=ja}}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="キネ旬200812_1">{{Cite journal|author=斎藤明美|title=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.....。』|journal=[[キネマ旬報]]|publisher=[[キネマ旬報社]]|issue=2008年12月下旬号|pages=152–155}}</ref> Her mother owned a cafe in [[Jinbōchō, Tokyo|Jinbōchō]], Tokyo and a restaurant in Noge, [[Yokohama]], the latter being Kiki's maternal parents' home.<ref>松井清人『オカン、おふくろ、お母さん』 [[文藝春秋]]、2006年、71-73頁</ref> Her mother was seven years senior to her father and had a child from both her two previous marriages.<ref name="キネ旬200812_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).<ref name="kotobank">{{cite web|url=http://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%A8%B9%E6%9C%A8%E5%B8%8C%E6%9E%97|title=Kiki Kirin|work=Nihon jinmei daijiten|publisher=Kodansha|language=ja|access-date=21 July 2010}}</ref> She eventually gained fame for performing uniquely comedic and eccentric roles on such television shows as ''{{ill|Jikan desu yo|ja|時間ですよ}}'' and ''Terauchi Kantarō ikka'' and in [[television commercials]].<ref name="kotobank" /> 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."<ref name="Sponichi" />
While battling various ailments, including a [[Retinal detachment|detached retina]] in 2003 and [[breast cancer]] in 2005,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.asahi.com/sympo/060428/|title=Asahi shinbun shinpojiumu: Gan ni makenai, akiramenai kotsu|date=25 March 2006|work=Asahi shinbun|language=ja|access-date=23 July 2010}}</ref> Kiki continued to act and won several awards, including the best actress [[Japan Academy Prize (film)|Japan Academy Prize]] for ''[[Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (film)| Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad]]'' in 2008,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=31|title=Dai 31-kai Nihon Academī Shō yūshū sakuhin|publisher=Nihon Academī Shō kōshiki saito|language=ja|access-date=19 July 2010}}</ref> the best supporting actress award from the [[Yokohama Film Festival]] for her work in ''[[Kamikaze Girls]]'' and ''[[Half a Confession]]'' in 2004,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/26-2004/26_2004_shou.html|title=Dai 25-kai Yokohama Eigasai: Nihon eiga kojin shō|publisher=Yokohama Eigasai|language=ja|access-date=23 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213182813/http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/26-2004/26_2004_shou.html|archive-date=13 February 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the best supporting actress [[Blue Ribbon Awards|Blue Ribbon Award]] for ''[[Still Walking (film)|Still Walking]]'' in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/2008/ |title=Burū Ribon Shō hisutorī 2008 |publisher=Cinema Hochi |language=ja |access-date=23 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726082851/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/2008/ |archive-date=26 July 2010 }}</ref>
==Personal life== Kiki married fellow [[Bungakuza]] actor [[Shin Kishida]]. They separated in 1968. She married musician [[Yuya Uchida (singer)|Yuya Uchida]] in 1973, and remained legally married to him though they separated in 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2018/06/28/films/japans-grandmother-kirin-kiki-defied-conventions-throughout-long-film-career/|title=Japan's grandmother Kirin Kiki has defied conventions throughout her long film career|work=Japan Times |date=28 June 2018 }}</ref> Their daughter, {{ill|Yayako Uchida|jp|内田也哉子}}, 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]],<ref name="Sponichi" /> who was adopted into the Uchida family as a [[mukoyōshi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%9C%AC%E6%9C%A8%E9%9B%85%E5%BC%98|title=Motoki Masahiro|work=Nihon jinmei daijiten|publisher=Kodansha|language=ja|access-date=23 July 2010}}</ref> Kirin has three grandchildren by her daughter, including actress Kyara Uchida, who has appeared with her in two films, ''[[I Wish (film)|I Wish]]'' and ''[[Sweet Bean]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=tokyoguy |title=26 {{!}} March {{!}} 2010 {{!}} Japan Zone |trans-title=Sekine, [[Amami Yūki|Amami]] are the Ideal Bosses |url=https://www.japan-zone.com/news/2010/03/26/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511070515/https://www.japan-zone.com/news/2010/03/26/ |archive-date=2024-05-11 |access-date=2024-05-11}}</ref>
Kiki was diagnosed with cancer in 2004 and underwent a mastectomy.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2018/06/28/films/kirin-kiki-wants-ending-no-twists/|title=Actress Kirin Kiki wants an ending with no twists|last=Yoshikawa|first=Mai|date=June 28, 2018|work=The Japan Times|language=en-US}}</ref> She died of cancer, and related illnesses, on 15 September 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Veteran TV, movie actress Kirin Kiki dies in Tokyo at age 75 |date=16 September 2018 |newspaper=[[The Japan Times]] |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2018/09/16/films/veteran-japanese-actress-kirin-kiki-dies-75/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916164202/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2018/09/16/films/veteran-japanese-actress-kirin-kiki-dies-75/ |archive-date=16 September 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy}}</ref>
==Selected filmography== ===Film=== {{Div col}} * ''Zoku Yoidore hakase'' (1966) - Fumiko * ''[[Lake of Tears (film)|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 film)|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 (film)|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 (film)|Hometown]]'' (1983) - Yoshi * ''[[Capone Cries a Lot]]'' (1985) - Sene Tachikawa * ''[[Lonely Heart (1985 film)|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<ref>{{cite book|author=Stuart Galbraith IV|title=The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f7o8pq6G_dYC&pg=PA168|date=16 May 2008|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-1-4616-7374-3|page=375}}</ref> * ''Sensou to seishun'' (1991) - Etsuko Onoki * ''Za Chugaku kyoshi'' (1992) * ''[[The Triple Cross]]'' (1992) * ''[[Yearning (1993 film)|Yearning]]'' (1993) - Omatsu * ''[[Rex: A Dinosaur's Story]]'' (1993)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/40125/|title= REX 恐竜物語|access-date= January 1, 2024|work= eiga.com}}</ref> * ''[[Rampo (film)|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 (film)|Still Walking]]'' (2008) - Toshiko Yokoyama * ''[[Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (film)|Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad]]'' (2008) * ''Miyagino'' (2008) - Madam * ''[[The Borrower Arrietty]]'' (2010) - Haru (voice) * ''[[Villain (2010 film)|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 (film)|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 film)|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 film)|After the Storm]]'' (2016) – Yoshiko * ''Mori, The Artist's Habitat'' (2018) - Hideko Kumagai * ''[[Shoplifters (film)|Shoplifters]]'' (2018) - Hatsue Shibata * ''Every Day A Good Day'' (2018) - Ms. Takeda * ''{{ill|Cherry Blossoms and Demons|de|Kirschblüten & Dämonen}}'' (2019) - Yu's Grandmother * ''Erica 38'' (2019) - Erica's mother (final film role) {{div col end}}
===Television=== * ''[[Shadow Warriors (TV series)|Shadow Warriors]]'' (1980-1986) - Orin * ''[[Hanekonma]]'' (1986) - Yae (Hanekonma's mother) * ''Tobu ga Gotoku'' (1990) - Ikushima * ''Kimi no Na wa'' (1991) * ''[[Aoi (TV series)|Aoi]]'' (2000) - [[Lady Kasuga]]
==Honours== *[[Medals of Honor (Japan)|Medal with Purple Ribbon]] (2008) *[[Order of the Rising Sun|Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette]] (2014)
==References== {{Reflist|}}
==External links== {{commonscat|Kirin Kiki}} * {{IMDb name|0452817}} * {{jmdb name|0164580}}
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