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

Female Teacher
1977
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
2001
Kimi no na wa
1991
Hanekonma
1986
Shoplifters
2018
Arrietty
2010
As If In Flight
1990
Kagerou no Tsuji
2007
Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations
2000
Our Little Sister
2015
Kamikaze Girls
2004
Like Father, Like Son
2013

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
144
2025
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special
2019
Kiki Kirin's Life
as self
2019
Erica 38
as Erica's Mother
2019
Cherry Blossoms & Demons
as Yus Großmutter
2018
Shoplifters
as Hatsue Shibata
2018
Mori, The Artist's Habitat
as Hideko
2018
Every Day a Good Day
as Teacher Takeda
2017
Life is Fruity
as Narrator
2017
Kiki Kirin's Izakaya Grandma
2017
The Gods of Food: The Last Promise
2016
After the Storm
as Yoshiko Shinoda
2015
Sweet Bean
as Tokue
2015
Our Little Sister
as Fumiyo Kikuchi
2015
Kakekomi
as Genbei
2015
Mystery Trilogy Special
as Kirika Ohmori (segment "A Mystery Writer's Daily Life")
2014
This Mystery is Excellent! ~ Challenge from Bestseller Writer
as 大森キリカ (案内人)
2013
Like Father, Like Son
as Riko Ishizeki
2013
Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row Inmate
as Tatsuno Okunishi
2012
Until the Break of Dawn
as Aiko Shibuya
2012
Chronicle of My Mother
as Yae
2012
Hanezu
as Takumi's Mother
2011
I Wish
as Hideko
2011
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip
as fortune teller
2011
Hokaibito: Ina no Seigetsu
as Narrator (voice)
2010
Villain
as Fusae Shimizu
2010
Arrietty
as Haru (voice)
2010
Ghost
as Unten Sazuki
2010
Two Portraits of MIYAGINO
as Madam
2009
Making 'Still Walking'
as Self
2008
Still Walking
as Toshiko Yokoyama
2008
The Short Films: We Were All Once Children
2007
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
as Eiko Nakagawa
2007
Dog in a Sidecar
as Granny Tome
2007
Kagerou no Tsuji
as Oichi
2007
Dots and Lines
2006
Red Whale, White Snake
2006
Our War
2005
Tokyo Tower
2005
Natsumeke no Shokutaku
2004
Kamikaze Girls
as Momoko's Grandmother
2004
The Taste of Tea
as Obaa
2004
Half a Confession
as Yasuko Shimamura
2004
Fireflies: River of Light
as Headmistress
2004
Izo
as Izo's Mother
2003
Teacher's suitcase
as Sensei's ex-wife
2002
Returner
as Xia
2002
Inochi
as Mother
2002
Through the Night
2001
Tokyo Marigold
as Ritsuko Sakai
2001
Pistol Opera
as Rin
2001
Cardboard House Girl
2001
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
2000
The Whispered City
as Fan of Kyushiro
2000
Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations
as Lady Kasuga [Iemitsu's wet nurse]
1999
Keiho
as Defence Counsel Shigure Nagamura
1997
Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
1997
The Best Bad Thing
as Aunt Hata
1997
Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and Love
as Sanae Mita
1997
Hissatsu shimatsunin
as Otora
1996
Oishinbo
as Tome
1995
Toki no kagayaki
as Nagashima
1995
Mitabi no kaikyô
1994
Sakura
as Fumi
1994
The Mystery of Rampo
as House Wife / Head of Maid
1993
Yearning
as Omatsu
1993
Rex: A Dinosaur's Story
1993
Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi
1992
The Triple Cross
1992
Ritsuko: Her Love, Her Death
1992
The Games Teachers Play
as Yasuko Takeda
1991
War and Youth
as Etsuko Onoki
1991
Rainbow Kids
as Kura 'Ku-chan' Nakamura
1991
Kim's War
1991
The Voyage Of Little Sinbad
1991
Private Detective Dobu
1991
Kimi no na wa
as 深野柳子
1990
ママ母戦争
1990
As If In Flight
as 天璋院付き老女・幾島
1989
Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape
as Otane
1988
Remembrance
as Mine Kamioka
1988
Crane
as Yura
1987
冷たいのがお好き
as Harue Hashimoto
1987
An Early Autumn
1987
森繁久彌の七人の孫
1986
The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai
1986
Hanekonma
as Yae Tachibana
1985
Song of the Spring Pony
1985
Capone Cries a Lot
as Sene Tachikawa
1985
Yume-Chiyo
1985
Lonely Heart
as Terue Amano
1983
Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case
as Sen
1983
Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case
as Sen
1983
Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case
1983
Amagi Pass
as Ryosaku's wife
1983
Hometown
1982
I Are You, You Am Me
as Naoko Saitoh
1982
Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case
as Sen
1982
Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case
as Sen
1982
Highschool Scramble
1982
Karate Cop
as Sumi Yashiro
1982
Zoku Yumechiyo Nikki
as Kikun
1981
Private Detective DOBU 1
as Sen
1981
The Wild Daisy
as Omasu
1981
Return of the Champ
as Tomoe
1981
Yumechiyo Nikki
1980
Zigeunerweisen
as Kimi
1980
Nurse's Husband
1980
The First Catch
1979
Taro the Dragon Boy
as Yamanba (voice)
1979
Down with The Big Boss
as Okonomiyaki Manager
1979
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979
Heaven Sent
1978
Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro
1978
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
1977
Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal
as Mary
1977
Ballad of Orin
as Tama Ichise
1977
Tomorrow Evening
1977
Female Teacher
as Yuriko Yokoyama
1977
Kimagure Honkakuha
as Ijuuin Ayano
1976
The Sea of Eden
1976
Sachiko no sachi
as Momoe
1975
Without Complaint
as Haruko Kitani
1975
The Viper Brothers and the Young General
1974
The Four Roughnecks
1974
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Madam Noir
1974
Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
1974
Red Paper Lantern
1974
Statue in Fire
1974
Terauchi Kantarō Ikka
1972
My Voiceless Friends
as Maid
1971
Go As Messy As Messy Can Be
as PTA Mama
1971
時間ですよ
as 児島浜子
1970
Live My Share, Mother
as Nurse Okamura
1970
Tora-san, His Tender Love
as 信州女佣
1970
Ōedo Sōsamō
1970
時間ですよ
as 児島（石松）浜子
1969
Crazy Big Explosion
1968
Nunnery Confidential
1968
Angel's Lover
1967
The Journey
as Chiegi
1966
Dynamite Doctor Returns
as Fumiko (as Chiho Yûki)
1966
Koto—The Lake of Tears
as Kayo Sugumo
1966
Dianas of the Campus
1966
3 Raccoon Dogs
as Midori