Kirin Kiki: movies and TV shows
Kirin Kiki has 144 credits in the archive: 124 films and 20 TV series, from 1966 to 2025. Highest rated: Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations (10.0/10).
Career timeline
1966 – 2025 · busiest year: 1974 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special | Film | — | 82 | |
| 2019 | Cherry Blossoms & Demons | Yus Großmutter | Film | 5.1 | 76 |
| 2019 | Kiki Kirin's Life | self | Film | — | 76 |
| 2019 | Erica 38 | Erica's Mother | Film | — | 76 |
| 2018 | Shoplifters | Hatsue Shibata | Film | 7.8 | 75 |
| 2018 | Mori, The Artist's Habitat | Hideko | Film | 7.3 | 75 |
| 2018 | Every Day a Good Day | Teacher Takeda | Film | 7.2 | 75 |
| 2017 | Life is Fruity | Narrator | Film | 8.7 | 74 |
| 2017 | The Gods of Food: The Last Promise | Film | 8.0 | 74 | |
| 2017 | Kiki Kirin's Izakaya Grandma | Film | — | 74 | |
| 2016 | After the Storm | Yoshiko Shinoda | Film | 7.2 | 73 |
| 2015 | Our Little Sister | Fumiyo Kikuchi | Film | 7.6 | 72 |
| 2015 | Sweet Bean | Tokue | Film | 7.5 | 72 |
| 2015 | Kakekomi | Genbei | Film | 5.9 | 72 |
| 2015 | Mystery Trilogy Special | Kirika Ohmori (segment "A Mystery Writer's Daily Life") | Film | — | 72 |
| 2014 | This Mystery is Excellent! ~ Challenge from Bestseller Writer | 大森キリカ (案内人) | Film | — | 71 |
| 2013 | Like Father, Like Son | Riko Ishizeki | Film | 7.7 | 70 |
| 2013 | Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row Inmate | Film | — | 70 | |
| 2012 | Chronicle of My Mother | Yae | Film | 6.6 | 69 |
| 2012 | Until the Break of Dawn | Aiko Shibuya | Film | 6.7 | 69 |
| 2012 | Hanezu | Takumi's Mother | Film | 6.0 | 69 |
| 2011 | I Wish | Hideko | Film | 7.3 | 68 |
| 2011 | Hokaibito: Ina no Seigetsu | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 68 |
| 2011 | A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip | fortune teller | Film | 8.5 | 68 |
| 2010 | The Secret World of Arrietty | Haru (voice) | Film | 7.7 | 67 |
| 2010 | Two Portraits of MIYAGINO | Madam | Film | 7.8 | 67 |
| 2010 | Villain | Fusae Shimizu | Film | 6.8 | 67 |
| 2010 | Ghost | Unten Sazuki | Film | 5.2 | 67 |
| 2009 | Making 'Still Walking' | Self | Film | 8.0 | 66 |
| 2008 | Still Walking | Toshiko Yokoyama | Film | 7.8 | 65 |
| 2008 | The Short Films: We Were All Once Children | Film | — | 65 | |
| 2007 | Kagerou no Tsuji | Oichi | TV | — | 64 |
| 2007 | Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad | Eiko Nakagawa | Film | 6.9 | 64 |
| 2007 | Dots and Lines | TV | — | 64 | |
| 2007 | Dog in a Sidecar | Granny Tome | Film | 5.8 | 64 |
| 2006 | Our War | Film | 6.0 | 63 | |
| 2006 | Red Whale, White Snake | Film | — | 63 | |
| 2005 | Tokyo Tower | Film | 7.2 | 62 | |
| 2005 | Natsumeke no Shokutaku | TV | 7.0 | 62 | |
| 2004 | Kamikaze Girls | Momoko's Grandmother | Film | 7.1 | 61 |
| 2004 | Fireflies: River of Light | Headmistress | Film | 5.0 | 61 |
| 2004 | The Taste of Tea | Obaa | Film | 7.5 | 61 |
| 2004 | Izo | Izo's Mother | Film | 6.1 | 61 |
| 2004 | Half a Confession | Yasuko Shimamura | Film | 7.9 | 61 |
| 2003 | Teacher's suitcase | Sensei's ex-wife | Film | 7.0 | 60 |
| 2002 | Through the Night | Film | 8.0 | 59 | |
| 2002 | Returner | Xia | Film | 6.6 | 59 |
| 2002 | Inochi | Mother | Film | 4.4 | 59 |
| 2001 | Pistol Opera | Rin | Film | 6.1 | 58 |
| 2001 | Tokyo Marigold | Ritsuko Sakai | Film | 6.3 | 58 |
| 2001 | Cardboard House Girl | Film | — | 58 | |
| 2000 | Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations | Lady Kasuga [Iemitsu's wet nurse] | TV | 10.0 | 57 |
| 2000 | The Whispered City | Fan of Kyushiro | Film | 9.0 | 57 |
| 1999 | Keiho | Defence Counsel Shigure Nagamura | Film | 6.2 | 56 |
| 1997 | Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and Love | Sanae Mita | Film | 10.0 | 54 |
| 1997 | Hissatsu shimatsunin | Otora | Film | — | 54 |
| 1997 | Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow | Film | — | 54 | |
| 1997 | The Best Bad Thing | Aunt Hata | Film | 7.7 | 54 |
| 1996 | Oishinbo | Tome | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 1995 | Mitabi no kaikyô | Film | 7.0 | 52 | |
| 1995 | Toki no kagayaki | Nagashima | Film | — | 52 |
| 1994 | Sakura | Fumi | Film | — | 51 |
| 1994 | The Mystery of Rampo | House Wife / Head of Maid | Film | 7.2 | 51 |
| 1993 | Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi | TV | — | 50 | |
| 1993 | Rex: A Dinosaur's Story | Film | 5.5 | 50 | |
| 1993 | Yearning | Omatsu | Film | 10.0 | 50 |
| 1992 | The Triple Cross | Film | 7.2 | 49 | |
| 1992 | The Games Teachers Play | Yasuko Takeda | Film | 10.0 | 49 |
| 1992 | Ritsuko: Her Love, Her Death | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1991 | Kimi no na wa | 深野柳子 | TV | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1991 | Kim's War | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1991 | Private Detective Dobu | TV | — | 48 | |
| 1991 | Rainbow Kids | Kura 'Ku-chan' Nakamura | Film | 6.6 | 48 |
| 1991 | The Voyage Of Little Sinbad | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1991 | War and Youth | Etsuko Onoki | Film | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1990 | Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen | TV | 9.5 | 47 | |
| 1990 | As If In Flight | 天璋院付き老女・幾島 | TV | 6.0 | 47 |
| 1990 | ママ母戦争 | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1989 | Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape | Otane | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1988 | Crane | Yura | Film | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1988 | Remembrance | Mine Kamioka | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1987 | 森繁久彌の七人の孫 | TV | — | 44 | |
| 1987 | An Early Autumn | TV | — | 44 | |
| 1987 | 冷たいのがお好き | Harue Hashimoto | Film | — | 44 |
| 1986 | Hanekonma | Yae Tachibana | TV | 8.0 | 43 |
| 1986 | The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai | Film | 7.0 | 43 | |
| 1985 | Capone Cries a Lot | Sene Tachikawa | Film | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1985 | Lonely Heart | Terue Amano | Film | 7.1 | 42 |
| 1985 | Yume-Chiyo | Film | 8.0 | 42 | |
| 1985 | Song of the Spring Pony | Film | 8.5 | 42 | |
| 1983 | Hometown | Film | 9.0 | 40 | |
| 1983 | Amagi Pass | Ryosaku's wife | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1983 | Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case | Sen | Film | — | 40 |
| 1983 | Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case | Sen | Film | — | 40 |
| 1983 | Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1982 | I Are You, You Am Me | Naoko Saitoh | Film | 6.6 | 39 |
| 1982 | Karate Cop | Sumi Yashiro | Film | 9.0 | 39 |
| 1982 | Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case | Sen | Film | — | 39 |
| 1982 | Highschool Scramble | Film | 10.0 | 39 | |
| 1982 | Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case | Sen | Film | — | 39 |
| 1981 | Yumechiyo Nikki | TV | — | 38 | |
| 1981 | Return of the Champ | Tomoe | Film | 10.0 | 38 |
| 1981 | The Wild Daisy | Omasu | Film | 6.3 | 38 |
| 1981 | Private Detective DOBU 1 | Sen | Film | — | 38 |
| 1980 | Zigeunerweisen | Kimi | Film | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1980 | Nurse's Husband | Film | 7.0 | 37 | |
| 1980 | The First Catch | Film | 2.7 | 37 | |
| 1979 | Taro the Dragon Boy | Yamanba (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 36 |
| 1979 | Down with The Big Boss | Okonomiyaki Manager | Film | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1979 | The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi | Film | 6.3 | 36 | |
| 1979 | Heaven Sent | Film | 6.2 | 36 | |
| 1978 | Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka | TV | — | 35 | |
| 1978 | Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro | Film | 9.0 | 35 | |
| 1977 | Female Teacher | Yuriko Yokoyama | Film | 2.6 | 34 |
| 1977 | Kimagure Honkakuha | Ijuuin Ayano | TV | — | 34 |
| 1977 | Ballad of Orin | Tama Ichise | Film | 7.1 | 34 |
| 1977 | Tomorrow Evening | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1977 | Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal | Mary | Film | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1976 | The Sea of Eden | Film | 8.0 | 33 | |
| 1976 | Sachiko no sachi | Momoe | Film | — | 33 |
| 1975 | Without Complaint | Haruko Kitani | Film | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1975 | The Viper Brothers and the Young General | Film | 9.0 | 32 | |
| 1974 | Terauchi Kantarō Ikka | TV | — | 31 | |
| 1974 | Jack and the Beanstalk | Madam Noir | Film | 6.4 | 31 |
| 1974 | Red Paper Lantern | Film | 7.3 | 31 | |
| 1974 | The Four Roughnecks | Film | 5.0 | 31 | |
| 1974 | Akumyo: Notorious Dragon | Film | 7.0 | 31 | |
| 1974 | Statue in Fire | Film | 7.5 | 31 | |
| 1972 | My Voiceless Friends | Maid | Film | 9.0 | 29 |
| 1971 | Go As Messy As Messy Can Be | PTA Mama | Film | — | 28 |
| 1970 | 時間ですよ | 児島（石松）浜子 | TV | — | 27 |
| 1970 | 時間ですよ | 児島浜子 | TV | — | 27 |
| 1970 | Ōedo Sōsamō | TV | 10.0 | 27 | |
| 1970 | Tora-san, His Tender Love | Maid in Shinshû | Film | 7.4 | 27 |
| 1970 | Live My Share, Mother | Nurse Okamura | Film | 7.0 | 27 |
| 1969 | Crazy Big Explosion | Film | 7.0 | 26 | |
| 1968 | Nunnery Confidential | Film | 5.5 | 25 | |
| 1968 | Angel's Lover | Film | — | 25 | |
| 1967 | Journey | Film | 7.0 | 24 | |
| 1966 | Dynamite Doctor Returns | Fumiko (as Chiho Yûki) | Film | — | 23 |
| 1966 | Koto—The Lake of Tears | Kayo Sugumo | Film | 7.2 | 23 |
| 1966 | Dianas of the Campus | Film | — | 23 | |
| 1966 | 3 Raccoon Dogs | Midori | Film | 5.0 | 23 |
| Zoku Yumechiyo Nikki | Kikun | TV | — | — |