
Born in 1932, Keiko Kishi has been one of the first Japanese actresses known worldwide. Her decision to move to France and to marry director Yves Ciampi in 1957 – after he filmed her in Typhoon Over Nagasaki starring Jean Marais and Danielle Darrieux – caused a huge scandal in Japan. Despite this transgression, Keiko Kishi continued acting in her home country with Kon Ichikawa, Yasujiro Ozu, Masaki Kobayashi… building unique bridges between Japanese and European cultures. Free and rebellious, she emancipated herself from the many obstacles she encountered in the film industry, and created her own production company in her early twenties. Let’s look back at the story of a pioneer, an inspiration for many generations.
Keiko Kishi

Khaled El Sheikh: Between the Thorns of Art and Politics
2023

Les filles de Caleb: l'histoire d'une passion
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Mugabe
2023

100 Years of Ulysses
2022

The Teacher Who Promised the Sea
2023

Miss Hokusai
2015

E. M. Cioran. Sa vie. Son oeuvre
1999

Cleopatra
1963

Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
2021

Amazon Adventure
2017

Frank Serpico
2017

I Was a Jewish Sex Worker
1996