Keiko Takeshita
☼ Born on 15 December 1953, in Nagoya, Japan
BiographyKeiko Takeshita was born on September 15, 1953 in Nagoya, Japan. She is an actress, known for The Wind Rises (2013), From Up on Poppy Hill (2011) and Kita no kuni kara (1981). She has been married to Teruo Sekiguchi since 1984.
In the role of actor
The Boy and the Heron – TIFF 2023 (21/09/2023)
A teenage boy is guided by a grey heron to search for his missing stepmother in The Boy and the Heron. After previously losing his mother to a fire, Mahito Maki (Soma Santoki) travels to the countryside with his father Shoichi (Takuya Kimura) to live with Shoichi’s pregnant fiance Natsuko (Yoshino Kimura). Mahito encounters a […]
From Up on Poppy Hill (27/03/2013)
From Up on Poppy Hill is the latest film released by Japan’s Studio Ghibli. This is the second film by Goro Miyazaki, who is the son of famed anime director Hayao Miyazaki, who co-wrote the film. The film focuses on Umi and Shun, who are students in 1964 Yokohama. Their school’s historic “Latin Quarter” clubhouse […]