Kirin Kiki Dead: Veteran Japanese 'Shoplifters' Actress Was 75

Award-winning trailblazing Japanese actress Kirin Kiki died on Sept. 15. Kiki recently appeared in Shoplifters and had been fighting cancer since being diagnosed in 2004, but the official cause of her death has yet to be announced. She was 75. Kiki was born Keiko Nakatani in Tokyo in 1943.

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