Japanese actress Kirin Kiki, a lifetime achievement award recipient at the Asian Film Awards. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Kirin Kiki, everyone’s favourite Japanese screen grandmother, on flowering late
The self-effacing actress, now 73, says she’s still working because, unlike some colleagues, she doesn’t mind playing characters her age or older, such as in the films of Hirokazu Koreeda
Japanese actress Kirin Kiki, a lifetime achievement award recipient at the Asian Film Awards. Photo: Jonathan Wong