Chieko Higashiyama

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Chieko Higashiyama

Acting September 30, 1890

Chiba, Japan

Chieko Higashiyama (September 30, 1890 – May 8, 1980) was a Japanese actress. Graduating from the girls' school at Gakushuin, she married a businessman in 1909 and spent eight ye…

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Tokyo Story

Tokyo Story

8.1 1953 Movie
Early Summer

Early Summer

7.8 1951 Movie
The Idiot

The Idiot

7.0 1951 Movie
Oyaji Daiko

Oyaji Daiko

9.0 1968 TV Show
The Blue Sky Maiden

The Blue Sky Maiden

7.1 1957 Movie
The Loyal 47 Ronin

The Loyal 47 Ronin

6.3 1958 Movie
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple

7.0 1964 Movie
The Garden of Women

The Garden of Women

6.6 1954 Movie
Here's to the Young Lady

Here's to the Young Lady

6.8 1949 Movie
Port of Flowers

Port of Flowers

7.0 1943 Movie
Carmen's Innocent Love

Carmen's Innocent Love

5.2 1952 Movie
The Wandering Princess

The Wandering Princess

6.5 1960 Movie

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Chieko Higashiyama (September 30, 1890 – May 8, 1980) was a Japanese actress. Graduating from the girls' school at Gakushuin, she married a businessman in 1909 and spent eight years in Moscow. In 1925, at the age of 35, she decided to become an actress. She trained at the Tsukiji Shōgekijō, a pioneering theater then-famous for modern Japanese plays and translated performances of Western playwrights. Higashiyama appeared in many stage productions, most famously as Madame Ranevskaya in Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard." She also appeared in films, including Tokyo Story, which was voted the best film of all time in the 2012 Sight and Sound directors' poll.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1971
    Sweet Secret

    Movie

  2. 1971
    Love and Death

    Movie

  3. 1971
    Maboroshi no Satsui

    Movie

  4. 1971
    The Gentle Japanese

    Movie

  5. 1970
    Live Again Tomorrow

    Movie その

  6. 1968
    Oyaji Daiko

    TV show

  7. 1967
    Shogun and His Mistress 2

    Movie Eiho, nun

  8. 1967
    Kotoshi no Koi

    TV show

  9. 1966
    The Kii River

    Movie Toyono, Hana's grandmother

  10. 1965
    The Radish and the Carrot

    Movie

  11. 1964
    Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple

    Movie Strange Beauty

  12. 1963
    Ano hito wa ima

    Movie

  13. 1963
    Sing, Young People!

    Movie Okada's grandmother

  14. 1962
    A Woman's Life

    Movie Shizu Tsutsumi

  15. 1962
    Diary of a Mad Old Man

    Movie Hama, Tokusuke's wife

  16. 1962
    Mount Hakone

    Movie

More credits
  1. 1962
    Love School

    Movie

  2. 1962
    This Year's Love

    Movie

  3. 1962
    Nippon no obaachan

    Movie

  4. 1960
    Shisha to no kekkon

    Movie

  5. 1960
    The Wandering Princess

    Movie Nao Sugawara

  6. 1960
    Spring Dreams

    Movie Grandma

  7. 1960
    When a Woman Loves

    Movie Relative

  8. 1959
    The Sky Is Mine

    Movie

  9. 1959
    The Most Valuable Wife

    Movie

  10. 1959
    The Snow Flurry

    Movie Tomi

  11. 1958
    Hana no yukyo-den

    Movie

  12. 1958
    Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring

    Movie Mrs. Chiyoda

  13. 1958
    The Nun

    Movie монахиня Масамицу

  14. 1958
    The Loyal 47 Ronin

    Movie Otaka (Ôishi's mother)

  15. 1957
    The Blue Sky Maiden

    Movie Shizue Hirooka

  16. 1957
    Itohan Monogatari

    Movie Owasa

  17. 1956
    New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune

    Movie

  18. 1956
    Here It is Quiet

    Movie

  19. 1956
    In Case of One Woman

    Movie Natsuko Hashiba

  20. 1956
    Virtue in Spades

    Movie

  21. 1956
    Ai to chie no wa

    Movie

  22. 1955
    Shichinin no ani imōto

    Movie

  23. 1955
    Floating Weeds Diary

    Movie Backstage Attendant

  24. 1955
    The Doctor

    Movie