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Chieko Matsui
Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
Chieko Matsui (December 4, 1899 – April 2, 1929) was a Japanese actress of the silent era. The eldest daughter of a doctor, she left home in 1922 after her mother passed away and…
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Chieko Matsui (December 4, 1899 – April 2, 1929) was a Japanese actress of the silent era. The eldest daughter of a doctor, she left home in 1922 after her mother passed away and her father remarried. She became an actor at Shochiku Studios, performing in fifty-five movies between 1925 and 1929. In 1927, she became one of the first female screenwriters in Japan, writing screenplays for the films "Lake of Melancholy" and "Spring Rain." She starred in both as well. Matsui underwent surgery for kidney disease in 1928. She passed away in 1929, while recuperating in her home.
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1928
Iron Virgin
Movie Kyōko
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1928
The Age of Emotion
Movie
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1927
Umi mo yusha
Movie
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1927
The Basement
Movie
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1926
Buried Youth
Movie
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1926
Junange
Movie
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1926
Young Master
Movie Sumiko Sugimoto (clerk)
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1926
Townspeople
Movie
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1926
Troubled Days
Movie Ryoji's lover, Outa
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1925
No Need for Your Opinion
Movie Geisha
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1925
The Killing of a Hundred Men at Isshinji Temple
Movie Kikue
