Chieko Higashiyama
Known for: Acting
Born: September 30, 1890
Died: May 8, 1980
Place of birth: 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 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.
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Filmography
93 movies · 2 TV shows, newest first
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Sweet Secret
1971
NR
Love and Death
1971
NR
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
10.0
The Gentle Japanese
1971
NR
Live Again Tomorrow
1970
9.0
Oyaji Daiko
1968
4.5
Shogun and His Mistress 2
1967
NR
Kotoshi no Koi
1967
7.5
The Kii River
1966
9.0
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
7.0
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964
NR
Ano hito wa ima
1963
6.2
Sing, Young People!
1963
7.5
A Woman's Life
1962
6.7
Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962
7.0
Mount Hakone
1962
NR
Love School
1962
6.8
This Year's Love
1962
7.0
Nippon no obaachan
1962
7.2
Shisha to no kekkon
1960
6.5
The Wandering Princess
1960
8.0
When a Woman Loves
1960
6.0
Spring Dreams
1960
NR
The Sky Is Mine
1959
8.0
The Most Valuable Wife
1959
6.9
The Snow Flurry
1959
8.0
Hana no yukyo-den
1958
NR
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958
NR
The Nun
1958
6.3
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
7.0
The Blue Sky Maiden
1957
7.0
Itohan Monogatari
1957
NR
Here It is Quiet
1956NR
In Case of One Woman
1956
NR
Virtue in Spades
1956
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Ai to chie no wa
1956
4.3
Floating Weeds Diary
1955
10.0
The Doctor
1955
10.0
If Indeed One Loves
1955
8.3
The Maid's Kid
1955
NR
School Girls in Costume
1955
NR
Miss Teacher
195510.0
Farewell Song
1955
6.0
Women's House
1954
5.0
The Princess Sen
1954
NR
The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness
1954
NR
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
1954
6.6
The Garden of Women
1954
8.0
A Samurai's Love
1954
NR
The Second Kiss
1954
8.2
Tokyo Story
1953
7.0
Shishun no izumi
1953
10.0
An Heir's Place
1953
NR
Aiyoku no sabaki
1953
8.0
Yassamossa
1953
6.5
Sincere Heart
1953
NR
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
1953
NR
Kanojo no tokudane
1952
5.2
Carmen's Innocent Love
1952
7.5
Sisters of Nishijin
1952
NR
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
1952
5.4
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951
7.9
Early Summer
1951
9.0
Swords and Brocade
1951
NR
Ah, Youth
1951
6.0
The Tale of Genji
1951
7.0
The Idiot
1951
NR
The Woman’s Reflective Pool
1951
7.0
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
19509.0
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950
NR
The End of the War
1950
NR
Rain on Jogashima
1950
6.7
The Angry Street
1950
NR
I Saw a Phantom Fish
1950
7.0
Four Seasons of Women
1950
NR
Spring Snow
1950
6.7
Broken Drum
1949
NR
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
1949
NR
Hakuchō wa kanashikarazuya
19497.0
Late Night Confession
1949
7.0
Ningen moyo
1949
6.8
Here's to the Young Lady
1949
6.0
Apostasy
1948
6.7
The Portrait
1948NR
Futari de miru hoshi
1947
7.0
The Love of the Actress Sumako
194710.0
Chikagai nijuyojikan
1947
7.7
Marriage
1947
6.3
The Girl I Loved
1946
10.0
Battle Troop
1944
7.0
Wakaki sugata
1943
7.0
Port of Flowers
1943
7.0
The Siege of Osaka
1937NR
Rikugun Daikoshin
1932NR
Reimei
1927