Chieko Higashiyama

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 (84 Appearances)

Sweet Secret

1971

Love and Death

1971

Maboroshi no Satsui

1971

The Gentle Japanese

1971

Live Again Tomorrow

1970

Oyaji Daiko

1968

Shogun and His Mistress 2

1967

Kotoshi no Koi

1967

The Kii River

1966

The Radish and the Carrot

1965

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple

1964

Ano hito wa ima

1963

Sing, Young People!

1963

A Woman's Life

1962

Diary of a Mad Old Man

1962

Mount Hakone

1962

Love School

1962

This Year's Love

1962

Nippon no obaachan

1962

Shisha to no kekkon

1960

The Wandering Princess

1960

When a Woman Loves

1960

Spring Dreams

1960

The Sky Is Mine

1959

The Most Valuable Wife

1959

The Snow Flurry

1959

Hana no yukyo-den

1958

Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring

1958

The Nun

1958

The Loyal 47 Ronin

1958

The Blue Sky Maiden

1957

Itohan Monogatari

1957

Virtue in Spades

1956

Ai to chie no wa

1956

The Doctor

1955

If Indeed One Loves

1955

The Maid's Kid

1955

Farewell Song

1955

Women's House

1954

The Princess Sen

1954

The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness

1954

How the Bell of Liberty Rings

1954

The Garden of Women

1954

A Samurai's Love

1954

Tokyo Story

1953

Shishun no izumi

1953

An Heir's Place

1953

Aiyoku no sabaki

1953

Yassamossa

1953

Sincere Heart

1953

Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido

1953

Carmen's Innocent Love

1952

Sisters of Nishijin

1952

I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki

1952

Fireworks Over the Sea

1951

Early Summer

1951

Swords and Brocade

1951

Ah, Youth

1951

The Tale of Genji

1951

The Idiot

1951

The Woman’s Reflective Pool

1951

Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom

1950

Les Miserables I: God and the Devil

1950

The Angry Street

1950

I Saw a Phantom Fish

1950

Four Seasons of Women

1950

Spring Snow

1950

Broken Drum

1949

The Flower That Crossed the Mountain

1949

Late Night Confession

1949

Ningen moyo

1949

Here's to the Young Lady

1949

Apostasy

1948

The Portrait

1948

The Love of the Actress Sumako

1947

Chikagai nijuyojikan

1947

Marriage

1947

The Girl I Loved

1946

Battle Troop

1944

Wakaki sugata

1943

Port of Flowers

1943

The Siege of Osaka

1937

Rikugun Daikoshin

1932

Reimei

1927 Debut
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