Chieko Takehisa
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Chieko Takehisa (March 6, 1912 – September 14, 2006) was a Japanese actress from Akita Prefecture. At 15, she dropped out of high school to join the movie industry. She then starred in many films and plays from the 1930s to the 1940s, becoming popular as an actress in "moga" (modern girl) roles. In 1935, Takehisa met American journalist Clarke Kawakami at a Christmas party. They soon fell in love, but America's Japanese exclusion laws created great difficulty in securing a visa for Takehisa. In...
Known For
Filmography
The Bride from Japan
1959
as Taro's mother
Kaze no ko
1949
Those Who Make Tomorrow
1946
as Kin Okamoto, Mother
To Love and Swear
1945
as Shiraishi's wife
Uta e! Taiyō
1945
Harbor of Life
1944
Kantaro of Ina
1943
Horse
1941
as Saku Onoda, Ine's mother
Hikari to kage (Zenpen)
1940
Wife of a Lily
1940
The Monkey King
1940
as Witch
Hikari to kage (Kōhen)
1940
Enoken's Mori no Ishimatsu
1939
Blizzard Ronin
1939
Subterranean Heat
1938
as Okayo
Family Diary Part I
1938
Family Diary Part II
1938
Learn from Experience, Part One
1937
as Yurie
Learn from Experience, Part Two
1937
as Yurie
Japanese Women's Textbook
1937
as (Volume 1)
Yoru no hato
1937
as Okiyo
Nangoku taiheiki
1937
as Fujiharu
Brother and Sister
1936
The Responsibility of Kissing
1936
Botchan
1935
as Kosuzu, the geisha
Tadano Bonji: Jinsei Benkyô
1934