Chieko Higashiyama
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Sweet Secret
1971
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
Love and Death
1971
The Gentle Japanese
1971
Live Again Tomorrow
1970
as その
Oyaji Daiko
1968
Shogun and His Mistress 2
1967
as Eiho, nun
Kotoshi no Koi
1967
The Kii River
1966
as Toyono, Hana's grandmother
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964
as Strange Beauty
Sing, Young People!
1963
as Okada's grandmother
Ano hito wa ima
1963
Love School
1962
Mount Hakone
1962
Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962
as Hama, Tokusuke's wife
Nippon no obaachan
1962
This Year's Love
1962
A Woman's Life
1962
as Shizu Tsutsumi
The Wandering Princess
1960
as Nao Sugawara
When a Woman Loves
1960
as Relative
Spring Dreams
1960
as Grandma
Shisha to no kekkon
1960
The Snow Flurry
1959
as Tomi
The Most Valuable Wife
1959
The Sky Is Mine
1959
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
as Otaka (Ôishi's mother)
Hana no yukyo-den
1958
The Nun
1958
as монахиня Масамицу
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958
as Mrs. Chiyoda
The Blue Sky Maiden
1957
as Shizue Hirooka
Itohan Monogatari
1957
as Owasa
Ai to chie no wa
1956
Virtue in Spades
1956
Here It is Quiet
1956
In Case of One Woman
1956
as Natsuko Hashiba
New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune
1956
The Doctor
1955
The Maid's Kid
1955
Farewell Song
1955
If Indeed One Loves
1955
as Kuniko's mother (segment 2) (voice)
Miss Teacher
1955
School Girls in Costume
1955
Floating Weeds Diary
1955
as Backstage Attendant
Shichinin no ani imōto
1955
The Princess Sen
1954
A Samurai's Love
1954
The Garden of Women
1954
as Schoolmaster
Women's House
1954
The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness
1954
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
1954
as Yukichi's Mother Ojun
The Second Kiss
1954
Tokyo Story
1953
as Tomi Hirayama
Sincere Heart
1953
as Ichi
An Heir's Place
1953
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
1953
Shishun no izumi
1953
as Retired Person
Yassamossa
1953
Aiyoku no sabaki
1953
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
1952
Sisters of Nishijin
1952
Carmen's Innocent Love
1952
as Maid
Kanojo no tokudane
1952
The Idiot
1951
as Satoko, Ayako's mother
Early Summer
1951
as Shige Mamiya
The Woman’s Reflective Pool
1951
as Unnamed
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951
as Mitsu
The Tale of Genji
1951
as Lady Kokiden
Swords and Brocade
1951
Ah, Youth
1951
Four Seasons of Women
1950
as Mother
Spring Snow
1950
as Mother Okasaki
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
Rain on Jogashima
1950
The End of the War
1950
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
1949
Here's to the Young Lady
1949
as Yasuko's mother
Broken Drum
1949
as Nobuko
Late Night Confession
1949
Ningen moyo
1949
Hakuchō wa kanashikarazuya
1949
Apostasy
1948
The Portrait
1948
as Nomura's Wife
Marriage
1947
as Fumie's mother
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947
Chikagai nijuyojikan
1947
Futari de miru hoshi
1947
The Girl I Loved
1946
as Mother Okin
Battle Troop
1944
Wakaki sugata
1943
as Kitamura's wife
Port of Flowers
1943
as Okano
The Siege of Osaka
1937
as Yodo-dono
Rikugun Daikoshin
1932
Reimei
1927