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.
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Films (97)
Sweet Secret
1971
Love and Death
1971
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
The Gentle Japanese
1971
Live Again Tomorrow
1970 · その
Shogun and His Mistress 2
1967 · Eiho, nun
The Kii River
1966 · Toyono, Hana's grandmother
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964 · Strange Beauty
Ano hito wa ima
1963
Sing, Young People!
1963 · Okada's grandmother
A Woman's Life
1962 · Shizu Tsutsumi
Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962 · Hama, Tokusuke's wife
Mount Hakone
1962
Love School
1962
This Year's Love
1962
Nippon no obaachan
1962
Shisha to no kekkon
1960
The Wandering Princess
1960 · Nao Sugawara
When a Woman Loves
1960 · Relative
Spring Dreams
1960 · Grandma
The Sky Is Mine
1959
The Most Valuable Wife
1959
The Snow Flurry
1959 · Tomi
Hana no yukyo-den
1958
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958 · Mrs. Chiyoda
The Nun
1958 · монахиня Масамицу
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958 · Otaka (Ôishi's mother)
The Blue Sky Maiden
1957 · Shizue Hirooka
Duel at Noon
1957
Itohan Monogatari
1957 · Owasa
New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune
1956
Here It is Quiet
1956
In Case of One Woman
1956 · Natsuko Hashiba
Virtue in Spades
1956
Ai to chie no wa
1956
Wedding Day
1956
Shichinin no ani imōto
1955
Floating Weeds Diary
1955 · Backstage Attendant
The Doctor
1955
If Indeed One Loves
1955 · Kuniko's mother (segment 2) (voice)
The Maid's Kid
1955
School Girls in Costume
1955
Miss Teacher
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 · Yukichi's Mother Ojun
The Garden of Women
1954 · Schoolmaster
A Samurai's Love
1954
The Second Kiss
1954
Tokyo Story
1953 · Tomi Hirayama
Shishun no izumi
1953 · Retired Person
An Heir's Place
1953
Aiyoku no sabaki
1953
Yassamossa
1953
Sincere Heart
1953 · Ichi
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
1953
Kanojo no tokudane
1952
Carmen's Innocent Love
1952 · Maid
Sisters of Nishijin
1952
Eternal Song of Nagasaki
1952
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951 · Mitsu
Early Summer
1951 · Shige Mamiya
Swords and Brocade
1951
Ah, Youth
1951
The Tale of Genji
1951 · Lady Kokiden
The Idiot
1951 · Satoko, Ayako's mother
The Woman’s Reflective Pool
1951 · Unnamed
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950
The End of the War
1950
Rain on Jogashima
1950
The Angry Street
1950
I Saw a Phantom Fish
1950
Four Seasons of Women
1950 · Mother
Spring Snow
1950 · Mother Okasaki
Broken Drum
1949 · Nobuko
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
1949
Hakuchō wa kanashikarazuya
1949
Late Night Confession
1949
Ningen moyo
1949
Here's to the Young Lady
1949 · Yasuko's mother
Apostasy
1948
The Portrait
1948 · Nomura's Wife
Futari de miru hoshi
1947
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947
Chikagai nijuyojikan
1947
Marriage
1947 · Fumie's mother
The Girl I Loved
1946 · Mother Okin
Battle Troop
1944
Wakaki sugata
1943 · Kitamura's wife
Port of Flowers
1943 · Okano
The Siege of Osaka
1937 · Yodo-dono
Rikugun Daikoshin
1932
Reimei
1927
