Chieko Baisho

ActorSound Jun 29 (age 84) Kita, Tokyo, Japan 1961–2025 (64 year career)

7.3 avg rating

Biography

Chieko Baisho (倍賞千恵子, Baishō Chieko, born June 29, 1941) is a Japanese actress and singer. In Japan, she is well known for her performance as Sakura in the "Otoko wa Tsurai yo" series from 1969 until 1995. In addition, she has acted in many films directed by Yōji Yamada since the 1960s. She won the award for best actress at the 5th Hochi Film Award for "A Distant Cry from Spring".

Known For

Film

Howl's Moving Castle

Sophie (voice)

Film

Weathering with You

Fumi Tachibana (voice)

Film

The Hidden Blade

Mrs. Katagiri

Film

Plan 75

Michi Tsunotani

Film

Jungle Emperor Leo

Lyre (voice)

Film

Kabei: Our Mother

Hatsuko Nogami

Film

The Little House

Taki Nunomiya

Film

The Yellow Handkerchief

Mitsue Shima

Filmography

Acting (154)

Movies (149)

Tokyo Taxi

2025

as Sumire Takano

7.5

55th anniversary performance of Tora-San: Rakugo, Talk and Tora Jiro Returns

Plan 75

as Michi Tsunotani

Arc

as Rina

461 Days of Bento: A Promise Between Father and Son

2020

as Natsuko Suzumoto

5.2

Weathering with You

2019

as Fumi Tachibana (voice)

8.0

Tora-san, Wish You Were Here

2019

as Sakura Suwa (Torajiro's sister)

Only the Cat Knows

as Yukiko

The Little House

as Taki Nunomiya

It All Began When I Met You

as Kotoko

Hameln

as Ritsuko

Tokyo Newcomer

as Old Woman

Zatoichi: The Last

as Mitsu

Honokaa Boy

as Bee

Kabei: Our Mother

as Hatsuko Nogami

A Heartful of Love

as Tomoe Kakuta

Howl's Moving Castle

as Sophie (voice)

The Hidden Blade

as Mrs. Katagiri

Konbanwa

as Narrator (voice)

Tracing the Gray Summer

2001

as Sonia (voice)

Jungle Emperor Leo

1997

as Lyre (voice)

7.0

The Rainbow Seeker 2

1997

Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version

as Sakura

The Rainbow Seeker

Tora-san to the Rescue

1995

as Sakura

7.3

Tora-san's Easy Advice

1994

as Sakura

8.0

Tora-san's Matchmaker

1993

as Sakura

8.5

Tora-san Makes Excuses

as Sakura

Tora-san Confesses

as Sakura

Tora-san Takes a Vacation

as Sakura

Tora-san, My Uncle

as Sakura

Tora-san Goes to Vienna

as Sakura

Thousand Cranes

Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial

as Sakura

Downtown Heroes

Tora-san Plays Daddy

as Sakura

Tora-san Goes North

as Sakura

Women Who Do Not Divorce

1986

3.5

Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy

1986

as Sakura

7.5

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies

1986

6.1

Lost in the Wilderness

1986

as Kimiko, Naomi's wife

Tora-san's Island Encounter

1985

as Sakura

8.0

Tora-san, the Go-Between

1985

as Sakura

6.5

Tora-san's Forbidden Love

1984

as Sakura

8.0

Marriage Counselor Tora-san

1984

as Sakura

8.0

Tora-san Goes Religious?

1983

as Sakura

8.0

Tora-san's Song of Love

as Sakura

Karate Cop 2

Fiddler on the Roof

as Hodel

Unico in the Island of Magic

1983

as The West Wind (voice)

6.2

Tora-san, the Expert

1982

as Sakura

8.5

Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san

as Sakura

Station

as Michio Kiriko

The Fantastic Adventures of Unico

1981

as The West Wind (voice)

7.0

Tora-san's Promise

1981

as Sakura

8.0

Tora-san's Love in Osaka

1981

as Sakura

8.5

A Distant Cry from Spring

as Tamiko Kazami

Foster Daddy, Tora!

as Sakura

Tora-san's Tropical Fever

1980

as Sakura

8.0

Twenty-Four Eyes

1980

as Hisako Ōishi (voice)

Tora-san, the Matchmaker

1979

as Sakura

8.5

Tora-san's Dream of Spring

1979

as Sakura

8.0

Talk of the Town Tora-san

1978

as Sakura

9.0

Stage-Struck Tora-san

1978

as Sakura

8.0

Tora-san Meets His Lordship

as Sakura

Tora-san Plays Cupid

as Sakura

The Yellow Handkerchief

1977

as Mitsue Shima

6.9

Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset

1976

as Sakura

9.0

Two Iida

1976

as Michi Aizawa

Tora-san's Pure Love

1976

as Sakura

8.5

Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again

1975

as Sakura

8.0

Tora-san, the Intellectual

as Sakura

The Village

as Hideko Kono

Tora-san's Lovesick

as Sakura

Tora-san's Lullaby

as Sakura

Center of Tokyo

as Okoto

Tora-san's Forget Me Not

1973

as Sakura

8.0

Tora-san Loves an Artist

as Sakura

My Voiceless Friends

Kigeki yūwaku ryokō

Tora-san's Dear Old Home

1972

as Sakura

7.5

Tora-san's Dream-Come-True

as Sakura

Home from the Sea

as Tamiko Ishizaki

Tora-san's Shattered Romance

as Sakura

Tora-san's Love Call

as Sakura

Kaiun ryokō

Tora-san, the Good Samaritan

1971

as Sakura

7.8

Tora-san's Grand Scheme

1970

as Sakura

7.4

Tora-san, His Tender Love

1970

as Sakura

7.0

Oh, My Comrade!

1970

Where Spring Comes Late

as Tamiko

Tora-san's Runaway

as Sakura

Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp

1969

as Sakura

8.0

Kekkon shimasu

1969

Tora-san's Cherished Mother

as Sakura

Vagabond Schemer

as Tsuruyo

Topsy-Turvy Journey

Yosakoi Journey

The Million Dollar Pursuit

1968

as Miss

6.5

In Broad Daylight

1968

as Yoshiko Koshiishi

I, the Executioner

1968

as Haruko

7.2

大安旅行

1968

as 新庄晴子

喜劇・大安旅行

1968

女たちの庭

1967

as 康子

Lightning

Song of Love

as Haruko Tachibana

Let's Have A Dream

as Aiko

Lover's Duet

1967

as Eiko Takayama

The Greatest Challenge of All

1967

7.0

The Sun of Love and Tears

1966

as Kazumi Kitamura

The Lovable Tramp

1966

as Aiko Kazami

7.0

Warm Current

1966

as Gin Ishiwata

Inochi hateru hi made

1966

The River Yokobori

1966

as Taka

Our Wonderful Years

1966

as Fumiko

Gamblers' Luck

1966

7.0

Che, Che, Che with Love

The Soundless Cry

Zettai tasū

A Trap

as Kiriko Yanagida

Our Happiness Alone

as Yoshiko Sakawa

Dislikes

Samurai from Nowhere

as Chigusa

海抜0米

as 峠百合子

Hoshikuzu no Machi

1963

The Image of Mother

1963

as Oshino

The Sunshine Girl

Sing, Young People!

as Yuko Nakajima

Shichinin no keiji

as Miyoko Sekiguchi

The Night We Danced

1963

Ballad of a Workman

1962

as Miyoko Ishikawa, Toshiyuki's girlfriend

5.7

Hadashi no hanayome

1962

Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru

1962

Naite waratta hanayome

1962

San'nin musume kanpai!

1962

Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama

Glory on the Summit

Ai to kanashimi to

Get Married, Mother

as Yukiyo Aoki

Drunkard's Paradise

1962

Dolls floating down the river

1962

as Fumiko

Mama, I Need You!

Our Marriage

as Saeko Hibino

喜劇金の実る樹に恋が咲く

as 三津子

白い南風

1961

Furimuita hanayome

1961

as Harue

As the Clouds Scatter

1961

5.2

Women of Tokyo

1961

as Kiyomi Nishihara

Noren to hanayome

as Kazuko

Television (5)

The Summer Promise

2002

Suzuran

1999

as Moe Tokiwa / Moe Hidaka

8.5

Mansaku no hana

1981

as 伊吹絹代

Older brother

1977

as Toko

Kōfuku Sōdan

1972

Crew (1)

Television (1)

Kōfuku Sōdan

1972

Theme Song Performance