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Chieko Higashiyama

Chieko Higashiyama

Actor Sep 30 (died age 89) Chiba, Japan 1927–1971 (44 year career)
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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

Tokyo Story
Film

Tokyo Story

Tomi Hirayama
Early Summer
Film

Early Summer

Shige Mamiya
The Idiot
Film

The Idiot

Satoko, Ayako's mother
The Blue Sky Maiden
Film

The Blue Sky Maiden

Shizue Hirooka
Port of Flowers
Film

Port of Flowers

Okano
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Film

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple

Strange Beauty
Here's to the Young Lady
Film

Here's to the Young Lady

Yasuko's mother
The Snow Flurry
Film

The Snow Flurry

Tomi

Filmography

Acting (84)

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Movies (82)

Sweet Secret

Sweet Secret

1971
Love and Death

Love and Death

1971
The Gentle Japanese

The Gentle Japanese

1971
Maboroshi no Satsui

Maboroshi no Satsui

1971
Live Again Tomorrow

Live Again Tomorrow

1970

as その

Shogun and His Mistress 2

Shogun and His Mistress 2

1967

as Eiho, nun

3.0
The Kii River

The Kii River

1966

as Toyono, Hana's grandmother

8.0
The Radish and the Carrot

The Radish and the Carrot

1965
10.0
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple

1964

as Strange Beauty

7.0
Ano hito wa ima

Ano hito wa ima

1963
Sing, Young People!

Sing, Young People!

1963

as Okada's grandmother

5.8
A Woman's Life

A Woman's Life

1962

as Shizu Tsutsumi

Diary of a Mad Old Man

Diary of a Mad Old Man

1962

as Hama, Tokusuke's wife

6.5
Mount Hakone

Mount Hakone

1962
Nippon no obaachan

Nippon no obaachan

1962
Love School

Love School

1962
This Year's Love

This Year's Love

1962
6.3
Spring Dreams

Spring Dreams

1960

as Grandma

5.6
The Wandering Princess

The Wandering Princess

1960

as Nao Sugawara

6.7
Shisha to no kekkon

Shisha to no kekkon

1960
7.2
When a Woman Loves

When a Woman Loves

1960

as Relative

The Snow Flurry

The Snow Flurry

1959

as Tomi

6.7
The Sky Is Mine

The Sky Is Mine

1959
The Most Valuable Wife

The Most Valuable Wife

1959
7.5
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring

Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring

1958

as Mrs. Chiyoda

Hana no yukyo-den

Hana no yukyo-den

1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin

The Loyal 47 Ronin

1958

as Otaka (Ôishi's mother)

6.0
The Nun

The Nun

1958

as монахиня Масамицу

The Blue Sky Maiden

The Blue Sky Maiden

1957

as Shizue Hirooka

6.8
Itohan Monogatari

Itohan Monogatari

1957

as Owasa

Virtue in Spades

Virtue in Spades

1956
Ai to chie no wa

Ai to chie no wa

1956
Farewell Song

Farewell Song

1955
If Indeed One Loves

If Indeed One Loves

1955

as Kuniko's mother (segment 2) (voice)

The Doctor

The Doctor

1955
The Maid's Kid

The Maid's Kid

1955
8.0
A Samurai's Love

A Samurai's Love

1954
Women's House

Women's House

1954
6.0
How the Bell of Liberty Rings

How the Bell of Liberty Rings

1954

as Yukichi's Mother Ojun

The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness

The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness

1954
The Princess Sen

The Princess Sen

1954
5.0
The Garden of Women

The Garden of Women

1954

as Schoolmaster

6.6
Tokyo Story

Tokyo Story

1953

as Tomi Hirayama

8.2
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido

Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido

1953
Shishun no izumi

Shishun no izumi

1953

as Retired Person

Yassamossa

Yassamossa

1953
Aiyoku no sabaki

Aiyoku no sabaki

1953
Sincere Heart

Sincere Heart

1953

as Ichi

6.1
An Heir's Place

An Heir's Place

1953
Sisters of Nishijin

Sisters of Nishijin

1952
8.0
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki

I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki

1952
Carmen's Innocent Love

Carmen's Innocent Love

1952

as Maid

5.1
The Idiot

The Idiot

1951

as Satoko, Ayako's mother

7.0
Fireworks Over the Sea

Fireworks Over the Sea

1951

as Mitsu

4.7
The Woman’s Reflective Pool

The Woman’s Reflective Pool

1951

as Unnamed

Early Summer

Early Summer

1951

as Shige Mamiya

7.8
Ah, Youth

Ah, Youth

1951
The Tale of Genji

The Tale of Genji

1951

as Lady Kokiden

5.5
Swords and Brocade

Swords and Brocade

1951
I Saw a Phantom Fish

I Saw a Phantom Fish

1950
Four Seasons of Women

Four Seasons of Women

1950

as Mother

Les Miserables I: God and the Devil

Les Miserables I: God and the Devil

1950
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom

Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom

1950
Spring Snow

Spring Snow

1950
The Angry Street

The Angry Street

1950
6.5
Here's to the Young Lady

Here's to the Young Lady

1949

as Yasuko's mother

6.5
Broken Drum

Broken Drum

1949

as Nobuko

6.7
Late Night Confession

Late Night Confession

1949
Ningen moyo

Ningen moyo

1949
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain

The Flower That Crossed the Mountain

1949
Apostasy

Apostasy

1948
5.4
The Portrait

The Portrait

1948

as Nomura's Wife

6.0
Chikagai nijuyojikan

Chikagai nijuyojikan

1947
The Love of the Actress Sumako

The Love of the Actress Sumako

1947
6.8
Marriage

Marriage

1947

as Fumie's mother

7.0
The Girl I Loved

The Girl I Loved

1946

as Mother Okin

5.6
Battle Troop

Battle Troop

1944
Port of Flowers

Port of Flowers

1943

as Okano

7.0
Wakaki sugata

Wakaki sugata

1943

as Kitamura's wife

The Siege of Osaka

The Siege of Osaka

1937

as Yodo-dono

Rikugun Daikoshin

Rikugun Daikoshin

1932
Reimei

Reimei

1927