Chōko Iida

Chōko Iida

Actor Apr 15 (died age 75) Asakusa, Taito, Tokyo, Japan 1925–1971 (46 year career)

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Biography

Chôko Iida (飯田蝶子, 15 April 1897 - 26 December 1972) was a Japanese actress. Her real name was Shigehara Tefu. She played working class women and grandmothers, and appeared in more than 300 films. Her husband was cameraman Shigehara Hideo. Description above from the Wikipedia article lida Chōko, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Stray Dog

Stray Dog

Kogetsu Hotel manager

Drunken Angel

Drunken Angel

Bâya

The Only Son

The Only Son

Tsune Nonomiya

A Story of Floating Weeds

A Story of Floating Weeds

Otsune

Record of a Tenement Gentleman

Record of a Tenement Gentleman

Otane

The Rickshaw Man

The Rickshaw Man

Otora

Tokyo Chorus

Tokyo Chorus

Sensei no tusma

Forever a Woman

Forever a Woman

Hide

Filmography

Acting (201)

Movies (201)

やるぞみておれ為五郎

やるぞみておれ為五郎

Get Your Sky, Young Guy

Get Your Sky, Young Guy

Bravo, Young Guy

Bravo, Young Guy

Okinawa

Okinawa

Your Favourite

Your Favourite

Young Guy Graduates

Young Guy Graduates

Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man

Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man

as Kurokawa

Young Guy on Mt. Cook

Young Guy on Mt. Cook

The Million Dollar Pursuit

The Million Dollar Pursuit

Young Guy in Rio

Young Guy in Rio

Circuit-A-Go-Go

Circuit-A-Go-Go

Let's Go! Young Guy

Let's Go! Young Guy

as Riki Tanuma

Las Vegas Free-For-All

Las Vegas Free-For-All

Young Guy in the South Pacific

Young Guy in the South Pacific

as Riki Tanuma

It Started In The Alps

It Started In The Alps

as Yuichi's Grandmother

Come Marry Me

Come Marry Me

A Company President's Life Story

A Company President's Life Story

as Odanaka Masako (Owariya Chairwoman)

Gamblers' Luck

Gamblers' Luck

Sanshiro Sugata

Sanshiro Sugata

as Old Lady

Young Guy at Sea

Young Guy at Sea

as 田沼りき

Campus A Go-Go

Campus A Go-Go

as Riki Tanuma

Hot Spring Doctress

Hot Spring Doctress

as Otami

The Donkey Comes on a Tank

The Donkey Comes on a Tank

The Sandal Keeper

The Sandal Keeper

as Hitoshi's Grandmother

The Hill is Full of Flowers

The Hill is Full of Flowers

as Okuni

Itsudemo yume o

Itsudemo yume o

Young Guy in Hawaii

Young Guy in Hawaii

as 田沼りき

The Crimson Sky

The Crimson Sky

College Champ

College Champ

as Riki Tanuma

A Wanderer's Notebook

A Wanderer's Notebook

Pig and Goldfish

Pig and Goldfish

Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama

Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama

Pride of the Campus

Pride of the Campus

as Riki Tanuma

The Body

The Body

Shin kitsune to tanuki

Shin kitsune to tanuki

Nippon no obaachan

Nippon no obaachan

as Hana

Sir Galahad in Campus

Sir Galahad in Campus

as Riki Tanuma

Playboy President

Playboy President

as Elderly Woman on Train

The Wind and Waves

The Wind and Waves

Wind and waves of the South

Wind and waves of the South

as Riki

Lovers of Ginza

Lovers of Ginza

Kyūsenman no akarui hitomi

The Other Woman

The Other Woman

as Miho no sobo

Yami wo saku kuchibue

Yami wo saku kuchibue

New Third Class Executive: Husband Education

New Third Class Executive: Husband Education

as Shirō's Mother

Flower Shop Curtain

Flower Shop Curtain

おヤエの女中と幽霊

おヤエの女中と幽霊

おヤエの女中の大将

おヤエの女中の大将

Sea-Boy and Mountain-Boy

Sea-Boy and Mountain-Boy

Diary of Forsaken Love

Diary of Forsaken Love

Fox and Raccoon

Fox and Raccoon

as Sugi

Echo Mountain

Echo Mountain

Hana no yukyo-den

Hana no yukyo-den

The Undefeated Woman

The Undefeated Woman

Maria of the Ant Village

Maria of the Ant Village

Tabi sugata nezumi kozō

Tabi sugata nezumi kozō

Detective Duel

Detective Duel

Holiday in Japan

A Bridge for Two Alone

A Bridge for Two Alone

The Rickshaw Man

The Rickshaw Man

as Otora

Summer Clouds

Summer Clouds

as Hidé

The Naked Sun

The Naked Sun

On Wings of Love

On Wings of Love

as Grandmother

The Eleventh Hour

The Eleventh Hour

as Kane Ishigaki

Yellow Crow

Yellow Crow

Stepbrothers

Stepbrothers

as Masu

The Beauty Expert

The Beauty Expert

The Ghosts of Yotsuya

The Ghosts of Yotsuya

as Omaki

Tonari no yome

Dotanba

Dotanba

Typhoon

Typhoon

Twice on a Certain Night

Twice on a Certain Night

Darkness at Noon

Darkness at Noon

as Tsuna Uemura

Policeman's Diary, Part 2

Policeman's Diary, Part 2

Rikidozan: Man of Fury

Rikidozan: Man of Fury

All is Well

All is Well

The Motherless

Three Faces

Three Faces

Forever a Woman

Forever a Woman

as Hide

Growing Up

Growing Up

The Samurai of Edo

The Samurai of Edo

Policeman's Diary

Policeman's Diary

as Tatsu, the mother

The Cock Crows Twice

The Cock Crows Twice

Ditch

Ditch

The Valley Between Love and Death

The Valley Between Love and Death

Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido

Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido

The Wild Geese

The Wild Geese

as Osan

Love's Cheerleader

Love's Cheerleader

as Kiyo Yamamoto

Tokyo Sweetheart

Tokyo Sweetheart

as Matsuyo

Fighting Yasubei

Fighting Yasubei

The Stand in Hakone

The Stand in Hakone

Divorce

Divorce

as Kikuyo

Four Asakusa Sisters

Four Asakusa Sisters

情艶一代女

情艶一代女

as おしん

Wakôdo no uta

as Kiyo

Over That Hill

Over That Hill

Who Knows a Woman's Heart

Who Knows a Woman's Heart

Still I Live On

Still I Live On

as Akiyama grandmother

Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka

Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka

as Teisaku's mother

Beyond the Hills

Enoken ohako rakuda no Ma-san

Enoken ohako rakuda no Ma-san

Peko-chan and Densuke

Peko-chan and Densuke

Sanshiro of Ginza

Sanshiro of Ginza

as Seeds

Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu

Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu

Guntō nanban-sen

Guntō nanban-sen

Kagebōshi

Kagebōshi

as お蝶

A Mother's Love

Stray Dog

Stray Dog

as Kogetsu Hotel manager

Mr. Shosuke Ohara

Mr. Shosuke Ohara

as Oseki, old maid

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

as Okura

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

as Kohei's Mother

Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Second Volume

Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The Second Volume

Flirtation in Spring

Flirtation in Spring

Ishimatsu of the Forest

Ishimatsu of the Forest

Akireta musumetachi

Akireta musumetachi

Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The First Volume

Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The First Volume

Drunken Angel

Drunken Angel

as Bâya

Ghosts Die at Dawn

Ghosts Die at Dawn

as Yûko Kôriyama

Record of a Tenement Gentleman

Record of a Tenement Gentleman

as Otane

Spring Awakens

Spring Awakens

as Tama Takemura

Lord for a Night

Lord for a Night

Izu no musumetachi

Izu no musumetachi

Sinking the Unsinkable

Sinking the Unsinkable

Jubilation Street

Jubilation Street

as Wife of bathhouse owner

Sailor

Sailor

Air Raid of the Enemy Plane

Air Raid of the Enemy Plane

as Otaka

Middle-Aged Man

Middle-Aged Man

South Wind 2

South Wind 2

Moon of the Plateau

Moon of the Plateau

A Certain Woman

A Certain Woman

Flower

Flower

Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

as Kiyo

Notes of an Itinerant Performer

Notes of an Itinerant Performer

as Landlady

Utsukushiki Rinjin

Utsukushiki Rinjin

Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru

Nobuko

Nobuko

as Okei

Mother is Strong

Mother is Strong

What Did the Lady Forget?

What Did the Lady Forget?

as Chiyoko Sugiyama

Goodbye to the Front

Moon Over the Ruins

as Miura's mother

The Trio's Engagements

The Trio's Engagements

as Woman at tobacco shop

College Is a Nice Place

College Is a Nice Place

as Wife of the b.h. owner

Housewife Camellia

Housewife Camellia

Woman in the Mist

Woman in the Mist

as Otoku, Seiichi's mother

The Only Son

The Only Son

as Tsune Nonomiya

Men vs. Women

Men vs. Women

Family Meeting

Family Meeting

as Oyuki

Okoto and Sasuke

Okoto and Sasuke

as Okimi

Burden of Life

Burden of Life

as Okane

An Inn in Tokyo

An Inn in Tokyo

as Otsune

An Innocent Maid

An Innocent Maid

as Otsune

With a Single Sword Bale

The Genealogy of Women

The Genealogy of Women

as Ogen, mistress

A Mother Should Be Loved

A Mother Should Be Loved

as Maid

Our Neighbor, Miss Yae

Our Neighbor, Miss Yae

as Hamako

A Story of Floating Weeds

A Story of Floating Weeds

as Otsune

Honeymoon

Mother of the East

as Mrs. Kurata (Housekeeper)

The Dancing Girl of Izu

The Dancing Girl of Izu

as Geisha

Passing Fancy

Passing Fancy

as Otome

Happy Times

Happy Times

Love

Love

Before the Wedding

Before the Wedding

as Masuko

Two Lanterns

Two Lanterns

Every-Night Dreams

Every-Night Dreams

as Landlady

The Bride Talks in Her Sleep

The Bride Talks in Her Sleep

as Neighbor

Apart from You

Apart from You

Daphne

Daphne

as Lodging House Wife

The Cheerleading Captain's Love

Arashi no naka no shojo

Shin Yotsuya Ghost Story

Shin Yotsuya Ghost Story

The Loyal 47 Ronin

The Loyal 47 Ronin

as Nui, Fuwa's wife

Until the Day We Meet Again

Until the Day We Meet Again

as Maid

Tengoku ni musubu koi

Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?

Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?

as Saiki's mother

First Steps Ashore

First Steps Ashore

as Mistress of hotel

The Sun Rises from the East

My Brother's a Fool

Tokyo Chorus

Tokyo Chorus

as Sensei no tusma

The Lady and the Beard

The Lady and the Beard

as Hiroko's Mother

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2

as Bar Madam

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1

as Bar Madame

Youth, Why Do You Cry?

Youth, Why Do You Cry?

as Keiko Tachibana

Scenes of Love

as The teacher

The Father and His Son

I Graduated, But...

I Graduated, But...

as Landlady

Echigo Lion

Days of Youth

Days of Youth

as Aunty

Treasure Mountain

Treasure Mountain

as Geisha's house landlady

A Wife Quits

as Yasuko

Physical Beauty

Physical Beauty

as Ritsuko, Takai's wife

If Only She...

Sword of Penitence

Sword of Penitence

Torrent

Young Master

Young Master

as Maid

Useless Button

Oh! Carefree, Aren't You?

Her

Townspeople

Brave Love

No Need for Your Opinion

as Wife