Chieko Higashiyama
Known for Acting · 88 credits
- Born
- 1890-09-30
- Died
- 1980-05-08
- Place of birth
- Chiba, Japan
- Also known as
- Sen Watanabe
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 "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.
Known For
TV Shows (2)
Movies (86)
Tokyo Story
1953
as Tomi Hirayama
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
When a Woman Loves
1960
as Relative
Love School
1962
An Heir's Place
1953
Swords and Brocade
1951
The Nun
1958
as монахиня Масамицу
A Samurai's Love
1954
I Saw a Phantom Fish
1950
Ai to chie no wa
1956
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
1949
The Princess Sen
1954
In Case of One Woman
1956
as Natsuko Hashiba
Marriage
1947
as Fumie's mother
The Idiot
1951
as Satoko, Ayako's mother
Shogun and His Mistress 2
1967
as Eiho, nun
The Kii River
1966
as Toyono, Hana's grandmother
Early Summer
1951
as Shige Mamiya
Battle Troop
1944
Here It is Quiet
1956
Mount Hakone
1962
Miss Teacher
1955
Live Again Tomorrow
1970
as その
Futari de miru hoshi
1947
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
as Otaka (Ôishi's mother)
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964
as Strange Beauty
Spring Dreams
1960
as Grandma
Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962
as Hama, Tokusuke's wife
Shishun no izumi
1953
as Retired Person
The Girl I Loved
1946
as Mother Okin
Port of Flowers
1943
as Okano
The Maid's Kid
1955
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958
as Mrs. Chiyoda
Nippon no obaachan
1962
The Most Valuable Wife
1959
Here's to the Young Lady
1949
as Yasuko's mother
If Indeed One Loves
1955
as Kuniko's mother (segment 2) (voice)
Apostasy
1948
Sing, Young People!
1963
as Okada's grandmother
The Blue Sky Maiden
1957
as Shizue Hirooka
The Wandering Princess
1960
as Nao Sugawara
The Tale of Genji
1951
as Lady Kokiden
The Portrait
1948
as Nomura's Wife
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951
as Mitsu
The Snow Flurry
1959
as Tomi
Ano hito wa ima
1963
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947
The Angry Street
1950
Broken Drum
1949
as Nobuko
Sincere Heart
1953
as Ichi
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
Virtue in Spades
1956
Shisha to no kekkon
1960
Wakaki sugata
1943
as Kitamura's wife
The Woman’s Reflective Pool
1951
as Unnamed
The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness
1954
Hana no yukyo-den
1958
Chikagai nijuyojikan
1947
Women's House
1954
Carmen's Innocent Love
1952
as Maid
Farewell Song
1955
The Gentle Japanese
1971
This Year's Love
1962
Spring Snow
1950
as Mother Okasaki
Four Seasons of Women
1950
as Mother
Love and Death
1971
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
1954
as Yukichi's Mother Ojun
The Doctor
1955
The Garden of Women
1954
as Schoolmaster
Sweet Secret
1971
A Woman's Life
1962
as Shizu Tsutsumi
Itohan Monogatari
1957
as Owasa
Ah, Youth
1951
Aiyoku no sabaki
1953
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950
The Sky Is Mine
1959
Rikugun Daikoshin
1932
Sisters of Nishijin
1952
Yassamossa
1953
Ningen moyo
1949
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
1953
Late Night Confession
1949
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
1952
The Siege of Osaka
1937
as Yodo-dono
Reimei
1927
About 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,… With 88 credits spanning from 1927 to 1971, Chieko Higashiyama has appeared in 86 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular Chieko Higashiyama Movies
- Tokyo Story (1953) — as Tomi Hirayama
- Maboroshi no Satsui (1971)
- When a Woman Loves (1960) — as Relative
- Love School (1962)
- An Heir's Place (1953)
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