Chieko Higashiyama
Known for Acting · 89 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 (87)
Tokyo Story
1953
as Tomi Hirayama
Swords and Brocade
1951
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
When a Woman Loves
1960
as Relative
The Nun
1958
as монахиня Масамицу
An Heir's Place
1953
A Samurai's Love
1954
I Saw a Phantom Fish
1950
Ai to chie no wa
1956
Love School
1962
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
1949
Early Summer
1951
as Shige Mamiya
The Idiot
1951
as Satoko, Ayako's mother
In Case of One Woman
1956
as Natsuko Hashiba
Futari de miru hoshi
1947
The Princess Sen
1954
Shogun and His Mistress 2
1967
as Eiho, nun
Here It is Quiet
1956
Mount Hakone
1962
Miss Teacher
1955
Marriage
1947
as Fumie's mother
Live Again Tomorrow
1970
as その
Battle Troop
1944
Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962
as Hama, Tokusuke's wife
The Kii River
1966
as Toyono, Hana's grandmother
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964
as Strange Beauty
Sing, Young People!
1963
as Okada's grandmother
Here's to the Young Lady
1949
as Yasuko's mother
The Most Valuable Wife
1959
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951
as Mitsu
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
as Otaka (Ôishi's mother)
The Portrait
1948
as Nomura's Wife
The Tale of Genji
1951
as Lady Kokiden
The Wandering Princess
1960
as Nao Sugawara
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947
The Snow Flurry
1959
as Tomi
The Blue Sky Maiden
1957
as Shizue Hirooka
Nippon no obaachan
1962
Carmen's Innocent Love
1952
as Maid
Apostasy
1948
Spring Dreams
1960
as Grandma
The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness
1954
Spring Snow
1950
as Mother Okasaki
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958
as Mrs. Chiyoda
Sisters of Nishijin
1952
Port of Flowers
1943
as Okano
The Angry Street
1950
The Maid's Kid
1955
Shishun no izumi
1953
as Retired Person
The Gentle Japanese
1971
Ano hito wa ima
1963
The Garden of Women
1954
as Schoolmaster
This Year's Love
1962
The Girl I Loved
1946
as Mother Okin
Chikagai nijuyojikan
1947
Virtue in Spades
1956
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950
Women's House
1954
Love and Death
1971
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
1954
as Yukichi's Mother Ojun
If Indeed One Loves
1955
as Kuniko's mother (segment 2) (voice)
Aiyoku no sabaki
1953
Itohan Monogatari
1957
as Owasa
Broken Drum
1949
as Nobuko
Four Seasons of Women
1950
as Mother
Sincere Heart
1953
as Ichi
Yassamossa
1953
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
1953
Hana no yukyo-den
1958
The Woman’s Reflective Pool
1951
as Unnamed
Shisha to no kekkon
1960
Sweet Secret
1971
A Woman's Life
1962
as Shizu Tsutsumi
The Sky Is Mine
1959
The Siege of Osaka
1937
as Yodo-dono
Ah, Youth
1951
Rikugun Daikoshin
1932
Late Night Confession
1949
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950
Wakaki sugata
1943
as Kitamura's wife
Ningen moyo
1949
The Doctor
1955
Farewell Song
1955
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
1952
Hakuchō wa kanashikarazuya
1949
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 89 credits spanning from 1927 to 1971, Chieko Higashiyama has appeared in 87 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular Chieko Higashiyama Movies
- Tokyo Story (1953) — as Tomi Hirayama
- Swords and Brocade (1951)
- Maboroshi no Satsui (1971)
- When a Woman Loves (1960) — as Relative
- The Nun (1958) — as монахиня Масамицу
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