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, including Tokyo Story, which was voted the best film of all time in the 2012 Sight and Sound directors' poll.
86 acting credits
Acting · 86
Tokyo Story
1953
Oyaji Daiko
1968
The Idiot
1951
Early Summer
1951
Spring Dreams
1960
Kotoshi no Koi
1967
Apostasy
1948
If Indeed One Loves
1955
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
The Tale of Genji
1951
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
Broken Drum
1949
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964
The Wandering Princess
1960
The Maid's Kid
1955
The Blue Sky Maiden
1957
The Angry Street
1950
The Kii River
1966
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950
Itohan Monogatari
1957
Late Night Confession
1949
Chikagai nijuyojikan
1947
The Most Valuable Wife
1959
Sing, Young People!
1963
A Woman's Life
1962
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951
Battle Troop
1944
This Year's Love
1962
Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
1952
The Gentle Japanese
1971
Sisters of Nishijin
1952
Carmen's Innocent Love
1952
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
1954
Port of Flowers
1943
The Girl I Loved
1946
Virtue in Spades
1956
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
1953
The Siege of Osaka
1937
Ningen moyo
1949
Hana no yukyo-den
1958
Spring Snow
1950
Sweet Secret
1971
Farewell Song
1955
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958
Shisha to no kekkon
1960
The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness
1954
Women's House
1954
Love and Death
1971
Yassamossa
1953
Four Seasons of Women
1950
The Snow Flurry
1959
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
The Woman’s Reflective Pool
1951
Here's to the Young Lady
1949
The Portrait
1948
Sincere Heart
1953
Aiyoku no sabaki
1953
Wakaki sugata
1943
Marriage
1947
Shishun no izumi
1953
Nippon no obaachan
1962
The Garden of Women
1954
Rikugun Daikoshin
1932
The Doctor
1955
Shogun and His Mistress 2
1967
Ah, Youth
1951
The Sky Is Mine
1959
Ano hito wa ima
1963
Mount Hakone
1962
An Heir's Place
1953
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
1949
Love School
1962
A Samurai's Love
1954
When a Woman Loves
1960
Swords and Brocade
1951
The Princess Sen
1954
Live Again Tomorrow
1970
I Saw a Phantom Fish
1950
The Nun
1958
Ai to chie no wa
1956
Here It is Quiet
1956
Reimei
1927
In Case of One Woman
1956