About

Known credits:
82
Birthday:
1890-09-30
Place of birth:
Chiba, Japan
Website:
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Chieko Higashiyama

Overview

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

Acting
1971 Sweet Secret Actor N/A
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1971 Love and Death Actor N/A
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1971 幻の殺意 Actor N/A
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1971 The Gentle Japanese Actor N/A
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1967 Shogun and His Mistress 2 Actor Eiho, nun 58
Average
1966 The Kii River Actor Toyono, Hana's grandmother 59
Average
1965 The Radish and the Carrot Actor 58
Average
1964 Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple Actor Strange Beauty 58
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1963 Ano hito wa ima Actor N/A
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1963 Sing, Young People Actor Okada's grandmother 58
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1962 A Woman's Life Actor Shizu Tsutsumi N/A
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1962 Diary of a Mad Old Man Actor Hama, Tokusuke's wife 59
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1962 Mount Hakone Actor N/A
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1962 Love School Actor N/A
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1962 This Year's Love Actor 59
Average
1962 Nippon no obaachan Actor N/A
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1960 Shisha to no kekkon Actor 58
Average
1960 The Wandering Princess Actor Nao Sugawara 58
Average
1960 Spring Dreams Actor Grandma 59
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1959 The Sky Is Mine Actor N/A
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1959 When a Woman Loves Actor Relative N/A
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1959 The Most Valuable Wife Actor 58
Average
1959 The Snow Flurry Actor Tomi 58
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1958 Hana no yukyo-den Actor N/A
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1958 Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring Actor Mrs. Chiyoda N/A
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1958 The Nun Actor монахиня Масамицу N/A
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1958 The Loyal 47 Ronin Actor Otaka (Ôishi's mother) 58
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1957 The Blue Sky Maiden Actor Shizue Hirooka 59
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1957 Itohan Monogatari Actor Owasa N/A
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1956 Virtue in Spades Actor N/A
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1956 Ai to chie no wa Actor N/A
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1955 The Doctor Actor N/A
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1955 Ai Sureba Koso Actor Kuniko's mother (segment 2) (voice) N/A
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1955 The Maid's Kid Actor N/A
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1955 Farewell Song Actor N/A
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1954 Women's House Actor N/A
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1954 The Princess Sen Actor 59
Average
1954 The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness Actor N/A
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1954 How the Bell of Liberty Rings Actor Yukichi's Mother Ojun N/A
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1954 The Garden of Women Actor Schoolmaster 58
Average
1954 A Samurai's Love Actor N/A
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1953 Tokyo Story Actor Tomi Hirayama 74
Good
1953 Shishun no izumi Actor Retired Person N/A
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1953 An Heir's Place Actor N/A
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1953 Aiyoku no sabaki Actor N/A
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1953 Yassamossa Actor N/A
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1953 Sincere Heart Actor Ichi 58
Average
1953 Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido Actor N/A
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1953 夏子の冒険 Actor 夏子の祖母・かよ N/A
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1952 Carmen's Innocent Love Actor Maid 58
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1952 Sisters of Nishijin Actor N/A
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1952 I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki Actor N/A
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1951 Fireworks Over the Sea Actor Mitsu 58
Average
1951 Early Summer Actor Shige Mamiya 64
Fair
1951 Swords and Brocade Actor N/A
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1951 Ah, Youth Actor N/A
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1951 The Tale of Genji Actor Lady Kokiden 58
Average
1951 The Idiot Actor Satoko, Ayako's mother 60
Fair
1951 The Woman’s Reflective Pool Actor Unnamed N/A
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1950 Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom Actor N/A
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1950 Les Miserables I: God and the Devil Actor N/A
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1950 The Angry Street Actor 58
Average
1950 I Saw a Phantom Fish Actor N/A
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1950 Four Seasons of Women Actor Mother N/A
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1950 Spring Snow Actor N/A
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1949 Broken Drum Actor Nobuko 59
Average
1949 The Flower That Crossed the Mountain Actor N/A
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1949 Late Night Confession Actor N/A
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1949 Ningen moyo Actor N/A
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1949 Here's to the Young Lady Actor Yasuko's mother 59
Average
1948 Apostasy Actor 58
Average
1948 The Portrait Actor 58
Average
1947 The Love of the Actress Sumako Actor 59
Average
1947 Chikagai nijuyojikan Actor N/A
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1947 Marriage Actor Fumie's mother 59
Average
1946 The Girl I Loved Actor Mother Okin 59
Average
1944 Battle Troop Actor N/A
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1943 Wakaki sugata Actor Kitamura's wife N/A
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1943 Port of Flowers Actor Okano 58
Average
1937 The Siege of Osaka Actor Yodo-dono N/A
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1932 Rikugun Daikoshin Actor N/A
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1927 Reimei Actor N/A
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