About

Known credits:
22
Birthday:
1912-03-06
Place of birth:
Nakakawaguchi, Akita, Japan
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Chieko Takehisa

Overview

Chieko Takehisa (March 6, 1912 – September 14, 2006) was a Japanese actress from Akita Prefecture. At 15, she dropped out of high school to join the movie industry. She then starred in many films and plays from the 1930s to the 1940s, becoming popular as an actress in "moga" (modern girl) roles.

In 1935, Takehisa met American journalist Clarke Kawakami at a Christmas party. They soon fell in love, but America's Japanese exclusion laws created great difficulty in securing a visa for Takehisa. In 1941, she finally arrived in the United States on a student visa, marrying Kawakami in August of that year. After the Pearl Harbor attack, Takehisa returned to Japan, resuming her film career, and the two lost contact. In 1945, Kawakami learned that Takehisa had survived the war. Hoping to find her, he returned to Japan and joined General Douglas MacArthur's staff in charge of the U.S. occupation. There, he was reunited with Takehisa, who was astonished to see him. The couple would have three children in the following years, and Takehisa effectively retired from the film industry by the late 1940s. Takehisa moved to Hawaii in 1950 with her family, where she lived for the rest of her life.

Known for

Acting
1959 Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi Actor Taro's mother N/A
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1946 Those Who Make Tomorrow Actor Kin Okamoto, Mother 59
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1945 Uta e! Taiyō Actor N/A
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1945 To Love and Swear Actor Shiraishi's wife N/A
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1944 Harbor of Life Actor N/A
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1943 Kantaro of Ina Actor N/A
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1941 Horse Actor Saku Onoda, Ine's mother 58
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1940 The Monkey King Actor Witch N/A
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1940 Wife of a Lily Actor N/A
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1940 Hikari to kage (Zenpen) Actor N/A
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1940 Hikari to kage (Kōhen) Actor N/A
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1939 Enoken's Mori no Ishimatsu Actor N/A
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1939 Blizzard Ronin Actor N/A
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1938 Subterranean Heat Actor Okayo N/A
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1937 Learn from Experience, Part Two Actor Yurie 58
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1937 Learn from Experience, Part One Actor Yurie 58
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1937 Nangoku taiheiki Actor Fujiharu N/A
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1937 Japanese Women's Textbook Actor (Volume 1) N/A
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1937 Yoru no hato Actor Okiyo N/A
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1936 Brother and Sister Actor 58
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1935 Botchan Actor Kosuzu, the geisha N/A
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1934 Tadano Bonji: Jinsei Benkyô Actor N/A
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