Chieko Higashiyama
Acting
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.
Notable Works
Prominent titles featuring Chieko Higashiyama
Tokyo Story
1953
The Idiot
1951
Filmography
Acting (95)
1971
1971
10.0
1970
Live Again Tomorrowas その
1967
Shogun and His Mistress 2as Eiho, nun
4.5
1966
The Kii Riveras Toyono, Hana's grandmother
7.5
9.0
1964
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Templeas Strange Beauty
7.0
1963
1963
Sing, Young People!as Okada's grandmother
6.2
1962
A Woman's Lifeas Shizu Tsutsumi
7.5
1962
Diary of a Mad Old Manas Hama, Tokusuke's wife
6.7
1962
7.0
1962
1962
6.8
7.0
7.2
1960
The Wandering Princessas Nao Sugawara
6.5
1960
When a Woman Lovesas Relative
8.0
1960
Spring Dreamsas Grandma
6.0
1959
8.0
1959
The Snow Flurryas Tomi
6.9
8.0
1958
Diary of an Elegant Hot Springas Mrs. Chiyoda
1958
The Nunas монахиня Масамицу
1958
The Loyal 47 Roninas Otaka (Ôishi's mother)
6.3
1957
The Blue Sky Maidenas Shizue Hirooka
7.1
1957
Itohan Monogatarias Owasa
7.0
1956
1956
In Case of One Womanas Natsuko Hashiba
1956
1956
1955
Floating Weeds Diaryas Backstage Attendant
4.3
1955
10.0
1955
If Indeed One Lovesas Kuniko's mother (segment 2) (voice)
10.0
1955
8.3
1955
1955
10.0
1954
6.0
1954
5.0
1954
How the Bell of Liberty Ringsas Yukichi's Mother Ojun
1954
The Garden of Womenas Schoolmaster
6.6
1954
8.0
1954
1953
Tokyo Storyas Tomi Hirayama
8.1
1953
Shishun no izumias Retired Person
7.0
1953
10.0
1953
1953
8.0
1953
Sincere Heartas Ichi
6.5
1952
Carmen's Innocent Loveas Maid
5.2
7.5
1951
Fireworks Over the Seaas Mitsu
5.4
1951
Early Summeras Shige Mamiya
7.8
9.0
1951
1951
The Tale of Genjias Lady Kokiden
6.0
1951
The Idiotas Satoko, Ayako's mother
7.0
1951
The Woman’s Reflective Poolas Unnamed
1950
6.7
1950
Four Seasons of Womenas Mother
7.0
1950
Spring Snowas Mother Okasaki
1949
Broken Drumas Nobuko
6.7
7.0
1949
7.0
1949
Here's to the Young Ladyas Yasuko's mother
6.8
1948
6.0
1948
The Portraitas Nomura's Wife
6.7
10.0
1947
Marriageas Fumie's mother
7.7
1946
The Girl I Lovedas Mother Okin
6.3
1944
10.0
1943
Wakaki sugataas Kitamura's wife
7.0
1943
Port of Flowersas Okano
7.0
1937
The Siege of Osakaas Yodo-dono
7.0
1927