Chieko Higashiyama
Acting
Born: 1890-09-30 in Chiba, Japan
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
Tokyo Story
Tomi Hirayama
Oyaji Daiko
A Samurai's Love
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Hama, Tokusuke's wife
The Wandering Princess
Nao Sugawara
The Most Valuable Wife
The Maid's Kid
Shishun no izumi
Retired Person
The Nun
монахиня Масамицу
An Heir's Place
Shogun and His Mistress 2
Eiho, nun
The Siege of Osaka
Yodo-dono
Ah, Youth
Farewell Song
Kanojo no tokudane
Hana no yukyo-den
Love and Death
The Second Kiss
Sing, Young People!
Okada's grandmother
The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness
The Idiot
Satoko, Ayako's mother
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
Sisters of Nishijin
The Angry Street
The Blue Sky Maiden
Shizue Hirooka
Kotoshi no Koi
Miss Teacher
The End of the War
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
The Woman’s Reflective Pool
Unnamed
When a Woman Loves
Relative
The Doctor
Early Summer
Shige Mamiya
Ano hito wa ima
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Ningen moyo
Love School
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Otaka (Ôishi's mother)
Hakuchō wa kanashikarazuya
Port of Flowers
Okano