Chieko Higashiyama
Acting · Born 1890-09-30 · age 89 at death · Chiba, Japan
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.
Titles
Tokyo Story
Early Summer
The Idiot
The Blue Sky Maiden
Carmen's Innocent Love
Here's to the Young Lady
Sincere Heart
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Port of Flowers
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
The Wandering Princess
The Garden of Women
The Snow Flurry
Spring Dreams
Fireworks Over the Sea
Broken Drum
The Angry Street
The Tale of Genji
The Love of the Actress Sumako
The Girl I Loved
Apostasy
The Portrait
Sing, Young People!
The Most Valuable Wife
Shogun and His Mistress 2
This Year's Love
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Marriage
The Maid's Kid
Floating Weeds Diary
Sisters of Nishijin
Shisha to no kekkon
The Kii River
The Radish and the Carrot
A Woman's Life
Four Seasons of Women
When a Woman Loves
The Princess Sen
Wakaki sugata
A Samurai's Love
The Doctor
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
An Heir's Place
Mount Hakone
Hana no yukyo-den
Late Night Confession
Farewell Song
Shishun no izumi
If Indeed One Loves
Nippon no obaachan
The Gentle Japanese
Yassamossa
Chikagai nijuyojikan
Battle Troop
Itohan Monogatari
Ningen moyo
The Siege of Osaka
Women's House
Swords and Brocade