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