Chieko Higashiyama
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.
Filmography (88 titles)
MovieSweet Secret
1971
MovieLove and Death
1971
MovieMaboroshi no Satsui
1971
10.0MovieThe Gentle Japanese
1971
MovieLive Again Tomorrow
その · 1970
9.0ShowOyaji Daiko
1968
4.5MovieShogun and His Mistress 2
Eiho, nun · 1967
ShowKotoshi no Koi
1967
7.5MovieThe Kii River
Toyono, Hana's grandmother · 1966
9.0MovieThe Radish and the Carrot
1965
7.0MovieMiyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Strange Beauty · 1964
MovieAno hito wa ima
1963
6.2MovieSing, Young People!
Okada's grandmother · 1963
8.0MovieA Woman's Life
Shizu Tsutsumi · 1962
6.7MovieDiary of a Mad Old Man
Hama, Tokusuke's wife · 1962
7.0MovieMount Hakone
1962
MovieLove School
1962
6.8MovieThis Year's Love
1962
7.0MovieNippon no obaachan
1962
7.2MovieShisha to no kekkon
1960
6.7MovieThe Wandering Princess
Nao Sugawara · 1960
8.0MovieWhen a Woman Loves
Relative · 1960
6.0MovieSpring Dreams
Grandma · 1960
MovieThe Sky Is Mine
1959
8.0MovieThe Most Valuable Wife
1959
6.9MovieThe Snow Flurry
Tomi · 1959
8.0MovieHana no yukyo-den
1958
MovieDiary of an Elegant Hot Spring
Mrs. Chiyoda · 1958
MovieThe Nun
монахиня Масамицу · 1958
6.2MovieThe Loyal 47 Ronin
Otaka (Ôishi's mother) · 1958