Chieko Higashiyama
Known for ActingBorn 1890-09-30Died 1980-05-08Chiba, 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.Read more
Movies & web series
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The Gentle Japanese
1971 · Movie
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The Doctor
1955 · Movie
Farewell Song
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Farewell Song
1955 · Movie
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If Indeed One Loves
1955 · Movie
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An Heir's Place
1953 · Movie
Chikagai nijuyojikan
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Chikagai nijuyojikan
1947 · Movie
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Battle Troop
1944 · Movie
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Oyaji Daiko
1968 · Series
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The Radish and the Carrot
1965 · Movie
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Swords and Brocade
1951 · Movie
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Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950 · Movie
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The Maid's Kid
1955 · Movie
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Tokyo Story
1953 · Movie
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A Woman's Life
1962 · Movie
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When a Woman Loves
1960 · Movie
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The Most Valuable Wife
1959 · Movie
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Hana no yukyo-den
1958 · Movie
A Samurai's Love
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A Samurai's Love
1954 · Movie
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Yassamossa
1953 · Movie
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Early Summer
1951 · Movie
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The Kii River
1966 · Movie
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Marriage
1947 · Movie
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Sisters of Nishijin
1952 · Movie
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Shisha to no kekkon
1960 · Movie
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Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964 · Movie
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Mount Hakone
1962 · Movie
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Nippon no obaachan
1962 · Movie
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Itohan Monogatari
1957 · Movie
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Shishun no izumi
1953 · Movie
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The Idiot
1951 · Movie
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Four Seasons of Women
1950 · Movie
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Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950 · Movie
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The Snow Flurry
1959 · Movie
Late Night Confession
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Late Night Confession
1949 · Movie
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Ningen moyo
1949 · Movie
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The Blue Sky Maiden
1957 · Movie
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The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947 · Movie
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Port of Flowers
1943 · Movie
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Wakaki sugata
1943 · Movie
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The Wandering Princess
1960 · Movie
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This Year's Love
1962 · Movie
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The Siege of Osaka
1937 · Movie
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Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962 · Movie
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Here's to the Young Lady
1949 · Movie
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The Angry Street
1950 · Movie
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Broken Drum
1949 · Movie
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The Portrait
1948 · Movie
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The Garden of Women
1954 · Movie