Chieko Higashiyama

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

Oyaji Daiko

Tokyo Story

The Idiot

Early Summer

Sisters of Nishijin

Kotoshi no Koi

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple

Sing, Young People!

All Movies (85)

• Sweet Secret1971
• Love and Death1971
• Maboroshi no Satsui1971
• The Gentle Japanese1971
• Live Again Tomorrow1970 · as その
• Shogun and His Mistress 21967 · as Eiho, nun
• The Kii River1966 · as Toyono, Hana's grandmother
• The Radish and the Carrot1965
• Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple1964 · as Strange Beauty
• Ano hito wa ima1963
• Sing, Young People!1963 · as Okada's grandmother
• A Woman's Life1962 · as Shizu Tsutsumi
• Diary of a Mad Old Man1962 · as Hama, Tokusuke's wife
• Mount Hakone1962
• Love School1962
• This Year's Love1962
• Nippon no obaachan1962
• Shisha to no kekkon1960
• The Wandering Princess1960 · as Nao Sugawara
• When a Woman Loves1960 · as Relative
• Spring Dreams1960 · as Grandma
• The Sky Is Mine1959
• The Most Valuable Wife1959
• The Snow Flurry1959 · as Tomi
• Hana no yukyo-den1958
• Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring1958 · as Mrs. Chiyoda
• The Nun1958 · as монахиня Масамицу
• The Loyal 47 Ronin1958 · as Otaka (Ôishi's mother)
• The Blue Sky Maiden1957 · as Shizue Hirooka
• Itohan Monogatari1957 · as Owasa
• Here It is Quiet1956
• In Case of One Woman1956 · as Natsuko Hashiba
• Virtue in Spades1956
• Ai to chie no wa1956
• The Doctor1955
• If Indeed One Loves1955 · as Kuniko's mother (segment 2) (voice)
• The Maid's Kid1955
• Miss Teacher1955
• Farewell Song1955
• Women's House1954
• The Princess Sen1954
• The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness1954
• How the Bell of Liberty Rings1954 · as Yukichi's Mother Ojun
• The Garden of Women1954 · as Schoolmaster
• A Samurai's Love1954
• Tokyo Story1953 · as Tomi Hirayama
• Shishun no izumi1953 · as Retired Person
• An Heir's Place1953
• Aiyoku no sabaki1953
• Yassamossa1953
• Sincere Heart1953 · as Ichi
• Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido1953
• Carmen's Innocent Love1952 · as Maid
• Sisters of Nishijin1952
• I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki1952
• Fireworks Over the Sea1951 · as Mitsu
• Early Summer1951 · as Shige Mamiya
• Swords and Brocade1951
• Ah, Youth1951
• The Tale of Genji1951 · as Lady Kokiden
• The Idiot1951 · as Satoko, Ayako's mother
• The Woman’s Reflective Pool1951 · as Unnamed
• Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom1950
• Les Miserables I: God and the Devil1950
• The Angry Street1950
• I Saw a Phantom Fish1950
• Four Seasons of Women1950 · as Mother
• Spring Snow1950 · as Mother Okasaki
• Broken Drum1949 · as Nobuko
• The Flower That Crossed the Mountain1949
• Late Night Confession1949
• Ningen moyo1949
• Here's to the Young Lady1949 · as Yasuko's mother
• Apostasy1948
• The Portrait1948 · as Nomura's Wife
• The Love of the Actress Sumako1947
• Chikagai nijuyojikan1947
• Marriage1947 · as Fumie's mother
• The Girl I Loved1946 · as Mother Okin
• Battle Troop1944
• Wakaki sugata1943 · as Kitamura's wife
• Port of Flowers1943 · as Okano
• The Siege of Osaka1937 · as Yodo-dono
• Rikugun Daikoshin1932
• Reimei1927

All TV Shows (2)

• Oyaji Daiko1968
• Kotoshi no Koi1967