Chieko Matsui

Biography

Chieko Matsui (December 4, 1899 – April 2, 1929) was a Japanese actress of the silent era. The eldest daughter of a doctor, she left home in 1922 after her mother passed away and her father remarried. She became an actor at Shochiku Studios, performing in fifty-five movies between 1925 and 1929. In 1927, she became one of the first female screenwriters in Japan, writing screenplays for the films "Lake of Melancholy" and "Spring Rain." She starred in both as well. Matsui underwent surgery for kidney disease in 1928. She passed away in 1929, while recuperating in her home.

Known For

Young Master

Umi mo yusha

All Movies (11)

• Iron Virgin1928 · as Kyōko
• The Age of Emotion1928
• Umi mo yusha1927
• The Basement1927
• Buried Youth1926
• Junange1926
• Young Master1926 · as Sumiko Sugimoto (clerk)
• Townspeople1926
• Troubled Days1926 · as Ryoji's lover, Outa
• No Need for Your Opinion1925 · as Geisha
• The Killing of a Hundred Men at Isshinji Temple1925 · as Kikue