Chieko Higashiyama
Biography
Chieko Higashiyama (September 30, 1890 β 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 ShΕgekijΕ, 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
Top 40 Movies
Ai to chie no wa
1956
Tokyo Story
1953
An Heir's Place
1953
Nippon no obaachan
1962
Shishun no izumi
1953
Early Summer
1951
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964
The Idiot
1951
The Maid's Kid
1955
The Wandering Princess
1960
Sincere Heart
1953
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947
The Siege of Osaka
1937
Spring Dreams
1960
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
1954
The Garden of Women
1954
Virtue in Spades
1956
The Tale of Genji
1951
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
Women's House
1954
Itohan Monogatari
1957
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958
Love and Death
1971
Carmen's Innocent Love
1952
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950
Port of Flowers
1943
The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness
1954
Broken Drum
1949
Sing, Young People!
1963
Hana no yukyo-den
1958
Four Seasons of Women
1950
Shisha to no kekkon
1960
Ano hito wa ima
1963
Natsukoβs Adventure in Hokkaido
1953
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
1952
This Year's Love
1962
The Kii River
1966
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951