Acting
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
Sweet Secret
Film · 1971
Maboroshi no Satsui
Film · 1971
Love and Death
Film · 1971
The Gentle Japanese
Film · 1971
Live Again Tomorrow
Film · 1970
Oyaji Daiko
Series · 1968
Shogun and His Mistress 2
Film · 1967
Kotoshi no Koi
Series · 1967
The Kii River
Film · 1966
The Radish and the Carrot
Film · 1965
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Film · 1964
Sing, Young People!
Film · 1963
Ano hito wa ima
Film · 1963
Love School
Film · 1962
Mount Hakone
Film · 1962
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Film · 1962
Nippon no obaachan
Film · 1962
This Year's Love
Film · 1962
A Woman's Life
Film · 1962
The Wandering Princess
Film · 1960
When a Woman Loves
Film · 1960
Spring Dreams
Film · 1960
Shisha to no kekkon
Film · 1960
The Snow Flurry
Film · 1959
The Most Valuable Wife
Film · 1959
The Sky Is Mine
Film · 1959
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Film · 1958
Hana no yukyo-den
Film · 1958
The Nun
Film · 1958
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
Film · 1958
The Blue Sky Maiden
Film · 1957
Itohan Monogatari
Film · 1957
Duel at Noon
Film · 1957
Ai to chie no wa
Film · 1956
Virtue in Spades
Film · 1956
Here It is Quiet
Film · 1956
In Case of One Woman
Film · 1956
New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune
Film · 1956
Wedding Day
Film · 1956
The Doctor
Film · 1955
The Maid's Kid
Film · 1955
Farewell Song
Film · 1955
If Indeed One Loves
Film · 1955
Miss Teacher
Film · 1955
School Girls in Costume
Film · 1955
Floating Weeds Diary
Film · 1955
Shichinin no ani imōto
Film · 1955
The Princess Sen
Film · 1954
A Samurai's Love
Film · 1954
The Garden of Women
Film · 1954
Women's House
Film · 1954
The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness
Film · 1954
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
Film · 1954
The Second Kiss
Film · 1954
Tokyo Story
Film · 1953
Sincere Heart
Film · 1953
An Heir's Place
Film · 1953
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
Film · 1953
Shishun no izumi
Film · 1953
Yassamossa
Film · 1953
Aiyoku no sabaki
Film · 1953
Eternal Song of Nagasaki
Film · 1952
Sisters of Nishijin
Film · 1952
Carmen's Innocent Love
Film · 1952
Kanojo no tokudane
Film · 1952
The Idiot
Film · 1951
Early Summer
Film · 1951
The Woman’s Reflective Pool
Film · 1951
Fireworks Over the Sea
Film · 1951
The Tale of Genji
Film · 1951
Swords and Brocade
Film · 1951
Ah, Youth
Film · 1951
Four Seasons of Women
Film · 1950
Spring Snow
Film · 1950
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
Film · 1950
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
Film · 1950
The Angry Street
Film · 1950
I Saw a Phantom Fish
Film · 1950
Rain on Jogashima
Film · 1950
The End of the War
Film · 1950
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
Film · 1949
Here's to the Young Lady
Film · 1949
Broken Drum
Film · 1949
Late Night Confession
Film · 1949
Ningen moyo
Film · 1949
Hakuchō wa kanashikarazuya
Film · 1949
Apostasy
Film · 1948
The Portrait
Film · 1948
Marriage
Film · 1947
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Film · 1947
Chikagai nijuyojikan
Film · 1947
Futari de miru hoshi
Film · 1947
The Girl I Loved
Film · 1946
Battle Troop
Film · 1944
Wakaki sugata
Film · 1943
Port of Flowers
Film · 1943
The Siege of Osaka
Film · 1937
Rikugun Daikoshin
Film · 1932
Reimei
Film · 1927