Chieko Higashiyama
Known For
Acting
Born
1890-09-30 in Chiba, Japan
Died
1980-05-08
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.
Most Known For
Tokyo Story
as Tomi Hirayama
Oyaji Daiko
Early Summer
as Shige Mamiya
Kotoshi no Koi
The Idiot
as Satoko, Ayako's mother
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Port of Flowers
as Okano
Marriage
as Fumie's mother
Apostasy
The Maid's Kid
The Wandering Princess
as Nao Sugawara
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
as Strange Beauty
Sisters of Nishijin
Ano hito wa ima
The Garden of Women
as Schoolmaster
The Tale of Genji
as Lady Kokiden
The Radish and the Carrot
Love and Death
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
Diary of a Mad Old Man
as Hama, Tokusuke's wife