Chieko Higashiyama
September 30, 1890 (134 years old) in Chiba, Japan
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
Credits
- 1971 · Sweet Secret as
- 1971 · Love and Death as
- 1971 · 幻の殺意 as
- 1971 · The Gentle Japanese as
- 1968 · Oyaji Daiko as
- 1967 · Shogun and His Mistress 2 as Eiho, nun
- 1966 · The Kii River as Toyono, Hana's grandmother
- 1965 · The Radish and the Carrot as
- 1964 · Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple as Strange Beauty
- 1963 · Ano hito wa ima as
- 1963 · Sing, Young People as Okada's grandmother
- 1962 · A Woman's Life as Shizu Tsutsumi
- 1962 · Diary of a Mad Old Man as Hama, Tokusuke's wife
- 1962 · Mount Hakone as
- 1962 · Love School as
- 1962 · This Year's Love as
- 1962 · Nippon no obaachan as
- 1960 · Shisha to no kekkon as
- 1960 · The Wandering Princess as Nao Sugawara
- 1960 · Spring Dreams as Grandma
- 1959 · The Sky Is Mine as
- 1959 · When a Woman Loves as Relative
- 1959 · The Most Valuable Wife as
- 1959 · The Snow Flurry as Tomi
- 1958 · Hana no yukyo-den as
- 1958 · Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring as Mrs. Chiyoda
- 1958 · The Nun as монахиня Масамицу
- 1958 · The Loyal 47 Ronin as Otaka (Ôishi's mother)
- 1957 · The Blue Sky Maiden as Shizue Hirooka
- 1957 · Itohan Monogatari as Owasa
- 1956 · Virtue in Spades as
- 1956 · Ai to chie no wa as
- 1955 · The Doctor as
- 1955 · Ai Sureba Koso as Kuniko's mother (segment 2) (voice)
- 1955 · The Maid's Kid as
- 1955 · Farewell Song as
- 1954 · Women's House as
- 1954 · The Princess Sen as
- 1954 · The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness as
- 1954 · How the Bell of Liberty Rings as Yukichi's Mother Ojun
- 1954 · The Garden of Women as Schoolmaster
- 1954 · A Samurai's Love as
- 1953 · Tokyo Story as Tomi Hirayama
- 1953 · Shishun no izumi as Retired Person
- 1953 · An Heir's Place as
- 1953 · Aiyoku no sabaki as
- 1953 · Yassamossa as
- 1953 · Sincere Heart as Ichi
- 1953 · Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido as
- 1952 · Carmen's Innocent Love as Maid
- 1952 · Sisters of Nishijin as
- 1952 · I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki as
- 1951 · Fireworks Over the Sea as Mitsu
- 1951 · Early Summer as Shige Mamiya
- 1951 · Swords and Brocade as
- 1951 · Ah, Youth as
- 1951 · The Tale of Genji as Lady Kokiden
- 1951 · The Idiot as Satoko, Ayako's mother
- 1951 · The Woman’s Reflective Pool as Unnamed
- 1950 · Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom as
- 1950 · Les Miserables I: God and the Devil as
- 1950 · The Angry Street as
- 1950 · I Saw a Phantom Fish as
- 1950 · Four Seasons of Women as Mother
- 1950 · Spring Snow as
- 1949 · Broken Drum as Nobuko
- 1949 · The Flower That Crossed the Mountain as
- 1949 · Late Night Confession as
- 1949 · Ningen moyo as
- 1949 · Here's to the Young Lady as Yasuko's mother
- 1948 · Apostasy as
- 1948 · The Portrait as
- 1947 · The Love of the Actress Sumako as
- 1947 · Chikagai nijuyojikan as
- 1947 · Marriage as Fumie's mother
- 1946 · The Girl I Loved as Mother Okin
- 1944 · Battle Troop as
- 1943 · Wakaki sugata as Kitamura's wife
- 1943 · Port of Flowers as Okano
- 1937 · The Siege of Osaka as Yodo-dono
- 1932 · Rikugun Daikoshin as
- 1927 · Reimei as