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