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Chieko Higashiyama

Chieko Higashiyama

Acting

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.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Poster for Shogun and His Mistress 2
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Shogun and His Mistress 2

4.5(0.0K)
Shogun and His Mistress 2
Eiho, nun
Poster for Sweet Secret
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Sweet Secret

Sweet Secret
Poster for The Idiot
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The Idiot

7.0(0.1K)
The Idiot
Satoko, Ayako's mother
Poster for Four Seasons of Women
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Four Seasons of Women

7.0(0.0K)
Four Seasons of Women
Mother
Poster for The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
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The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
Poster for Tokyo Story
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Tokyo Story

8.2(1.2K)
Tokyo Story
Tomi Hirayama
Poster for Early Summer
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Early Summer

7.8(0.2K)
Early Summer
Shige Mamiya
Poster for Here's to the Young Lady
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Here's to the Young Lady

6.8(0.0K)
Here's to the Young Lady
Yasuko's mother
Poster for Sincere Heart
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Sincere Heart

6.4(0.0K)
Sincere Heart
Ichi
ReimeiMOVIE
MOVIE

Reimei

Reimei

Gallery

Chieko Higashiyama portrait