Cast
Chieko Higashiyama
Acting
Cast
Chieko Higashiyama
Known for
Acting
Born
1890-09-30
From
Chiba, Japan
Died
1980-05-08
Also known as Sen Watanabe
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.
Tokyo Story
as Tomi Hirayama
The Idiot
as Satoko, Ayako's mother
Spring Dreams
as Grandma
Early Summer
as Shige Mamiya
The Garden of Women
as Schoolmaster
The Wandering Princess
as Nao Sugawara
Marriage
as Fumie's mother
The Radish and the Carrot
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Otaka (Ôishi's mother)
Battle Troop
The Blue Sky Maiden
as Shizue Hirooka
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
as Strange Beauty
Fireworks Over the Sea
as Mitsu
The Tale of Genji
as Lady Kokiden
Broken Drum
as Nobuko
Apostasy
Nippon no obaachan
The Kii River
as Toyono, Hana's grandmother
The Portrait
as Nomura's Wife
Port of Flowers
as Okano
The Most Valuable Wife
Wakaki sugata
as Kitamura's wife
Spring Snow
as Mother Okasaki
Mount Hakone
Itohan Monogatari
as Owasa
Maboroshi no Satsui
Carmen's Innocent Love
as Maid
The Princess Sen
Sincere Heart
as Ichi
Diary of a Mad Old Man
as Hama, Tokusuke's wife
Shogun and His Mistress 2
as Eiho, nun
If Indeed One Loves
as Kuniko's mother (segment 2) (voice)
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
Love and Death
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
as Mrs. Chiyoda
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
as Yukichi's Mother Ojun
Sing, Young People!
as Okada's grandmother
Here's to the Young Lady
as Yasuko's mother
This Year's Love
The Girl I Loved
as Mother Okin
Sisters of Nishijin
The Angry Street
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
Ningen moyo
Yassamossa
A Woman's Life
as Shizu Tsutsumi
Aiyoku no sabaki
The Snow Flurry
as Tomi
Shishun no izumi
as Retired Person
The Woman’s Reflective Pool
as Unnamed
Four Seasons of Women
as Mother
Women's House
The Maid's Kid
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
Shisha to no kekkon
Love School
Hana no yukyo-den
A Samurai's Love
Virtue in Spades
The Gentle Japanese
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
Ai to chie no wa
Farewell Song
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
Sweet Secret
An Heir's Place
The Siege of Osaka
as Yodo-dono
The Sky Is Mine
Ano hito wa ima
Chikagai nijuyojikan
Late Night Confession
The Doctor
The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness
When a Woman Loves
as Relative
Ah, Youth
Swords and Brocade
I Saw a Phantom Fish
In Case of One Woman
as Natsuko Hashiba
The Nun
as монахиня Масамицу
Rikugun Daikoshin
Here It is Quiet
Live Again Tomorrow
as その