Acting
Chieko Higashiyama
JA cinema · 97 credits
Born
30 September 1890
Died
8 May 1980 (aged 89)
Birthplace
Chiba, Japan
Also known as Sen Watanabe
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
Filmography
Shogun and His Mistress 2
as Eiho, nun
The Kii River
as Toyono, Hana's grandmother
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
as Strange Beauty
Sing, Young People!
as Okada's grandmother
Diary of a Mad Old Man
as Hama, Tokusuke's wife
A Woman's Life
as Shizu Tsutsumi
The Wandering Princess
as Nao Sugawara
When a Woman Loves
as Relative
Spring Dreams
as Grandma
The Snow Flurry
as Tomi
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Otaka (Ôishi's mother)
The Nun
as монахиня Масамицу
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
as Mrs. Chiyoda
The Blue Sky Maiden
as Shizue Hirooka
Itohan Monogatari
as Owasa
ある女の場合
1956
In Case of One Woman
as Natsuko Hashiba
If Indeed One Loves
as Kuniko's mother (segment 2) (voice)
Floating Weeds Diary
as Backstage Attendant
The Garden of Women
as Schoolmaster
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
as Yukichi's Mother Ojun
Tokyo Story
as Tomi Hirayama
Sincere Heart
as Ichi
Shishun no izumi
as Retired Person
The Idiot
as Satoko, Ayako's mother
Early Summer
as Shige Mamiya
The Tale of Genji
as Lady Kokiden
Four Seasons of Women
as Mother
Spring Snow
as Mother Okasaki
Here's to the Young Lady
as Yasuko's mother
Broken Drum
as Nobuko
Apostasy
Actor
The Portrait
as Nomura's Wife
Marriage
as Fumie's mother
The Girl I Loved
as Mother Okin
Wakaki sugata
as Kitamura's wife
Port of Flowers
as Okano
The Siege of Osaka
as Yodo-dono