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.
Acting
93
Female
1890-09-30
Chiba, Japan
Sen Watanabe
Shogun and His Mistress 2
Sweet Secret
The Idiot
Four Seasons of Women
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
Tokyo Story
Early Summer
Here's to the Young Lady
Sincere Heart
Reimei
Rikugun Daikoshin
The Girl I Loved
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
Love School
Sisters of Nishijin
The Wandering Princess
When a Woman Loves
The Princess Sen
Wakaki sugata
Maboroshi no Satsui
The Loyal 47 Ronin
A Samurai's Love
Spring Snow
The Doctor
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
Port of Flowers
An Heir's Place
The Woman’s Reflective Pool
Mount Hakone
The Garden of Women
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
Hana no yukyo-den
Fireworks Over the Sea
The Snow Flurry
Spring Dreams
Apostasy
The Portrait
Broken Drum
The Angry Street
Late Night Confession
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Marriage
The Maid's Kid
Farewell Song
The Tale of Genji
I Saw a Phantom Fish
Shisha to no kekkon
Shishun no izumi
If Indeed One Loves
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
The Blue Sky Maiden
Love and Death
Sing, Young People!
Carmen's Innocent Love
The Kii River
The Radish and the Carrot
Ai to chie no wa
The Most Valuable Wife
The Nun
Nippon no obaachan
This Year's Love
Virtue in Spades
The Love of the Actress Sumako
The Gentle Japanese
Yassamossa
Chikagai nijuyojikan
Battle Troop
Itohan Monogatari
Ningen moyo
The Sky Is Mine
Aiyoku no sabaki
The Siege of Osaka
A Woman's Life
Women's House
The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness
Swords and Brocade
Ah, Youth
Ano hito wa ima
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
Live Again Tomorrow
Here It is Quiet
In Case of One Woman
Miss Teacher
Futari de miru hoshi
Hakuchō wa kanashikarazuya
The Second Kiss
Rain on Jogashima
The End of the War
School Girls in Costume
Kanojo no tokudane
Floating Weeds Diary