Chieko Higashiyama

Acting

September 30, 1890 – May 8, 1980 (died at 89)

Chiba, Japan

Female

84 Movies

2 TV Shows

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

1953 8.2

as Tomi Hirayama

Age 63 (now 89)

Early Summer

1951 7.8

as Shige Mamiya

Age 61 (now 89)

The Idiot

1951 7.0

as Satoko, Ayako's mother

Age 60 (now 89)

Here's to the Young Lady

1949 6.8

as Yasuko's mother

Age 58 (now 89)

The Blue Sky Maiden

1957 6.9

as Shizue Hirooka

Age 67 (now 89)

The Snow Flurry

1959 6.9

as Tomi

Age 68 (now 89)

Carmen's Innocent Love

1952 5.2

as Maid

Age 62 (now 89)

The Girl I Loved

1946 6.3

as Mother Okin

Age 56 (now 89)

Port of Flowers

1943 7.0

as Okano

Age 52 (now 89)

The Love of the Actress Sumako

1947 7.0

Age 56 (now 89)

The Wandering Princess

1960 6.8

as Nao Sugawara

Age 69 (now 89)

Spring Dreams

1960 6.0

as Grandma

Age 69 (now 89)

The Garden of Women

1954 6.6

as Schoolmaster

Age 63 (now 89)

The Portrait

1948 6.7

as Nomura's Wife

Age 57 (now 89)

The Most Valuable Wife

1959 8.0

Age 68 (now 89)

Fireworks Over the Sea

1951 5.4

as Mitsu

Age 61 (now 89)

Sweet Secret

1971

Age 80 (now 89)

Love and Death

1971

Age 80 (now 89)

Maboroshi no Satsui

1971

Age 80 (now 89)

The Gentle Japanese

1971 10.0

Age 80 (now 89)

Live Again Tomorrow

1970

as その

Age 79 (now 89)

Shogun and His Mistress 2

1967 4.5

as Eiho, nun

Age 77 (now 89)

The Kii River

1966 7.5

as Toyono, Hana's grandmother

Age 75 (now 89)

The Radish and the Carrot

1965 9.0

Age 74 (now 89)

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple

1964 7.0

as Strange Beauty

Age 73 (now 89)

Ano hito wa ima

1963

Age 72 (now 89)

Sing, Young People!

1963 6.2

as Okada's grandmother

Age 72 (now 89)

A Woman's Life

1962 8.0

as Shizu Tsutsumi

Age 72 (now 89)

Diary of a Mad Old Man

1962 6.7

as Hama, Tokusuke's wife

Age 72 (now 89)

Mount Hakone

1962 7.0

Age 71 (now 89)

Love School

1962

Age 71 (now 89)

This Year's Love

1962 6.8

Age 71 (now 89)

Nippon no obaachan

1962 7.0

Age 71 (now 89)

Shisha to no kekkon

1960 7.2

Age 69 (now 89)

The Wandering Princess

1960 6.8

as Nao Sugawara

Age 69 (now 89)

Spring Dreams

1960 6.0

as Grandma

Age 69 (now 89)

When a Woman Loves

1960 8.0

as Relative

Age 69 (now 89)

The Sky Is Mine

1959

Age 69 (now 89)

The Most Valuable Wife

1959 8.0

Age 68 (now 89)

The Snow Flurry

1959 6.9

as Tomi

Age 68 (now 89)

Hana no yukyo-den

1958 8.0

Age 67 (now 89)

Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring

1958

as Mrs. Chiyoda

Age 67 (now 89)

The Nun

1958

as монахиня Масамицу

Age 67 (now 89)

The Loyal 47 Ronin

1958 6.2

as Otaka (Ôishi's mother)

Age 67 (now 89)

The Blue Sky Maiden

1957 6.9

as Shizue Hirooka

Age 67 (now 89)

Itohan Monogatari

1957 7.0

as Owasa

Age 66 (now 89)

Here It is Quiet

1956

Age 66 (now 89)

In Case of One Woman

1956

as Natsuko Hashiba

Age 65 (now 89)

Virtue in Spades

1956

Age 65 (now 89)

Ai to chie no wa

1956

Age 65 (now 89)

The Doctor

1955 10.0

Age 65 (now 89)

If Indeed One Loves

1955 10.0

as Kuniko's mother (segment 2) (voice)

Age 64 (now 89)

The Maid's Kid

1955 8.3

Age 64 (now 89)

Farewell Song

1955 10.0

Age 64 (now 89)

Women's House

1954 6.0

Age 64 (now 89)

The Princess Sen

1954 5.0

Age 64 (now 89)

The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness

1954

Age 63 (now 89)

How the Bell of Liberty Rings

1954

as Yukichi's Mother Ojun

Age 63 (now 89)

The Garden of Women

1954 6.6

as Schoolmaster

Age 63 (now 89)

A Samurai's Love

1954 8.0

Age 63 (now 89)

Tokyo Story

1953 8.2

as Tomi Hirayama

Age 63 (now 89)

Shishun no izumi

1953 7.0

as Retired Person

Age 62 (now 89)

An Heir's Place

1953 10.0

Age 62 (now 89)

Aiyoku no sabaki

1953

Age 62 (now 89)

Yassamossa

1953 8.0

Age 62 (now 89)

Sincere Heart

1953 6.4

as Ichi

Age 62 (now 89)

Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido

1953

Age 62 (now 89)

Carmen's Innocent Love

1952 5.2

as Maid

Age 62 (now 89)

Sisters of Nishijin

1952 7.5

Age 61 (now 89)

I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki

1952

Age 61 (now 89)

Fireworks Over the Sea

1951 5.4

as Mitsu

Age 61 (now 89)

Early Summer

1951 7.8

as Shige Mamiya

Age 61 (now 89)

Swords and Brocade

1951 9.0

Age 60 (now 89)

Ah, Youth

1951

Age 60 (now 89)

The Tale of Genji

1951 6.0

as Lady Kokiden

Age 60 (now 89)

The Idiot

1951 7.0

as Satoko, Ayako's mother

Age 60 (now 89)

The Woman’s Reflective Pool

1951

as Unnamed

Age 60 (now 89)

Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom

1950 7.0

Age 60 (now 89)

Les Miserables I: God and the Devil

1950 9.0

Age 60 (now 89)

The Angry Street

1950 6.7

Age 59 (now 89)

I Saw a Phantom Fish

1950

Age 59 (now 89)

Four Seasons of Women

1950 7.0

as Mother

Age 59 (now 89)

Spring Snow

1950

as Mother Okasaki

Age 59 (now 89)

Broken Drum

1949 6.7

as Nobuko

Age 59 (now 89)

The Flower That Crossed the Mountain

1949

Age 58 (now 89)

Late Night Confession

1949 7.0

Age 58 (now 89)

Ningen moyo

1949 7.0

Age 58 (now 89)

Here's to the Young Lady

1949 6.8

as Yasuko's mother

Age 58 (now 89)

Apostasy

1948 6.0

Age 58 (now 89)

The Portrait

1948 6.7

as Nomura's Wife

Age 57 (now 89)

The Love of the Actress Sumako

1947 7.0

Age 56 (now 89)

Chikagai nijuyojikan

1947 10.0

Age 56 (now 89)

Marriage

1947 7.7

as Fumie's mother

Age 56 (now 89)

The Girl I Loved

1946 6.3

as Mother Okin

Age 56 (now 89)

Battle Troop

1944 10.0

Age 54 (now 89)

Wakaki sugata

1943 7.0

as Kitamura's wife

Age 53 (now 89)

Port of Flowers

1943 7.0

as Okano

Age 52 (now 89)

The Siege of Osaka

1937 7.0

as Yodo-dono

Age 46 (now 89)

Rikugun Daikoshin

1932

Age 41 (now 89)

Reimei

1927

Age 36 (now 89)