Chieko Higashiyama
Born September 30, 1890 (Age: 135)
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Chiba, Japan
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.
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.
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Filmography
Sweet Secret
1971
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Age: 80
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
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Age: 80
The Gentle Japanese
1971
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Age: 80
Live Again Tomorrow
1970
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as その
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Age: 79
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
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Age: 74
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964
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as Strange Beauty
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Age: 73
Ano hito wa ima
1963
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Age: 72
Sing, Young People!
1963
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as Okada's grandmother
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Age: 72
A Woman's Life
1962
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as Shizu Tsutsumi
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Age: 72
Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962
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as Hama, Tokusuke's wife
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Age: 72
Mount Hakone
1962
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Age: 71
Love School
1962
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Age: 71
This Year's Love
1962
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Age: 71
Nippon no obaachan
1962
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Age: 71
Shisha to no kekkon
1960
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Age: 69
The Wandering Princess
1960
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as Nao Sugawara
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Age: 69
Spring Dreams
1960
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as Grandma
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Age: 69
When a Woman Loves
1960
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as Relative
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Age: 69
The Sky Is Mine
1959
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Age: 69
The Most Valuable Wife
1959
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Age: 68
The Snow Flurry
1959
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as Tomi
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Age: 68
Hana no yukyo-den
1958
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Age: 67
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958
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as Mrs. Chiyoda
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Age: 67
The Nun
1958
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as монахиня Масамицу
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Age: 67
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
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as Otaka (Ôishi's mother)
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Age: 67
Virtue in Spades
1956
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Age: 65
Ai to chie no wa
1956
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Age: 65
The Doctor
1955
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Age: 65
Ai Sureba Koso
1955
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as Kuniko's mother (segment 2) (voice)
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Age: 64
The Maid's Kid
1955
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Age: 64
No Image
Farewell Song
1955
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Age: 64
Women's House
1954
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Age: 64
The Princess Sen
1954
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Age: 64
The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness
1954
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Age: 63
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
1954
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as Yukichi's Mother Ojun
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Age: 63
The Garden of Women
1954
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as Schoolmaster
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Age: 63
No Image
A Samurai's Love
1954
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Age: 63
Tokyo Story
1953
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as Tomi Hirayama
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Age: 63
Shishun no izumi
1953
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as Retired Person
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Age: 62
An Heir's Place
1953
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Age: 62
Aiyoku no sabaki
1953
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Age: 62
Yassamossa
1953
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Age: 62
Sincere Heart
1953
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as Ichi
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Age: 62
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
1953
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Age: 62
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950
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Age: 60
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950
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Age: 60
The Angry Street
1950
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Age: 59
I Saw a Phantom Fish
1950
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Age: 59
Four Seasons of Women
1950
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as Mother
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Age: 59
Spring Snow
1950
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as Mother Okasaki
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Age: 59
No Image
Rikugun Daikoshin
1932
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Age: 41