Chieko Higashiyama

Chieko Higashiyama

Actor

Chiba, Japan
September 30, 1890

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.

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Representative Works

Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story
8.1
/ Japanese
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Diary of a Mad Old Man
6.7
/ Japanese
The Blue Sky Maiden
The Blue Sky Maiden
7.1
/ Japanese
The Loyal 47 Ronin
The Loyal 47 Ronin
6.3
/ Japanese
Kanojo no tokudane
Kanojo no tokudane
No Rating Yet
/ Japanese
The Idiot
The Idiot
7.0
/ Japanese
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
No Rating Yet
/ Japanese
Swords and Brocade
Swords and Brocade
9.0
/ Japanese
Early Summer
Early Summer
7.8
/ Japanese
When a Woman Loves
When a Woman Loves
8.0
/ Japanese
A Samurai's Love
A Samurai's Love
8.0
/ Japanese
Ai to chie no wa
Ai to chie no wa
No Rating Yet
/ Japanese

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Tokyo Story
1953Winner

Best Performance

Tokyo Story

Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962Nominee

Best Performance

Diary of a Mad Old Man

The Blue Sky Maiden
1957Nominee

Best Performance

The Blue Sky Maiden

Career Highlights

The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958Highlight

Best Performance

The Loyal 47 Ronin

Kanojo no tokudane
1952Highlight

Best Performance

Kanojo no tokudane

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