Chieko Higashiyama
Date of birth: 1890-09-30
Place of birth: Chiba, Japan
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Sen Watanabe
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.
Movie Credits
Shogun and His Mistress 2
1967-11-01
In the year 1786, Shogun Ieharu Tokugawa selected beautiful Ochisa to be his concubine. It causes ot
Sweet Secret
1971-08-25
A dynamic woman who aspires to be a writer, living a wild life in constant search of freedom while i
The Idiot
1951-05-23
A gentle, war-shattered ex-soldier, Kinji Kameda, arrives in wintry Hokkaidō and is pulled into a vo
Four Seasons of Women
1950-02-27
Woman melodrama by Shiro Toyoda
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
1949-09-11
Tokyo Story
1953-11-03
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to v
Early Summer
1951-10-03
A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.
Here's to the Young Lady
1949-03-09
A matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of an au
Sincere Heart
1953-01-29
A young student falls into a hopeless romantic attraction to a sick girl, whom he can only see from
Reimei
1927-01-01
First japanese talking movie.
Rikugun Daikoshin
1932-05-06
The Girl I Loved
1946-10-29
A young man who is unable to tell his childhood friend how he feels makes a pledge with her to revea
I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki
1952-03-27
A Japanese soldier who died in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Hawaii entrusted Henry Gray with a
Love School
1962-02-28
Sisters of Nishijin
1952-04-17
A family of Kyoto textile workers struggles after tragedy.
The Wandering Princess
1960-01-27
Pu Zhe, the younger brother of the Emperor of Manchukuo, marries Ryuko the daughter of an aristocrat
When a Woman Loves
1960-01-03
Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman.
The Princess Sen
1954-10-20
During the Warring States era of early 17th century Japan, teenage princess Sen is besieged with oth
Wakaki sugata
1943-12-01
幻の殺意
1971-04-15
Adaptation of the Shôji Yuki novel.
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958-04-01
Japan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for assaul
A Samurai's Love
1954-03-03
A film about the Ghost of Okiku that's based on the kabuki play Bancho Sarayashiki.
Spring Snow
1950-02-26
The Yoshikawa family is a typical small town family. With only the father's and daughter's salaries
The Doctor
1955-10-11
This movie attempts to present the reality of doctorless villages to society at large, while focusin
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950-11-14
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950-11-03
Port of Flowers
1943-07-29
The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the ou
An Heir's Place
1953-06-03
This film stars Tanaka Kinuyo as the mother of the heir to the Hosho name, a famous lineage of Noh a
The Woman’s Reflective Pool
1951-01-03
Tozai Electric president Minamoto (Yanagi) is about to be pursued by the public prosecutor's office
Mount Hakone
1962-09-15
Japanese drama.
The Garden of Women
1954-03-16
A student at a woman's university takes a controversial action against the school's old-fashioned do
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
1953-01-14
Born to a prestigious family, Natsuko is not impressed by any one of her suitors. Determined to spen
Hana no yukyo-den
1958-08-31
1958 Japanese movie
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951-10-25
A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they
The Snow Flurry
1959-01-03
After surviving the double suicide pact she made with her lover, a woman gives birth to their child.
Spring Dreams
1960-01-03
When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home
Apostasy
1948-11-30
In the Meiji period, a schoolteacher tries to hide his lower-class upbringing as he supports a visit
The Portrait
1948-08-03
The mistress of a crook real estate broker comes to terms with her soulless existence after an artis
Broken Drum
1949-12-01
When the future of his construction company falls into danger, a controlling father pushes his child
The Angry Street
1950-05-14
The Angry Street includes a great deal of location shooting in the rebuilt city, including downtown
Late Night Confession
1949-06-21
Japanese mystery thriller.
Diary of a Mad Old Man
1962-10-20
Utsugi, a seventy-seven-year-old man of refined tastes who is recovering from a stroke, discovers th
Marriage
1947-03-18
In postwar Japan a young woman is unable to marry her sweetheart because her family's in difficult c
The Maid's Kid
1955-06-28
In order to pay back Mrs. Kajiki for her good deed in the past, Hatsu moves from her village in Akit
Farewell Song
1955-01-15
A young woman decides to leave school in order to help her sister.
The Tale of Genji
1951-06-11
Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and l
I Saw a Phantom Fish
1950-05-06
A village struggles to survive when the nearby lake becomes barren of fish.
Shisha to no kekkon
1960-02-02
A case of mistaken identity in which a woman assumes the role of widow to a man killed in a train ac
Shishun no izumi
1953-07-05
The long-awaited haymaking season has arrived on the island of Honshu. Work is in full swing in the
Ai Sureba Koso
1955-07-05
The film consists of three short stories. Tomiko, the heroine of the first story, "The Flower Girl"
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
1964-01-01
In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the st
The Blue Sky Maiden
1957-10-08
Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family wher
Love and Death
1971-06-05
Yuji, a budding writer, meets and starts falling in love with his best friend’s girlfriend, Natsuko.
Sing, Young People!
1963-01-06
A story about four best friends and their lives inside and outside college. Then suddenly one of the
Carmen's Innocent Love
1952-11-13
Strip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politi
The Kii River
1966-06-11
Epic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and econom
The Radish and the Carrot
1965-01-03
One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company
Ai to chie no wa
1956-04-11
The Most Valuable Wife
1959-02-11
Kyoko is the third daughter of the Nonomiya family, a very ordinary family. Momoko, the eldest daugh
The Nun
1958-05-06
Nippon no obaachan
1962-01-03
Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast abo
This Year's Love
1962-01-14
Hikaru and Ichiro are close friends in high school. Hikaru's elder brother Tadashi fell in love with
Virtue in Spades
1956-05-03
Adaptation of the novel by Kan Shimozawa.
The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947-08-16
The stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with the outsp
The Gentle Japanese
1971-03-05
A survivor of the tragic mass suicides on Tokashiki Island in 1945 falls in love with a near-mute mo
Yassamossa
1953-02-25
Chikagai nijuyojikan
1947-04-29
1947 Toho film directed by Tadashi Imai
Battle Troop
1944-12-07
Three IJN flyers Mikami (Susumu Fujita), Kawakami (Masayuki Mori) and Murakami (Akitake Kono) are go
Itohan Monogatari
1957-01-15
Based on the original work by Shuji Hojo, Itohan Monogatari depicts the fate of a clumsy and kind-he
Ningen moyo
1949-06-14
A love triangle among a girl, her poor boyfriend, and a rich company president.
The Sky Is Mine
1959-11-01
Aiyoku no sabaki
1953-05-06
Motoko Fujikawa works in the Seisen Church as an assistant to pastor Maki Inokichi. Motoko falls in
The Siege of Osaka
1937-04-01
The Siege of Osaka
A Woman's Life
1962-11-18
One of many adaptations of "Onna no isshō", this time by Yasuzo Masumura as a starring vehicle for f
Women's House
1954-11-23
After Shuichiro moved to Tokyo, the Tanno family became completely female, including Mrs. Tanno, Shu
The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness
1954-09-29
In a certain port town, there is a group of young men called the Wakakusa-kai. The chairman Oda (Mik
Swords and Brocade
1951-06-22
A young lord joins gang of Robin-esque robbers.
Ah, Youth
1951-06-15
Ano hito wa ima
1963-03-16
1963 Japanese movie
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
1954-06-01
Set during Japan's Bakumatsu period, the film follows Fukuzawa Yukichi, a poor samurai's son who def
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958-08-19
At a coastal hot spring inn, a group of women navigate work, personal struggles, and unexpected scan
明日また生きる
1970-05-27