
Chieko Higashiyama
Where to watch Chieko Higashiyama in United States. On screen since 1927. Licensed apps only — 24 titles we track below.
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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Tokyo Story
Tomi Hirayama · 1953

Early Summer
Shige Mamiya · 1951

The Idiot
Satoko, Ayako's mother · 1951

The Blue Sky Maiden
Shizue Hirooka · 1957

Carmen's Innocent Love
Maid · 1952

Here's to the Young Lady
Yasuko's mother · 1949

Port of Flowers
Okano · 1943

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Strange Beauty · 1964

Sincere Heart
Ichi · 1953

The Loyal 47 Ronin
Otaka (Ôishi's mother) · 1958

The Garden of Women
Schoolmaster · 1954

The Wandering Princess
Nao Sugawara · 1960

The Snow Flurry
Tomi · 1959

Spring Dreams
Grandma · 1960

The Love of the Actress Sumako
1947

The Angry Street
1950

Broken Drum
Nobuko · 1949

The Tale of Genji
Lady Kokiden · 1951

Fireworks Over the Sea
Mitsu · 1951

The Portrait
Nomura's Wife · 1948

The Girl I Loved
Mother Okin · 1946

Apostasy
1948

The Most Valuable Wife
1959

Sing, Young People!
Okada's grandmother · 1963