Where to watch Chieko Higashiyama in the UK
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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 fi…
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- Oyaji Daiko (1968) Cast
- Tokyo Story (1953) as Tomi Hirayama
- The Idiot (1951) as Satoko, Ayako's mother
- Early Summer (1951) as Shige Mamiya
- Spring Dreams (1960) as Grandma
- The Tale of Genji (1951) as Lady Kokiden
- The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958) as Otaka (Ôishi's mother)
- The Radish and the Carrot (1965) Cast
- Fireworks Over the Sea (1951) as Mitsu
- The Blue Sky Maiden (1957) as Shizue Hirooka
- The Kii River (1966) as Toyono, Hana's grandmother
- Les Miserables I: God and the Devil (1950) Cast
- The Wandering Princess (1960) as Nao Sugawara
- The Angry Street (1950) Cast
- The Most Valuable Wife (1959) Cast
- Carmen's Innocent Love (1952) as Maid
- Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple (1964) as Strange Beauty
- The Portrait (1948) as Nomura's Wife
- Nippon no obaachan (1962) Cast
- If Indeed One Loves (1955) as Kuniko's mother (segment 2) (voice)
- The Love of the Actress Sumako (1947) Cast
- Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring (1958) as Mrs. Chiyoda
- Kotoshi no Koi (1967) Cast
- Apostasy (1948) Cast
- Sincere Heart (1953) as Ichi
- A Woman's Life (1962) as Shizu Tsutsumi
- Spring Snow (1950) as Mother Okasaki
- Diary of a Mad Old Man (1962) as Hama, Tokusuke's wife
- Four Seasons of Women (1950) as Mother
- The Maid's Kid (1955) Cast
- Sing, Young People! (1963) as Okada's grandmother
- Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom (1950) Cast
- The Flower That Crossed the Mountain (1949) Cast
- How the Bell of Liberty Rings (1954) as Yukichi's Mother Ojun
- Hana no yukyo-den (1958) Cast
- Port of Flowers (1943) as Okano
- The Snow Flurry (1959) as Tomi
- I'll Not Forget the Song of Nagasaki (1952) Cast
- Battle Troop (1944) Cast
- Chikagai nijuyojikan (1947) Cast
- Broken Drum (1949) as Nobuko
- Shogun and His Mistress 2 (1967) as Eiho, nun
- Itohan Monogatari (1957) as Owasa
- Love and Death (1971) Cast
- Virtue in Spades (1956) Cast
- This Year's Love (1962) Cast
- Sisters of Nishijin (1952) Cast
- The Princess Sen (1954) Cast
- Aiyoku no sabaki (1953) Cast
- The Gentle Japanese (1971) Cast
- Late Night Confession (1949) Cast
- The Garden of Women (1954) as Schoolmaster
- Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido (1953) Cast
- Shisha to no kekkon (1960) Cast
- The Woman’s Reflective Pool (1951) as Unnamed
- Mount Hakone (1962) Cast
- Women's House (1954) Cast
- Wakaki sugata (1943) as Kitamura's wife
- The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness (1954) Cast
- Yassamossa (1953) Cast
- Ningen moyo (1949) Cast
- Sweet Secret (1971) Cast
- A Samurai's Love (1954) Cast
- Shishun no izumi (1953) as Retired Person
- Ano hito wa ima (1963) Cast
- The Sky Is Mine (1959) Cast
- Here's to the Young Lady (1949) as Yasuko's mother
- The Girl I Loved (1946) as Mother Okin
- Rikugun Daikoshin (1932) Cast
- Ah, Youth (1951) Cast
- Love School (1962) Cast
- The Siege of Osaka (1937) as Yodo-dono
- The Doctor (1955) Cast
- When a Woman Loves (1960) as Relative
- Marriage (1947) as Fumie's mother
- Farewell Song (1955) Cast
- An Heir's Place (1953) Cast
- Swords and Brocade (1951) Cast
- I Saw a Phantom Fish (1950) Cast
- Maboroshi no Satsui (1971) Cast
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Most-watched Chieko Higashiyama films currently: Tokyo Story (1953), The Idiot (1951), Early Summer (1951), Spring Dreams (1960), The Tale of Genji (1951).
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Selected TV credits: Oyaji Daiko (1968), Kotoshi no Koi (1967).
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