Chieko Higashiyama Explained

Chieko Higashiyama
Native Name:東山 千栄子
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Date:30 September 1890
Birth Place:Chiba, Japan
Death Place:Yokohama, Japan
Nationality:Japanese
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1925–1980

was a Japanese stage and film actress. She appeared in more than 60 films from 1936 to 1967.

Career

Graduating from the girls' school at Gakushuin, she married a businessman in 1909 and spent eight years in Moscow.[1] In 1925, at the age of 35, she decided to become an actress and began training at the Tsukiji Shōgekijō. She appeared in many stage productions, most famously as Madame Ranevskaya in The Cherry Orchard. She also appeared in films, including Tokyo Story, which was voted the best film of all time in a poll of film directors by Sight and Sound magazine.[2]

Selected filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1947The Love of the Actress Sumako
1951The Idiot
The Tale of Genji
Early SummerShige
1952The Life of Oharu
Carmen's Pure LoveHousemaid
1953Tokyo StoryTomi
1954The Garden of WomenSchoolmaster
The Princess SenYodo-dono
1955The Maid's KidHatsu's mother
1958The Loyal 47 RoninOtaka
1959The Snow FlurryTomi
1960The Wandering Princess
1966The Kii River

Honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Higashiyama Chieko. Kotobanku. Asahi Shinbun. 15 February 2015. Japanese.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20120803032035/http://www.bfi.org.uk/news/sight-sound-2012-directors-top-ten Directors’ 10 Greatest Films of All Time