Chieko Higashiyama

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.

Known For

Tokyo Story

as Tomi Hirayama

Early Summer

as Shige Mamiya

The Idiot

as Satoko, Ayako's mother

The Blue Sky Maiden

as Shizue Hirooka

Here's to the Young Lady

as Yasuko's mother

Carmen's Innocent Love

as Maid

Port of Flowers

as Okano

Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple

as Strange Beauty

Sincere Heart

as Ichi

The Loyal 47 Ronin

as Otaka (Ôishi's mother)