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Chieko Higashiyama
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
The Love of the Actress Sumako
The Idiot
as Satoko, Ayako's mother
Early Summer
as Shige Mamiya
The Maid's Kid
Chikagai nijuyojikan
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
as Strange Beauty
The Wandering Princess
as Nao Sugawara
A Woman's Life
as Shizu Tsutsumi
