Chieko Higashiyama

Chieko Higashiyama

September 30, 1890

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 pione…

Known For

10 titles
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Tokyo Story

Tokyo Story

1953 · 2h 17m · Movie

An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.

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Early Summer

Early Summer

1951 · 2h 5m · Movie

A family chooses a match for their daughter Noriko, but she, surprisingly, has her own plans.

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The Idiot

The Idiot

1951 · 2h 46m · Movie

A Japanese veteran, driven partially mad from the war, travels to the snowy island of Hokkaido where he soon enters a love triangle with his best friend and a disgraced woman.

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We'll Meet Again

We'll Meet Again

1957 · 1h 28m · Movie

Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family where she finds out from her ill grandmother that she is actually the love child of her wealthy businessman father and his ex-secretary.

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Spring Dreams

Spring Dreams

1960 · 1h 43m · Movie

A homeless man falls ill near a wealthy family's home, who take him in and find themselves dealing with his visiting friends.

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Ruten no ôhi

Ruten no ôhi

1960 · 1h 42m · Movie

A film adaptation of the autobiography of Aishinkakura Hiro, who lived a tumultuous life as the consort of Fuketsu, the younger brother of Emperor Puyi of Manchukuo.

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Apostasy

Apostasy

1948 · 1h 39m · Movie

While revelations of his lower class past threaten his job, a school teacher fights for freedom and equality.

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Saikô shukun fujin

Saikô shukun fujin

1959 · 1h 35m · Movie

In the forties in Japan, a group of brilliantly qualified university students are selected to break all ties with their previous lives and form the Japanese spy service.

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Umi no hanabi

Umi no hanabi

1951 · 2h 2m · Movie

The Kamiya family struggles to keep the town fishing association from going bankrupt as they deal with a dishonest captain and his degenerate crew.

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Raigekitai Shutsudô

Raigekitai Shutsudô

1944 · 1h 35m · Movie

Wartime film dealing with a Japanese torpedo bomber squadron at war. The film opens with the Battle of Midway, The enemy carriers and ships are sunk with the IJN suffering minimal losses. However, the enemy has yet to surrender. ...

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