Acting
Chieko Higashiyama
Born September 30, 1890 · Chiba, Japan
Died May 8, 1980 · aged 89
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 playwrigh…
Known For
Tokyo Story · 1953Tokyo Story
★ 8.11953
MovieDrama
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.
Early Summer · 1951Early Summer
★ 7.91951
MovieDrama
In postwar Tokyo, Noriko lives with her extended family. Although she enjoys her career and her social life, her more traditional family worries about her single marital status at the advanced age of 28. 40-year-old business associate Takako proposes, Noriko's family press her into accepting, but when her widowed childhood friend Kenkichi returns to the neighborhood, she finds her heart leading in another direction.
Duel at Noon · 1957Duel at Noon
1957
MovieAction
Judo movie.
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple · 1964Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
★ 7.11964
MovieActionDrama
In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the oddest and most coincidental moments. As his great love Otsu has succumbed to madness. Musashi then sets off to beat the functionaries of a treacherous clan in an arranged duel. 73 against one. Boastful Kojiro watches, secure in the knowledge that only he is a worthy opponent.
The Idiot · 1951The Idiot
★ 7.01951
MovieDramaRomance
A gentle, war-shattered ex-soldier, Kinji Kameda, arrives in wintry Hokkaidō and is pulled into a volatile tangle of love and pity between the disgraced Taeko Nasu, the proud Ayako, and his possessive friend Akama. Kameda’s saintly compassion exposes everyone’s wounds, steering the quartet toward jealousy, violence, and inexorable tragedy. Adapted from Dostoevsky’s novel.
The Princess Sen · 1954The Princess Sen
★ 5.01954
MovieHistory
During the Warring States era of early 17th century Japan, teenage princess Sen is besieged with other members of her family in Osaka Castle, by a rival force led by her grandfather.
Kanojo no tokudane · 1952Kanojo no tokudane
1952
MovieComedy
The Kii River · 1966The Kii River
★ 7.51966
MovieDrama
Epic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and economic reform.
