Chiemi Eri

Acting

Chiemi Eri

Born January 11, 1937 · Taitō, Tokyo, Japan

Died February 13, 1982 · aged 45

Chiemi Eri, born Chiemi Kubo, was a Japanese singer and actress. Her singing career started at age 14 with a version of "Tennessee Waltz", and the year after in 1952 she made her film debut in "Môjû tsukai no shôjo". Chiemi Eri would star as the lead in the Sazae-san film series adapted from the popular manga. Throughout her career Chiemi Eri would appeared in more than 50 feature films

Known For

Love in GinzaLove in Ginza · 1962
Love in Ginza
★ 5.01962
MovieRomanceDrama
Hanjiro is a struggling painter that shares a tiny apartment in the back streets of Ginza with his jazz pianist friend who works at a bar. When he and his sweet heart, Hisako decide to get married, Hanjiro is faced with a tough decision. Needing to buy a ticket back home to tell his mother the good news, he compromises his creative principles for love and sells his portrait of Hisako. Hisako heads to the station to see him off, but gets hit by a car...
Sazae-san, the Wayward WifeSazae-san, the Wayward Wife · 1959
Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
1959
MovieComedyFamily
Masuo and Sazae are enjoying their newlywed life in their new house, even though they are in company housing. Masuo's colleague is invited to thank him for the newlyweds, but Masuo has been told by Managing Director Hanamura to go on a business trip to Kansai. Before long, Masuo contacted Sazae to come to Osaka.
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous JourneyTravels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey · 1962
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
★ 8.51962
MovieAdventureComedy
Playhouse employees Okimi and Otoshi become involved in an undercover officer’s investigation of a gang when they accidentally walk in on a drug deal taking place at their theater.
Teenage SazaeTeenage Sazae · 1957
Teenage Sazae
★ 10.01957
MovieComedyDrama
Adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in color.
A Carpenter and ChildrenA Carpenter and Children · 1962
A Carpenter and Children
★ 7.51962
MovieDrama
A carpenter, Shigetsugu, learns a lesson of love and humanity from five orphaned children and an affectionate woman named Oritsu. It's a winning combination of drama and humor. The warm friendship that grows between the carpenter, the woman and the children making this into a true masterpiece.
The First Love of a Cha Cha GirlThe First Love of a Cha Cha Girl · 1956
The First Love of a Cha Cha Girl
1956
Movie
Chiemi's High-Heeled ShoesChiemi's High-Heeled Shoes
Chiemi's High-Heeled Shoes
Movie
Birth of a Jazz MaidenBirth of a Jazz Maiden · 1957
Birth of a Jazz Maiden
1957
MovieMusic
Kawai Midori's father left the family a long time ago and since her mother passed away, she has taken care of her younger siblings by herself by working with a group of itinerant camellia oil peddlers. While she is In Izu selling camellia oil, she meets a young student, Katō Yutaka, who asks her to let him take her picture. The peddlers also meet a jazz band, and when Midori sings a song, teased by the band's star singer Nanjō Haruo, the band members are enraptured by her beautiful voice. She eventually joins the band and quickly becomes a popular jazz singer.

Filmography

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Sudachi no toki kyoiku wa shinazuSudachi no toki kyoiku wa shinazu · 1981
Sudachi no toki kyoiku wa shinazu
★ 4.01981
MovieDrama
Here is a school that has never expelled a single student, believing in its children even after betrayal and betrayal after betrayal! Yoji (Yoichi Sase), the son of a doctor in Suwa, and Nobuko (Mayuki Kirihara), the daughter of a weaver in Kyoto, are transferred to the class of Omura (Chiemi Eri), a PE teacher at Shinonoi Asahi High School, a private school for troubled children. The school principal (Hiroyuki Nagato) says that the school's policy of "not letting anyone drop out of school" must be upheld, and Omura struggles to do everything in his power to respond. Based on a true story by Shigeta Wakabayashi, an education critic, the film depicts the relationship between a student abandoned by his parents and a teacher who sincerely deals with them.