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

Life of a Country DoctorLife of a Country Doctor · 1960
Life of a Country Doctor
8.51960
MovieDrama
A skilled country doctor's talents are such that he can even perform operations as difficult and novel as removing a patient's kidney for the first time in Japan. Unfortunately for him, however, his wife's addiction to gambling is of such a magnitude that he is down to selling his underwear to make money. The image sticks and he becomes known as the 'underwear doctor.' On the other hand, his successful surgery's patient is so grateful he himself wants to become a physician.
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.
Sazae-sanSazae-san · 1956
Sazae-san
7.51956
MovieComedyDrama
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip. The first entry in Toho's Sazae-san series.
Sazae-san's BabySazae-san's Baby · 1960
Sazae-san's Baby
9.01960
MovieComedyDrama
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.
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
Sazae-san Plays CupidSazae-san Plays Cupid · 1961
Sazae-san Plays Cupid
8.01961
MovieComedyDrama
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic.
The Fighter in the RingThe Fighter in the Ring · 1956
The Fighter in the Ring
1956
MovieDrama
Docudrama about Rikidozan. When Rikidozan is accused by a school teacher of selling autographs to children for ¥50 apiece, "Riki" (as he was popularly known) investigates, eventually putting a stop to such unseemliness. Later, as he is about to wrestle an American (modeled after Lou Thesz), a young boy is injured by another youngster who imitated his famous karate chop.
HahakozuruHahakozuru · 1952
Hahakozuru
1952
Movie

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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.