Chieko Baisho — Actor (20)
Weathering with You (2019) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban WikiData IMDb
天気の子
6.6 (22 ratings) director: Makoto Shinkai actor: Kotaro Daigo / Nana Mori
other title: Weathering with You - La ragazza del tempo / Vejret med dig
The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if taking its cue from his life. After many days of solitude, he finally finds work as a freelance writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then, one day, Hodaka meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky.
A Distant Cry from Spring (1980) [Movie] NeoDB Douban WikiData TMDB IMDb
遙かなる山の呼び声
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Ken Takakura / Chieko Baisho
other title: Llanto de Primavera / 遙かなる山の呼び声
The quiet life of a mother and her young son living on a farm in Hokkaido is changed by the arrival of a man who ignites flames of romance in the heart of the mother and shows her boy the importance of grit and kindness, but then he leaves with the autumn wind.
Talk of the Town Tora-san (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
男はつらいよ 噂の寅次郎
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Kiyoshi Atsumi / Chieko Baisho
other title: Elle court, elle court la rumeur / 男はつらいよ 噂の寅次郎
After a chance encounter with Hiroshi's father on a bus, Tora decides to get serious and reflect on the mortality of man. His plans are derailed when a beautiful lady starts working at Toraya.
Foster Daddy, Tora! (1980) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
男はつらいよ 寅次郎かもめ歌
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Kiyoshi Atsumi / Chieko Baisho
other title: Un drôle de père / 男はつらいよ 寅次郎かもめ歌
After a friend and business colleague dies, Tora-san visits the man's daughter, then takes her to Tokyo so she can study for a night school exam.
The Hidden Blade (2004) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
隠し剣 鬼の爪
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Masatoshi Nagase / Takako Matsu
other title: La Servante et le Samouraï / La espada oculta
Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his new life when he is put to the test and ordered to kill a traitor who just happens to be his dearest friend.
Stage-Struck Tora-san (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
男はつらいよ 寅次郎わが道をゆく
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Kiyoshi Atsumi / Chieko Baisho
other title: Tora san entre en scène / 男はつらいよ 寅次郎わが道をゆく
Tora-san leaves Shibamata once again after an argument with his family and finds himself at an inn where he meets Tomekichi, a young man who looks up to Tora-san.
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san (1982) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
男はつらいよ 寅次郎あじさいの恋
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Kiyoshi Atsumi / Chieko Baisho
other title: L'indécis / 男はつらいよ 寅次郎あじさいの恋
During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Though Tora-san never fully comprehends his importance, the old man is a Living National Treasure ceramist. At his home, Tora-san makes a good impression on the old man's maid, who apparently falls in love with Tora-san.
Samurai from Nowhere (1964) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
道場破り
director: Seiichirô Uchikawa actor: Isamu Nagato / Shima Iwashita
other title: 道場破り / Dojo Challengers, Samurai from Nowhere
Misawa Ihei (Nagato) is traveling with his wife Tae (Iwashita Shima) who abhors the practice of sword fighting for prize money. Tae is the daughter of the clan's chief counselor who married the low-ranking Ihei to avoid becoming the clan lord's mistress. Into the mix comes Oba Gunjuro (Tetsurō Tamba), a mysterious ronin who will do anything for money. This leads to a fitting climax as the forces of hate and love converge while the couple attempt to break through the border!
It's Tough Being a Man (1969) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban WikiData IMDb
男はつらいよ
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Kiyoshi Atsumi / Chieko Baisho
other title: C'est dur d'être un homme / Tora-san. It's Tough Being a Man
Tora-san, an itinerant peddler who is thrown out of his father's house twenty years before but reconnects with his aunt, uncle and sister Sakura. Tora wreaks some havoc in their lives, like getting drunk and silly at a marriage meeting and ruining Sakura's chance to marry someone, as well as just being a real pain to those around him. There is a sentimental side to him also, and the best way to describe him is that he grows on you.
Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984) [Movie] TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
男はつらいよ 夜霧にむせぶ寅次郎
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Kiyoshi Atsumi / Chieko Baisho
other title: Marions-les / 男はつらいよ 夜霧にむせぶ寅次郎
In Shibamata, Tokyo, Tora-san's family prepares for a wedding. Meanwhile, the traveling Tora-san meets an old acqaintance in Iwate Province. Tora-san refuses to drink with him, afraid that the acquaintance, now settled and married, will again become attracted to Tora-san's wandering existence. Tora-san becomes attracted to a female barber, but must break off their relationship so that she too can live a secure life. She instead gets into an abusive relationship with a motorcyclist.
The Yellow Handkerchief (1977) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban
幸福の黄色いハンカチ
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Ken Takakura / Chieko Baisho
other title: 幸福の黄色いハンカチ / Les mouchoirs jaunes du bonheur
The story is about a convict released from prison for an old murder who is thinking about returning to his ex-wife and his former life. If she puts a yellow handkerchief on the window, it would mean that she wants him back at home.
Zatoichi: The Last (2010) [Movie] TMDB
座頭市 THE LAST
director: Junji Sakamoto actor: Shingo Katori / Satomi Ishihara
other title: 座頭市 THE LAST / Zatôichi : The Last
A blind master swordsman attempts to lead a quiet life with his wife but he is provoked back into battle.
Plan 75 (2022) [Movie] IMDb NeoDB Douban WikiData TMDB
PLAN 75
director: Chie Hayakawa actor: Chieko Baisho / Hayato Isomura
other title: PLAN 75
In a Japan of the near future, the government program Plan 75 encourages senior citizens to be voluntarily euthanized to remedy a super-aged society. An elderly woman whose means of survival are vanishing, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman, and a young Filipino laborer face choices of life and death.
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies (1986) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
キネマの天地
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Kiichi Nakai / Narimi Arimori
other title: Prise finale / キネマの天地
Director Ogata discovers a new female star in Koharu Tanaka, who works selling candy at a studio theater and she is given a part as a bit player. After the studio's top leading lady is embroiled in a scandal, Koharu is suddenly thrust into the limelight when she replaces her in a film and gains instant fame and fortune. But the going is not always easy, and she soon seeks help from unexpected quarters.
Lost in the Wilderness (1986) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
植村直己物語
director: Junya Satō actor: Toshiyuki Nishida / Chieko Baisho
other title: Verschollen im Schnee / 植村直己物語
The life and travels of adventurer Naomi Uemura, who disappeared in Alaska in 1984. A member of the first Japanese expedition to reach the summit of Mt Everest in 1970, Uemura also accomplished several "firsts". He was the first man to reach the North Pole solo, climb Denali solo, and float down the Amazon river solo. In the film, Uemura returns to Tokyo after a stint in Siorapaluk in Northern Greenland. In Tokyo, he reconnects with an old friend and, over coffee, shares his life story - from his days as a college dropout to his successful expedition to the top of Everest.