Chieko Higashiyama — Actor (21)
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The Doctor (1955)
沙羅の花の峠 IMDb TMDB
So Yamamura actor: So Yamamura / Yōko Minamida …
other title: 沙羅の花の峠
This movie attempts to present the reality of doctorless villages to society at large, while focusing on simple human love in a heartwarming episode that unfolds in a doctorless village.
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Nippon no obaachan (1962)
喜劇 にっぽんのお婆あちゃん IMDb TMDB
Tadashi Imai actor: Chōchō Miyako / Tanie Kitabayashi …
other title: 喜劇 にっぽんのお婆あちゃん
Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just escaped a retirement home and the other was looking for an escape from her son and daughter-in-law. With nowhere to go, the two wander around, befriending a cosmetics salesman and a kind waitress who give them beer. This biting social satire starring two memorable grandmothers, scripted by Yôko Mizuki, picked up on Japan’s aging population problem far ahead of its time.
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Port of Flowers (1943)
花咲く港 IMDb TMDB
Keisuke Kinoshita actor: Eitarō Ozawa / Ken Uehara …
other title: Le Port fleuri / 花咲く港
The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the outset of World War II. But the hustlers’ plan backfires when they come down with severe cases of conscience. Keisuke Kinoshita’s directorial debut is a breezy, warmhearted, and often very funny crowd-pleaser that’s a testament to the filmmaker’s faith in people.
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A Woman's Life (1962)
女の一生 IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB
Yasuzō Masumura actor: Machiko Kyō / Chieko Higashiyama …
other title: 女の一生 / 女人的一生 …
Based on Kaoru Morimoto oft performed 1945 play, a starring vehicle for famed actress Machiko Kyo as Kei an abused orphaned girl that eventually finds sanctuary with a wealthy family that trades goods with China and becomes a successful businesswoman. Masumura dilutes the originally intended pro-Japan propaganda elements for a more anti-war approach.
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The Most Valuable Wife (1959)
最高殊勲夫人
Yasuzō Masumura actor: Ayako Wakao / Hiroshi Kawaguchi …
other title: 最高殊勲夫人
Kyoko is the third daughter of the Nonomiya family, a very ordinary family. Momoko, the eldest daughter, is married to Ichiro, the president of Mihara Shoji, and Riko, the second daughter, is married to Jiro, the managing director, and they plot to marry Kyoko to Saburo, the third son of the Mihara family. Kyoko is angry at the marriage talk that is being pushed forward without her permission, and declares that she "definitely won't get married," but before she knows it, she begins to become aware of the other person...