Chieko Baisho
Department: Acting
Biography
Chieko Baisho (倍賞 千恵子, Baishō Chieko, born June 29, 1941) is a Japanese actress and singer. In Japan, she is well known for her performance as Sakura in the "Otoko wa Tsurai yo" series from 1969 until 1995. In addition, she has acted in many films directed by Yōji Yamada since the 1960s. She won the award for best actress at the 5th Hochi Film Award for "A Distant Cry from Spring".
Known For
The Yellow Handkerchief
1977
Kabei: Our Mother
2008
The Hidden Blade
2004
In Broad Daylight
1968
Dolls floating down the river
1962
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962
The Soundless Cry
1965
Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama
1962
The Sun of Love and Tears
1966
The River Yokobori
1966
A Distant Cry from Spring
1980
Jungle Emperor Leo
1997
The Village
1975
Samurai from Nowhere
1964
I, the Executioner
1968
Station
1981
Downtown Heroes
1988
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969
Tora-san Loves an Artist
1973
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
1976
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
1970
Plan 75
2022
Home from the Sea
1972
Tracing the Gray Summer
2001
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
1973
Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983
Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979
Tora-san's Runaway
1970
Our Marriage
1962
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1972
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
1984
Unico in the Island of Magic
1983
The Fantastic Adventures of Unico
1981
Tora-san's Love Call
1971
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972
San'nin musume kanpai!
1962
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
1975
Where Spring Comes Late
1970
Tora-san's Lovesick
1974
Tora-san's Lullaby
1974
Ai to kanashimi to
1962
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975
Oh, My Comrade!
1970
It All Began When I Met You
2013
Women of Tokyo
1961
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976
Fiddler on the Roof
1983
Yosakoi Journey
1969
Thousand Cranes
1989
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
1977
Drunkard's Paradise
1962
Two Iida
1976
The Little House
2014
Topsy-Turvy Journey
1969
Tora-san Plays Cupid
1977
A Heartful of Love
2005
Tora-san, My Uncle
1989
The Rainbow Seeker
1996
Tora-san Makes Excuses
1992
Hameln
2013
Stage-Struck Tora-san
1978
Mama, I Need You!
1962
Naite waratta hanayome
1962
Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978
Hoshikuzu no Machi
1963
大安旅行
1968
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
1969
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979
Dislikes
1964
A Trap
1965
Lost in the Wilderness
1986
Our Wonderful Years
1966
Furimuita hanayome
1961
Tora-san to the Rescue
1995
Tora-san's Matchmaker
1993
Tora-san's Easy Advice
1994
Tora-san, the Go-Between
1985
Tora-san, the Expert
1982
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
1986
Tora-san's Island Encounter
1985
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989
Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987
Tora-san's Promise
1981
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1982
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
1981
Tora-san Confesses
1991
Foster Daddy, Tora!
1980
Ballad of a Workman
1962
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
1997
Sing, Young People!
1963
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986
Tokyo Newcomer
2012
As the Clouds Scatter
1961
The Sunshine Girl
1963
The Rainbow Seeker 2
1997
Our Happiness Alone
1964
The Lovable Tramp
1966
Honokaa Boy
2009
Karate Cop 2
1983
The Image of Mother
1963
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
1980
Hadashi no hanayome
1962
Gamblers' Luck
1966
Che, Che, Che with Love
1965
Women Who Do Not Divorce
1986
Glory on the Summit
1962
Only the Cat Knows
2019
The Night We Danced
1963
Lover's Duet
1967
Twenty-Four Eyes
1980
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
2019
Weathering with You
2019
Howl's Moving Castle
2004
Zatoichi: The Last
2010
Let's Have A Dream
1967
Song of Love
1967
The Greatest Challenge of All
1967
Vagabond Schemer
1969
The Million Dollar Pursuit
1968
Shichinin no keiji
1963
My Voiceless Friends
1972
Get Married, Mother
1962
461 Days of Bento: A Promise Between Father and Son
2020
Tora-san Goes North
1987
Warm Current
1966
Arc
2021
55th anniversary performance of Tora-San: Rakugo, Talk and Tora Jiro Returns
2024
Tokyo Taxi
2025
Kaiun ryokō
1971
Noren to hanayome
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Lightning
1967
喜劇・大安旅行
1968
Inochi hateru hi made
1966
Kigeki yūwaku ryokō
1972
白い南風
1961
Center of Tokyo
1974
Kekkon shimasu
1969
Zettai tasū
1965
女たちの庭
1967
喜劇 金の実る樹に恋が咲く
1961
海抜0米
1964
Konbanwa
2004
Older brother
1977
Mansaku no hana
1981
The Summer Promise
2002
Kōfuku Sōdan
1972
Suzuran
1999