Chieko Matsubara
Born: 1945-01-06 in Ikeda, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Known For: Acting
Biography
Chieko Matsubara (born 6 January 1945) is a Japanese actress. She is best known for her roles in Tokyo Drifter (1966) and the Outlaw series. Spotted at a beauty contest sponsored by the Nikkatsu studio, Matsubara made her debut in 1961 at age 16 in Yoru no chōsensha. Matsubara won popularity and became one of the representative actresses of the Nikkatsu. She appeared in over 100 films at Nikkatsu.
Filmography
2025
- Akashi as Wakako
2024
- Top Swords Couple as Yumiko Fujii
2023
- Natchan's Little Secret as Keiko Namiki
2021
- Nishinari Goro's 400 Million Yen: Deadly Battle as Hiromi Hayashi
2020
2019
- Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
- A Long Goodbye as Yoko Higashi
- Smiles Leading To Happiness
2017
- The Dream of Nepenthes as Hisako Kashimada
- Our Meal for Tomorrow as Meiko Uemura
2016
- Cold Case ~Shinjitsu no Tobira~
- Natsuko Kira as Shuko Koyama
- Iyana onna
- Sento: The Bathhouse as Keiko (Old)
- 隠れ菊
- Anniversary
- To Eat To Live
2015
- Seven Detectives
- 3つの街の物語 as Matsuda Mariko
2013
- Ooka Echizen as Tae
- Kiyoko Ranman as Kudo Tomihisa
- Yellow Elephant as Seika
2011
2010
2008
- Gu Gu, the Cat as Asako's mother
- Be yourself
2007
- Yellow Tears as Kinu Muraoka
2005
- 汚れた舌
- Samurai Justice 2: Mother & Daughter as Segawa Yusen
2004
- Husband and Wife as Masako Motoki
- Shinibana as Suzuko Asuka
- Onigiri: Arcadia monogatari as Misa Uehara
2002
- Dolls as Ryoko
- Tensai Yanagisawa Kyouju no Seikatsu as Yanagisawa Masako
- 狂った果実2002
2001
- Merdeka 17805 as Fumiko Miyata
1999
- Suzuran as Kiyoko
1997
- Sa-shi-su-se-so!?
- To Love as Yamagata
1992
1983
- Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series as Shizuko Hibiki
- Akashi Kanpei 35-sai as Chieko Namikawa
1982
1981
- Himawari no Uta as Suzuki Yoshiko
1976
1971
- Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love as Kayo
- Night Butterflies
- Onna no Iji as Kada Junko
1970
- 時間ですよ as 松野芙美（第８回以降）
- Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny as Motoko Takahata
- Dangerous Games as Keiko Natsukawa
- Gambling Den Desire
- Rebel Against Glory
- A Young Man's Stronghold
1969
- Outlaw: Kill! as Yukiko Hashimoto
- 前科・仮釈放 as Tanihara Fumie
- Biographies of Killers
- Ruthless Gambler
- Gambler's Dilemma as Sugisaki Shimitsu
- Youth Bell
- Gorgeous Leopardess
- 涙でいいの
- Whirlwind Of Love
- Dear Tomorrow
1968
- Outlaw: Gangster VIP as Yukiko Hashimoto
- Outlaw: Goro the Assassin as Yuki Isomura
- Outlaw: Black Dagger as Yukiko Hashimoto
- Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 as Yukiko Hashimoto
- Outlaw: Heartless as Keiko Hashizume
- Song of my Life as Miyako Mori
- 若い川の流れ
- The Blazing Continent
- Eternal Love as Akiko Imamura
1967
- My Sweetheart as Matsubara
- Aruhi watashi wa
- Let's find your sweetheart
- The Aftermath of War
- A Bumpkin of Tokyo
- Lost Love as Wakana Tsutsui
- The Spiders: The Reckless Operation as Chino
1966
- Tokyo Drifter as Chiharu
- Lost in the Rain as Kawaji Ayako
- Black Tight Killers as Yoriko Sawanouchi
- Yama no Kanata ni
- Love Eternal as Chiyo Ogawa
- Your Life
- Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love as Chiharu
- Till We Meet Again
- The Scarred Angel
- Star of Destiny
- Cry for Sorrow
1965
- The Dragon of Macao as Honran
- 青春のお通り
- The Stars and I Decided... as Shizuko Inagaki
- Taking the Castle
- Song of Dawn as Chikako
- Killer Sword
- Shinkuna umi ga yon deru ze
- The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow
1964
- Tiger of the Sea
- Cruel Gun Story as Rie
- The Call of Blood as Yasuko Gôda
- The Flower and the Angry Waves
- Jinsei Gekijo
- Friends
- Traveling Alone with a Guitar
- Dai nippon kosodoro den as Shino, the maid
- Tale on Tokai Chivalry
1963
- Modern Children
- Kanto Wanderer as Tokiko
- Ginza no jirochō tenka no ichidaiji
- 午前零時の出獄
- Tale on Kanto Chivalry
- Chivalrous Outlaw
- Itsudemo yume o
- Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary
- The School Cap as Chieko Katsumata
- Kiriko's Tango
- The Kawakaze Guys as Baba Satoko