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: Door of Truth as Kifune Misa
- Natsuko Kira as Shuko Koyama
- Iyana onna
- 隠れ菊
- Anniversary
- Sento: The Bathhouse as Keiko (Old)
- 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
- Blooming Again 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
- A Young Man's Stronghold
- Rebel Against Glory
1969
- Gambler's Dilemma as Sugisaki Shimitsu
- Outlaw: Kill! as Yukiko Hashimoto
- Biographies of Killers
- Ruthless Gambler
- Gorgeous Leopardess
- Whirlwind Of Love
- Dear Tomorrow
- 涙でいいの
- Youth Bell
- 前科・仮釈放 as Tanihara Fumie
1968
- Outlaw: Heartless as Keiko Hashizume
- Outlaw: Goro the Assassin as Yuki Isomura
- Outlaw: Black Dagger as Yukiko Hashimoto
- 若い川の流れ
- Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 as Yukiko Hashimoto
- Outlaw: Gangster VIP as Yukiko Hashimoto
- Song of my Life as Miyako Mori
- Eternal Love as Akiko Imamura
- The Blazing Continent
1967
- Lost Love as Wakana Tsutsui
- My Sweetheart as Matsubara
- Let's find your sweetheart
- Aruhi watashi wa
- The Aftermath of War
- The Spiders: The Reckless Operation as Chino
- A Bumpkin of Tokyo
1966
- Lost in the Rain as Kawaji Ayako
- Tokyo Drifter as Chiharu
- Love Eternal as Chiyo Ogawa
- Black Tight Killers as Yoriko Sawanouchi
- Yama no Kanata ni
- Your Life
- 青春のお通り 愛して泣いて突っ走れ！ as 駒あや子
- Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love as Chiharu
- Till We Meet Again
- Cry for Sorrow
- The Scarred Angel
- Star of Destiny
1965
- The Dragon of Macao as Honran
- 青春のお通り
- Song of Dawn as Chikako
- Taking the Castle
- The Stars and I Decided... as Shizuko Inagaki
- Killer Sword
- The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow
- Shinkuna umi ga yon deru ze
1964
- Tiger of the Sea
- Cruel Gun Story as Rie
- The Call of Blood as Yasuko Gôda
- The Flower and the Angry Waves
- Friends
- Jinsei Gekijo
- Tale on Tokai Chivalry
- Traveling Alone with a Guitar
- Dai nippon kosodoro den as Shino, the maid
1963
- Kanto Wanderer as Tokiko
- Ginza no jirochō tenka no ichidaiji
- 午前零時の出獄
- The School Cap as Chieko Katsumata
- Modern Children
- Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary
- Itsudemo yume o
- Chivalrous Outlaw
- Kiriko's Tango
- Tale on Kanto Chivalry
- The Kawakaze Guys as Baba Satoko