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
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
- 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
- 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
- Onna no Iji as Kada Junko
- Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love as Kayo
- Night Butterflies
1970
- Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny as Motoko Takahata
- Dangerous Games as Keiko Natsukawa
- Rebel Against Glory
- Gambling Den Desire
- A Young Man's Stronghold
1969
- Outlaw: Kill! as Yukiko Hashimoto
- Ruthless Gambler
- Gorgeous Leopardess
- Gambler's Dilemma as Sugisaki Shimitsu
- Youth Bell
- Whirlwind Of Love
- 前科・仮釈放 as Tanihara Fumie
- Dear Tomorrow
- 涙でいいの
- Biographies of Killers
1968
- Outlaw: Heartless as Keiko Hashizume
- Outlaw: Goro the Assassin as Yuki Isomura
- Outlaw: Gangster VIP as Yukiko Hashimoto
- Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 as Yukiko Hashimoto
- Song of my Life as Miyako Mori
- 若い川の流れ
- Outlaw: Black Dagger as Yukiko Hashimoto
- Eternal Love as Akiko Imamura
- The Blazing Continent
1967
- My Sweetheart as Matsubara
- Aruhi watashi wa
- The Spiders: The Reckless Operation as Chino
- The Aftermath of War
- Lost Love as Wakana Tsutsui
- Let's find your sweetheart
- A Bumpkin of Tokyo
1966
- Tokyo Drifter as Chiharu
- Lost in the Rain as Kawaji Ayako
- Black Tight Killers as Yoriko Sawanouchi
- Love Eternal as Chiyo Ogawa
- Till We Meet Again
- The Scarred Angel
- Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love as Chiharu
- Your Life
- Star of Destiny
- Cry for Sorrow
- Yama no Kanata ni
1965
- Taking the Castle
- The Stars and I Decided... as Shizuko Inagaki
- Shinkuna umi ga yon deru ze
- Song of Dawn as Chikako
- The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow
- The Dragon of Macao as Honran
- Killer Sword
- 青春のお通り
1964
- Cruel Gun Story as Rie
- The Flower and the Angry Waves
- Tale on Tokai Chivalry
- Dai nippon kosodoro den as Shino, the maid
- Traveling Alone with a Guitar
- The Call of Blood as Yasuko Gôda
- Friends
- Tiger of the Sea
- Jinsei Gekijo
1963
- Kanto Wanderer as Tokiko
- The School Cap as Chieko Katsumata
- 午前零時の出獄
- Itsudemo yume o
- Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary
- Kiriko's Tango
- Modern Children
- Chivalrous Outlaw
- The Kawakaze Guys as Baba Satoko
- Tale on Kanto Chivalry
- Ginza no jirochō tenka no ichidaiji