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
- To Eat To Live
- Sento: The Bathhouse as Keiko (Old)
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
- Onna no Iji as Kada Junko
- Night Butterflies
1970
- Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny as Motoko Takahata
- Dangerous Games as Keiko Natsukawa
- 時間ですよ as 松野芙美（第８回以降）
- Rebel Against Glory
- Gambling Den Desire
- A Young Man's Stronghold
1969
- Outlaw: Kill! as Yukiko Hashimoto
- Ruthless Gambler
- Gambler's Dilemma as Sugisaki Shimitsu
- Gorgeous Leopardess
- 前科・仮釈放 as Tanihara Fumie
- Biographies of Killers
- Youth Bell
- 涙でいいの
- Whirlwind Of Love
- Dear Tomorrow
1968
- Outlaw: Goro the Assassin as Yuki Isomura
- The Blazing Continent
- Outlaw: Black Dagger as Yukiko Hashimoto
- 若い川の流れ
- Outlaw: Gangster VIP as Yukiko Hashimoto
- Outlaw: Heartless as Keiko Hashizume
- Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 as Yukiko Hashimoto
- Song of my Life as Miyako Mori
- Eternal Love as Akiko Imamura
1967
- Lost Love as Wakana Tsutsui
- My Sweetheart as Matsubara
- Let's find your sweetheart
- The Spiders: The Reckless Operation as Chino
- Aruhi watashi wa
- A Bumpkin of Tokyo
- The Aftermath of War
1966
- Tokyo Drifter as Chiharu
- Lost in the Rain as Kawaji Ayako
- Black Tight Killers as Yoriko Sawanouchi
- The Scarred Angel
- Yama no Kanata ni
- Love Eternal as Chiyo Ogawa
- Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love as Chiharu
- Cry for Sorrow
- Your Life
- Till We Meet Again
- Star of Destiny
1965
- Taking the Castle
- The Dragon of Macao as Honran
- The Stars and I Decided... as Shizuko Inagaki
- 青春のお通り
- Song of Dawn as Chikako
- Shinkuna umi ga yon deru ze
- The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow
- Killer Sword
1964
- Cruel Gun Story as Rie
- Jinsei Gekijo
- The Flower and the Angry Waves
- The Call of Blood as Yasuko Gôda
- Tiger of the Sea
- Traveling Alone with a Guitar
- Tale on Tokai Chivalry
- Friends
- Dai nippon kosodoro den as Shino, the maid
1963
- Chivalrous Outlaw
- The School Cap as Chieko Katsumata
- Kanto Wanderer as Tokiko
- 午前零時の出獄
- Itsudemo yume o
- Ginza no jirochō tenka no ichidaiji
- Kiriko's Tango
- Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary
- Modern Children
- Tale on Kanto Chivalry
- The Kawakaze Guys as Baba Satoko