Chieko Baisho
Born: 1941-06-29 in Kita, Tokyo, Japan
Known For: 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".
Filmography
2025
- Tokyo Taxi as Sumire Takano
2022
- Plan 75 as Michi Tsunotani
2021
- Arc as Rina
2020
- 461 Days of Bento: A Promise Between Father and Son as Natsuko Suzumoto
2019
- Weathering with You as Fumi Tachibana (voice)
- Tora-san, Wish You Were Here as Sakura Suwa (Torajiro's Sister)
- Only the Cat Knows as Yukiko
2014
- The Little House as Taki Nunomiya
2013
- It All Began When I Met You as Kotoko
- Hameln as Ritsuko
2012
- Tokyo Newcomer as Old Woman
2010
- Zatoichi: The Last as Mitsu
2009
- Honokaa Boy as Bee
2008
- Kabei: Our Mother as Hatsuko Nogami
2005
- A Heartful of Love as Tomoe Kakuta
2004
- Howl's Moving Castle as Sophie (voice)
- The Hidden Blade as Mrs. Katagiri
- Konbanwa as Narrator (voice)
2002
2001
- Tracing the Gray Summer as Sonia (voice)
1999
- Suzuran as Moe Tokiwa / Moe Hidaka
1997
- Jungle Emperor Leo as Lyre (voice)
- The Rainbow Seeker 2
- Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version as Sakura
1996
1995
- Tora-san to the Rescue as Sakura
1994
- Tora-san's Easy Advice as Sakura
1993
- Tora-san's Matchmaker as Sakura
1992
- Tora-san Makes Excuses as Sakura
1991
- Tora-san Confesses as Sakura
1990
- Tora-san Takes a Vacation as Sakura
1989
- Tora-san, My Uncle as Sakura
- Tora-san Goes to Vienna as Sakura
- Thousand Cranes
1988
- Downtown Heroes
- Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial as Sakura
1987
- Tora-san Plays Daddy as Sakura
- Tora-san Goes North as Sakura
1986
- Women Who Do Not Divorce
- Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
- Lost in the Wilderness as Kimiko, Naomi's wife
- Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy as Sakura
1985
- Tora-san, the Go-Between as Sakura
- Tora-san's Island Encounter as Sakura
1984
- Marriage Counselor Tora-san as Sakura
- Tora-san's Forbidden Love as Sakura
1983
- Unico in the Island of Magic as The West Wind (voice)
- Tora-san Goes Religious? as Sakura
- Karate Cop 2
- Tora-san's Song of Love as Sakura
- Fiddler on the Roof as Hodel
1982
- Tora-san, the Expert as Sakura
- Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san as Sakura
1981
- Mansaku no hana as 伊吹絹代
- The Fantastic Adventures of Unico as The West Wind (voice)
- Station as Michio Kiriko
- Tora-san's Love in Osaka as Sakura
- Tora-san's Promise as Sakura
1980
- A Distant Cry from Spring as Tamiko Kazami
- Tora-san's Tropical Fever as Sakura
- Foster Daddy, Tora! as Sakura
- Twenty-Four Eyes as Hisako Ōishi (voice)
1979
- Tora-san's Dream of Spring as Sakura
- Tora-san, the Matchmaker as Sakura
1978
- Talk of the Town Tora-san as Sakura
- Stage-Struck Tora-san as Sakura
1977
- The Yellow Handkerchief as Mitsue Shima
- Older brother as Toko
- Tora-san Meets His Lordship as Sakura
- Tora-san Plays Cupid as Sakura
1976
- Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset as Sakura
- Tora-san's Pure Love as Sakura
- Two Iida as Michi Aizawa
1975
- Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again as Sakura
- Tora-san, the Intellectual as Sakura
- The Village as Hideko Kono
1974
- Tora-san's Lovesick as Sakura
- Tora-san's Lullaby as Sakura
- Center of Tokyo as Okoto
1973
- Tora-san's Forget Me Not as Sakura
- Tora-san Loves an Artist as Sakura
1972
- Kōfuku Sōdan
- Tora-san's Dream-Come-True as Sakura
- Tora-san's Dear Old Home as Sakura
- Home from the Sea as Tamiko Ishizaki
- My Voiceless Friends
- Kigeki yūwaku ryokō
1971
- Tora-san, the Good Samaritan as Sakura
- Tora-san's Shattered Romance as Sakura
- Tora-san's Love Call as Sakura
- Kaiun ryokō
1970
- Tora-san's Runaway as Sakura
- Tora-san, His Tender Love as Sakura
- Where Spring Comes Late as Tamiko
- Tora-san's Grand Scheme as Sakura
- Oh, My Comrade!
1969
- Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp as Sakura
- Tora-san's Cherished Mother as Sakura
- Yosakoi Journey
- Topsy-Turvy Journey
- Vagabond Schemer as Tsuruyo
- Kekkon shimasu
1968
- I, the Executioner as Haruko
- The Million Dollar Pursuit as Miss
- 大安旅行 as 新庄晴子
- In Broad Daylight as Yoshiko Koshiishi
- 喜劇・大安旅行
1967
- The Greatest Challenge of All
- Song of Love as Haruko Tachibana
- Lover's Duet as Eiko Takayama
- Barren Love as Kieko Kikuchi
- Lightning
- Family of Women as 康子
- Let's Have A Dream as Aiko
1966
- Warm Current as Gin Ishiwata
- The Lovable Tramp as Aiko Kazami
- Gamblers' Luck
- Inochi hateru hi made
- The Sun of Love and Tears as Kazumi Kitamura
- The River Yokobori as Taka
- Our Wonderful Years as Fumiko
1965
- A Trap as Kiriko Yanagida
- The Soundless Cry
- Che, Che, Che with Love
- Zettai tasū
- Danshun as Setsuko Nagashima
1964
- Samurai from Nowhere as Chigusa
- Dislikes
- Our Happiness Alone as Yoshiko Sakawa
- 海抜0米 as 峠百合子
1963
- The Sunshine Girl
- Sing, Young People! as Yuko Nakajima
- The Night We Danced
- Shichinin no keiji as Miyoko Sekiguchi
- The Image of Mother as Oshino
- Hoshikuzu no Machi
1962
- Drunkard's Paradise
- Ballad of a Workman as Miyoko Ishikawa, Toshiyuki's girlfriend
- Mama, I Need You!
- Ai to kanashimi to
- Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
- Hadashi no hanayome
- Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama
- Get Married, Mother as Yukiyo Aoki
- Glory on the Summit
- Our Marriage as Saeko Hibino
- San'nin musume kanpai!
- Dolls floating down the river as Fumiko
- Naite waratta hanayome
1961
- Furimuita hanayome as Harue
- Sanctuary
- Women of Tokyo as Kiyomi Nishihara
- As the Clouds Scatter
- Shiroi minamikaze
- 喜劇 金の実る樹に恋が咲く as 三津子