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 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- 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)
- Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- The Rainbow Seeker 2
1996
1995
- Tora-san to the Rescue as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
1994
- Tora-san's Easy Advice as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
1993
- Tora-san's Matchmaker as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
1992
- Tora-san Makes Excuses as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
1991
- Tora-san Confesses as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
1990
- Tora-san Takes a Vacation as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
1989
- Tora-san, My Uncle as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- Tora-san Goes to Vienna as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- Thousand Cranes
1988
- Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- Downtown Heroes
1987
- Tora-san Goes North as Sakura
- Tora-san Plays Daddy as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
1986
- Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
- Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- Lost in the Wilderness as Kimiko, Naomi's wife
- Women Who Do Not Divorce
1985
- Tora-san, the Go-Between as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- Tora-san's Island Encounter as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
1984
- Tora-san's Forbidden Love as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- Marriage Counselor Tora-san as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
1983
- Tora-san Goes Religious? as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- Unico in the Island of Magic as The West Wind (voice)
- Karate Cop 2
- Tora-san's Song of Love as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- Fiddler on the Roof as Hodel
1982
- Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- Tora-san, the Expert as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
1981
- Mansaku no hana as 伊吹絹代
- Station as Michio Kiriko
- The Fantastic Adventures of Unico as The West Wind (voice)
- Tora-san's Love in Osaka as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- Tora-san's Promise as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
1980
- A Distant Cry from Spring as Tamiko Kazami
- Tora-san's Tropical Fever as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- Foster Daddy, Tora! as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- Twenty-Four Eyes as Hisako Ōishi (voice)
1979
- Tora-san, the Matchmaker as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- Tora-san's Dream of Spring as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
1978
- Talk of the Town Tora-san as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- Stage-Struck Tora-san as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
1977
- The Yellow Handkerchief as Mitsue Shima
- Older brother as Toko
- Tora-san Plays Cupid as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- Tora-san Meets His Lordship as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
1976
- Tora-san's Pure Love as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- Two Iida as Michi Aizawa
1975
- Tora-san, the Intellectual as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- The Village as Hideko Kono
1974
- Tora-san's Lovesick as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- Tora-san's Lullaby as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- Center of Tokyo as Okoto
1973
- Tora-san's Forget Me Not as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- Tora-san Loves an Artist as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
1972
- Kōfuku Sōdan
- Tora-san's Dream-Come-True as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- Tora-san's Dear Old Home as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- Home from the Sea as Tamiko Ishizaki
- My Voiceless Friends
- Kigeki yūwaku ryokō
1971
- Tora-san's Love Call as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- Tora-san, the Good Samaritan as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- Tora-san's Shattered Romance as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- Kaiun ryokō
1970
- Where Spring Comes Late as Tamiko
- Tora-san's Runaway as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- Tora-san, His Tender Love as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- Tora-san's Grand Scheme as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- Oh, My Comrade!
1969
- Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- Tora-san's Cherished Mother as 樱花（阿寅的妹妹）
- Topsy-Turvy Journey
- Vagabond Schemer as Tsuruyo
- Yosakoi Journey
- Kekkon shimasu
1968
- I, the Executioner as Haruko
- The Million Dollar Pursuit as Miss
- In Broad Daylight as Yoshiko Koshiishi
- 喜劇・大安旅行
- 大安旅行 as 新庄晴子
1967
- Barren Love as Kieko Kikuchi
- The Greatest Challenge of All
- Song of Love as Haruko Tachibana
- Let's Have A Dream as Aiko
- Lover's Duet as Eiko Takayama
- Lightning
- Family of Women as 康子
1966
- Gamblers' Luck
- The River Yokobori as Taka
- Warm Current as Gin Ishiwata
- Hi No Taiko
- The Lovable Tramp as Aiko Kazami
- Our Wonderful Years as Fumiko
- The Sun of Love and Tears as Kazumi Kitamura
- Inochi hateru hi made
1965
- A Trap as Kiriko Yanagida
- Ane to imôto as Setsuko
- The Soundless Cry
- Danshun as Setsuko Nagashima
- Zettai tasū
- Che, Che, Che with Love
1964
- Samurai from Nowhere as Chigusa
- My Lover as Sugiko Tsutsui
- Hadaka ikkan
- Hana no maiko-han
- Our Happiness Alone as Yoshiko Sakawa
- Imo samurai: Kani uemon
- Dislikes
- Kaibatsu 0 meter as 峠百合子
1963
- Niji o tsukamu odoriko
- Maiko-han
- The Night We Danced
- Shichinin no keiji as Miyoko Sekiguchi
- Wakai yatsu
- Futari de mune o hare
- Kagami no naka no razō
- Sing, Young People! as Yuko Nakajima
- The Image of Mother as Oshino
- The Sunshine Girl
- Hoshikuzu no Machi
1962
- Drunkard's Paradise
- Our Marriage as Saeko Hibino
- Ballad of a Workman as Miyoko Ishikawa, Toshiyuki's girlfriend
- Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
- Get Married, Mother as Yukiyo Aoki
- Dolls floating down the river as Fumiko
- Mama, I Need You!
- Ai to kanashimi to
- Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama
- Naite waratta hanayome
- Glory on the Summit
- San'nin musume kanpai!
- Hadashi no hanayome
1961
- Sanctuary
- Mama o uchi ga moeteru no
- Mizu tamari
- As the Clouds Scatter as Kaeko Kawaguchi
- Women of Tokyo as Kiyomi Nishihara
- Shiroi minamikaze
- Noren to hanayome as Kazuko
- Furimuita hanayome as Harue
- Kigeki: Kane no naru ki ni koi ga saku as 三津子