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 Goes to Vienna as Sakura
- Tora-san, My Uncle as Sakura
- Thousand Cranes
1988
- Downtown Heroes
- Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial as Sakura
1987
- Tora-san Goes North as Sakura
- Tora-san Plays Daddy as Sakura
1986
- Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
- Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy as Sakura
- Women Who Do Not Divorce
- Lost in the Wilderness as Kimiko, Naomi's wife
1985
- Tora-san's Island Encounter as Sakura
- Tora-san, the Go-Between as Sakura
1984
- Tora-san's Forbidden Love as Sakura
- Marriage Counselor Tora-san as Sakura
1983
- Unico in the Island of Magic as The West Wind (voice)
- Tora-san Goes Religious? as Sakura
- Tora-san's Song of Love as Sakura
- Karate Cop 2
- 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
- Station as Michio Kiriko
- The Fantastic Adventures of Unico as The West Wind (voice)
- Tora-san's Love in Osaka as Sakura
- Tora-san's Promise as Sakura
1980
- A Distant Cry from Spring as Tamiko Kazami
- Foster Daddy, Tora! as Sakura
- Tora-san's Tropical Fever 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 Pure Love as Sakura
- Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset as Sakura
- Two Iida as Michi Aizawa
1975
- Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again as Sakura
- The Village as Hideko Kono
- Tora-san, the Intellectual as Sakura
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
- Tora-san's Dear Old Home as Sakura
- Home from the Sea as Tamiko Ishizaki
- Tora-san's Dream-Come-True as Sakura
- My Voiceless Friends
- Kōfuku Sōdan
- Kigeki yūwaku ryokō
1971
- Tora-san's Shattered Romance as Sakura
- Tora-san's Love Call as Sakura
- Tora-san, the Good Samaritan as Sakura
- Kaiun ryokō
1970
- Where Spring Comes Late as Tamiko
- Tora-san, His Tender Love as Sakura
- Tora-san's Runaway as Sakura
- Oh, My Comrade!
- Tora-san's Grand Scheme as Sakura
1969
- Topsy-Turvy Journey
- Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp as Sakura
- Tora-san's Cherished Mother as Sakura
- Vagabond Schemer as Tsuruyo
- Kekkon shimasu
- Yosakoi Journey
1968
- I, the Executioner as Haruko
- 喜劇・大安旅行
- The Million Dollar Pursuit as Miss
- 大安旅行 as 新庄晴子
- In Broad Daylight as Yoshiko Koshiishi
1967
- Barren Love as Kieko Kikuchi
- The Greatest Challenge of All
- Song of Love as Haruko Tachibana
- Family of Women as 康子
- Let's Have A Dream as Aiko
- Lightning
- Lover's Duet as Eiko Takayama
1966
- The River Yokobori as Taka
- The Lovable Tramp as Aiko Kazami
- Hi No Taiko
- Inochi hateru hi made
- Gamblers' Luck
- Warm Current as Gin Ishiwata
- Our Wonderful Years as Fumiko
- The Sun of Love and Tears as Kazumi Kitamura
1965
- Ane to imôto as Setsuko
- A Trap as Kiriko Yanagida
- Che, Che, Che with Love
- Danshun as Setsuko Nagashima
- Zettai tasū
- The Soundless Cry
1964
- Samurai from Nowhere as Chigusa
- My Lover as Sugiko Tsutsui
- Hadaka ikkan
- Hana no maiko-han
- Imo samurai: Kani uemon
- Our Happiness Alone as Yoshiko Sakawa
- Dislikes
- Kaibatsu 0 meter as 峠百合子
1963
- The Night We Danced
- Niji o tsukamu odoriko
- The Sunshine Girl
- Sing, Young People! as Yuko Nakajima
- Futari de mune o hare
- Maiko-han
- Wakai yatsu
- Kagami no naka no razō
- 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
- Get Married, Mother as Yukiyo Aoki
- Ai to kanashimi to
- San'nin musume kanpai!
- Glory on the Summit
- Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama
- Naite waratta hanayome
- Hadashi no hanayome
- Our Marriage as Saeko Hibino
- Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
- Dolls floating down the river as Fumiko
- Mama, I Need You!
1961
- Sanctuary
- Mizu tamari
- Mama o uchi ga moeteru no
- Noren to hanayome as Kazuko
- Shiroi minamikaze
- Women of Tokyo as Kiyomi Nishihara
- Kigeki: Kane no naru ki ni koi ga saku as 三津子
- As the Clouds Scatter as Kaeko Kawaguchi
- Furimuita hanayome as Harue