Chieko Baisho
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".
Born: June 29, 1941
Place of Birth: Kita, Tokyo, Japan
Known For
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Tora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo's first day of school only to find that on his account, Mitsuo was embarrassed. After a fight with his family, he goes to a bar to drink, then brings home a surly old man with a sad story, whose identity will surprise everyone. Later, Tora meets Botan, a geisha.
Talk of the Town Tora-san
After a chance encounter with Hiroshi's father on a bus, Tora decides to get serious and reflect on the mortality of man. His plans are derailed when a beautiful lady starts working at Toraya.
Tora-san Plays Daddy
A playboy-gambler friend of Tora-san’s dies and, abandoned by his mother, his little boy suddenly turns up in Shibamata. Searching for the boy’s mother, Tora-san meets a cosmetics saleslady and the three become a surrogate family, with Tora-san as “daddy”.
Tora-san, My Uncle
Tora-san's nephew Mitsuo is exchanging letters with Izumi, a former classmate whose parents divorced and took her out of Tokyo.
Tora-san Goes North
When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune) in his relationships with his estranged daughter, and a woman in whom he is secretly interested.
Tora-san's Pure Love
When Tora-san's infatuation with his nephew's school teacher causes family turmoil, he leaves on his travels again. When he returns, he falls in love with the teacher's mother.
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
Tora-san befriends the descendant of a feudal lord. The man asks Tora to locate his deceased son's wife who resides somewhere in Tokyo.
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Tora-san helps out a runaway bride.
Tora-san's Matchmaker
After failing to find a job, Mitsuo becomes a fisherman on a small island, and develops a crush on a young nurse there. Tora-san, dispatched to bring Mitsuo back home, himself falls in love with an attractive but troubled woman visiting her father.
Tora-san, the Expert
Tora-san gets into an argument with his uncle and sets out on the road again. In Kyushu he meets a young woman named Keiko and the shy zoologist Saburō, and attempts to play matchmaker between the two when they all return to Tokyo.
Filmography
as Sumire Takano
as Michi Tsunotani
as Rina
as Natsuko Suzumoto
as Sakura Suwa (Torajiro's Sister)
as Fumi Tachibana (voice)
as Yukiko
as Taki Nunomiya
as Kotoko
as Ritsuko
as Old Woman
as Mitsu
as Bee
as Hatsuko Nogami
as Tomoe Kakuta
as Mrs. Katagiri
as Sophie (voice)
as Sonia (voice)
as Moe Tokiwa / Moe Hidaka
as Lyre (voice)
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Kimiko, Naomi's wife
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Sakura
as The West Wind (voice)
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Michio Kiriko
as Sakura
as 伊吹絹代
as The West Wind (voice)
as Sakura
as Hisako Ōishi (voice)
as Sakura
as Tamiko Kazami
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Toko
as Mitsue Shima
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Michi Aizawa
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Hideko Kono
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Okoto
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Tamiko Ishizaki
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Tamiko
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Sakura
as Tsuruyo
as 新庄晴子
as Yoshiko Koshiishi
as Haruko
as Miss
as Eiko Takayama
as 康子
as Haruko Tachibana
as Aiko
as Aiko Kazami
as Fumiko
as Taka
as Kazumi Kitamura
as Gin Ishiwata
as Kiriko Yanagida
as 峠百合子
as Yoshiko Sakawa
as Chigusa
as Oshino
as Miyoko Sekiguchi
as Yuko Nakajima
as Yukiyo Aoki
as Miyoko Ishikawa, Toshiyuki's girlfriend
as Saeko Hibino
as Fumiko
as 三津子
as Kiyomi Nishihara
as Kazuko