Chieko Nakakita
Acting
Biography
Chieko Nakakita (May 21 , 1926 - September 13, 2005) was a Japanese actress known for her roles in the films of Akira Kurosawa and Mikio Naruse. She was married to Toho producer Tomoyuki Tanaka. She later appeared in Mikio Naruse's films such as Meal, Floating Clouds, and Flowong. She was mainly active as a supporting actor.
Born: May 21, 1926
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Known For
Hello, Baby
A young Tokyo couple’s blissful newlywed life is turned upside down when an unexpected pregnancy arrives, sending them on a whirlwind quest for support from eccentric relatives and well-meaning neighbors.
The Storm
A widowed high-school teacher tries to raise his four children alone.
Happiness of Us Alone
The story is of two people. One is deaf, the other deaf and mute. They marry after meeting at a school reunion, and the film follows their trials and tribulations ... and joys.
Farewell Rabaul
A squadron of Japanese fighter pilots realise that they are never going to win the war when they understand that Japanese military tactics have little regard for life. Seeking the companionship of any woman who will have them, they spend their days indulging in every fantasy in order to escape the overwhelming fear of death looming just over the horizon.
Yearning
War widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband's family. Many years later, their business is threatened by a newly built supermarket and Reiko's in-laws plan to convert their small shop into a supermarket, to her detriment.
Irresponsible Rascal of Japan
Sequel to "Irresponsible Age of Japan".
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
A timid salaryman is the subject of this black comedy.
Lord for a Night
In 1887, two businessmen, Echigo-ya and Kitahara, compete for railroad construction authorization from the government. The minister states that a local noble must not object, and his missing younger brother is the only one who could sway him. Meanwhile, Omitsu, a hotel employee tired of Echigo-ya’s wife’s arrogance, teams up with Kitahara to stage a scheme where a vagrant young man pretends to be the noble’s lost brother, aiming to trick and embarrass the wealthy woman.
Irresponsible Age of Japan
An irresponsible salaryman works his way to the top of the corporate ladder.
Procurer of Hell
Tobe is a small-time crook who runs a prostitution business of blonde girls, as well as sells pornographic pictures. He frequents a cafe run by two women, one of them a young widow with a son. They like him and think that he is an ordinary office worker. One day, Tobe accidentally discovers pictures of an acquaintance, Kanzaburo, with a woman and sets out to blackmail him. He soon finds out that Kanzaburo died in a train accident but things may not be what they seem
Filmography
as Hisako
as たつ
as Mrs. Kane
as Kinuko Saotome
as Yoko's mother
as Kazuko Mikami
as Mrs. Kaga
as Sakiko, the landlady
as Otaka
as Oharu
as Mineko Itami
as Yoshi Takagi
as Toshiko Furuya
as Kyoku of Yae
as Nobu
as Kiku Totsuka
as Kuniko Ishino
as Tomoko
as Aunt Kiyo
as Tenazuchi
as (uncredited)
as Tsuruko
as Oyoshi Matsuda
as Sachiko
as Toshi (maid)
as Sumiko
as Katsuko Horiuchi (Toshiko’s mother)
as Otama
as Osuzu, Oshima's older sister
as Yoneko
as Kazuko (Ryūji’s wife)
as とし子の姉
as Fusae Tsuma
as Kaoru
as Tsuruko Higeta
as Sakae Tominaga
as Toki Kurobayashi
as Sadako Izumi
as Kuniko Tomioka
as Madame
as Natsuko
as Shinako Yoshino
as Michiyo
as Aihara Fusako
as Mary
as Harue
as Kayo Konishi
as Eiko Matsuyama
as Mrs. Akamatsu
as Ritsu
as Noriko Kurihara
as Keiko Yamakita
as Dr. Sekine
as Katsuko, Yoshiko's sister
as Takiko Nakada
as Miyo
as Masako
as Kimura
as Lady
as Yoshiko Okamoto, Elder Sister
as Student worker (uncredited)