Chieko Baisho - Actor Profile

Chieko Baisho

20Movies
9.0 Best Rating

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".

Top Rated Movies

★9.0
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset (1976) movie poster
★9.0

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.

Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset

1976•Comedy
★9.0
Talk of the Town Tora-san (1978) movie poster
★9.0

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

Talk of the Town Tora-san

1978•Comedy
★9.0
Tora-san Plays Daddy (1987) movie poster
★9.0

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.

Tora-san Plays Daddy

1987•Comedy
★8.7
Tora-san, My Uncle (1989) movie poster
★8.7

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

Tora-san, My Uncle

1989•Comedy
★8.7
Tora-san Goes North (1987) movie poster
★8.7

Tora-san Goes North — When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune) in his relationship

Tora-san Goes North

1987•Comedy

Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
1976 Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset Sakura ★ 9.0 HIT
1978 Talk of the Town Tora-san Sakura ★ 9.0 HIT
1987 Tora-san Plays Daddy Sakura ★ 9.0 HIT
1989 Tora-san, My Uncle Sakura ★ 8.7 HIT
1987 Tora-san Goes North Sakura ★ 8.7 HIT
1976 Tora-san's Pure Love Sakura ★ 8.5 HIT
1977 Tora-san Meets His Lordship Sakura ★ 8.5 HIT
1979 Tora-san, the Matchmaker Sakura ★ 8.5 HIT
1993 Tora-san's Matchmaker Sakura ★ 8.5 HIT
1988 Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial Sakura ★ 8.5 HIT
1982 Tora-san, the Expert Sakura ★ 8.5 HIT
1981 Tora-san's Love in Osaka Sakura ★ 8.5 HIT
1988 Downtown Heroes - ★ 8.4 HIT
2004 Howl's Moving Castle Sophie (voice) ★ 8.4 HIT
1969 Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp Sakura ★ 8.1 HIT
1965 The Soundless Cry - ★ 8.0 HIT
1973 Tora-san Loves an Artist Sakura ★ 8.0 HIT
1973 Tora-san's Forget Me Not Sakura ★ 8.0 HIT
1983 Tora-san Goes Religious? Sakura ★ 8.0 HIT
1979 Tora-san's Dream of Spring Sakura ★ 8.0 HIT