Chieko Takehisa
Birthday
1912/03/06
Day of death
2006/09/14 (94 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Nakakawaguchi, Akita, Japan
Also know as
Тиэко Такэхиса, 河上千恵子, かわかみ ちえこ, Chieko Kawakami
Biography
Chieko Takehisa (March 6, 1912 – September 14, 2006) was a Japanese actress from Akita Prefecture. At 15, she dropped out of high school to join the movie industry. She then starred in many films and plays from the 1930s to the 1940s, becoming popular as an actress in "moga" (modern girl) roles. In 1935, Takehisa met American journalist Clarke Kawakami at a Christmas party. They soon fell in love, but America's Japanese exclusion laws created great difficulty in securing a visa for Takehisa. In...Read more
Acting
(1945) To Love and Swear
as Shiraishi's wife
(1940) Hikari to kage (Zenpen)
as ---
(1959) The Bride from Japan
as Taro's mother
(1939) Enoken's Mori no Ishimatsu
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(1940) Wife of a Lily
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(1937) Learn from Experience, Part One
as Yurie
(1937) Learn from Experience, Part Two
as Yurie
(1939) Blizzard Ronin
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(1938) Subterranean Heat
as Okayo
(1937) Japanese Women's Textbook
as (Volume 1)
(1940) The Monkey King
as Witch
(1949) Kaze no ko
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(1943) Kantaro of Ina
as ---
(1935) Botchan
as Kosuzu, the geisha
(1937) Yoru no hato
as Okiyo
(1937) Nangoku taiheiki
as Fujiharu
(1944) Harbor of Life
as ---
(1946) Those Who Make Tomorrow
as Kin Okamoto, Mother
(1941) Horse
as Saku Onoda, Ine's mother
(1936) Brother and Sister
as ---
(1934) Tadano Bonji: Jinsei Benkyô
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(1940) Hikari to kage (Kōhen)
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(1945) Uta e! Taiyō
as ---