Chieko Baisho
Acting • Born 1941-06-29
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
154 credits
The Yellow Handkerchief
Movie • 1977
Mitsue Shima
Kabei: Our Mother
Movie • 2008
Hatsuko Nogami
The Hidden Blade
Movie • 2004
Mrs. Katagiri
In Broad Daylight
Movie • 1968
Yoshiko Koshiishi
Dolls floating down the river
Movie • 1962
Fumiko
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
Movie • 1962
The Soundless Cry
Movie • 1965
Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama
Movie • 1962
The Sun of Love and Tears
Movie • 1966
Kazumi Kitamura
The River Yokobori
Movie • 1966
Taka
A Distant Cry from Spring
Movie • 1980
Tamiko Kazami
Jungle Emperor Leo
Movie • 1997
Lyre (voice)
The Village
Movie • 1975
Hideko Kono
Samurai from Nowhere
Movie • 1964
Chigusa
I, the Executioner
Movie • 1968
Haruko
Station
Movie • 1981
Michio Kiriko
Downtown Heroes
Movie • 1988
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Movie • 1969
Sakura
Tora-san Loves an Artist
Movie • 1973
Sakura
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Movie • 1976
Sakura
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
Movie • 1970
Sakura
Plan 75
Movie • 2022
Michi Tsunotani
Home from the Sea
Movie • 1972
Tamiko Ishizaki
Tracing the Gray Summer
Movie • 2001
Sonia (voice)
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
Movie • 1973
Sakura
Tora-san Goes Religious?
Movie • 1983
Sakura
Tora-san, His Tender Love
Movie • 1970
Sakura
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Movie • 1971
Sakura
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Movie • 1979
Sakura
Tora-san's Runaway
Movie • 1970
Sakura
Our Marriage
Movie • 1962
Saeko Hibino
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
Movie • 1971
Sakura
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
Movie • 1972
Sakura
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
Movie • 1984
Sakura
Unico in the Island of Magic
Movie • 1983
The West Wind (voice)
The Fantastic Adventures of Unico
Movie • 1981
The West Wind (voice)
Tora-san's Love Call
Movie • 1971
Sakura
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
Movie • 1972
Sakura
San'nin musume kanpai!
Movie • 1962
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
Movie • 1975
Sakura
Where Spring Comes Late
Movie • 1970
Tamiko
Tora-san's Lovesick
Movie • 1974
Sakura
Tora-san's Lullaby
Movie • 1974
Sakura
Ai to kanashimi to
Movie • 1962
Tora-san, the Intellectual
Movie • 1975
Sakura
Oh, My Comrade!
Movie • 1970
It All Began When I Met You
Movie • 2013
Kotoko
Women of Tokyo
Movie • 1961
Kiyomi Nishihara
Tora-san's Pure Love
Movie • 1976
Sakura
Fiddler on the Roof
Movie • 1983
Hodel
Yosakoi Journey
Movie • 1969
Thousand Cranes
Movie • 1989
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
Movie • 1977
Sakura
Drunkard's Paradise
Movie • 1962
Two Iida
Movie • 1976
Michi Aizawa
The Little House
Movie • 2014
Taki Nunomiya
Topsy-Turvy Journey
Movie • 1969
Tora-san Plays Cupid
Movie • 1977
Sakura
A Heartful of Love
Movie • 2005
Tomoe Kakuta
Tora-san, My Uncle
Movie • 1989
Sakura
The Rainbow Seeker
Movie • 1996
Tora-san Makes Excuses
Movie • 1992
Sakura
Hameln
Movie • 2013
Ritsuko
Stage-Struck Tora-san
Movie • 1978
Sakura
Mama, I Need You!
Movie • 1962
Naite waratta hanayome
Movie • 1962
Talk of the Town Tora-san
Movie • 1978
Sakura
Hoshikuzu no Machi
Movie • 1963
大安旅行
Movie • 1968
新庄晴子
Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp
Movie • 1969
Sakura
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Movie • 1979
Sakura
Dislikes
Movie • 1964
A Trap
Movie • 1965
Kiriko Yanagida
Lost in the Wilderness
Movie • 1986
Kimiko, Naomi's wife
Our Wonderful Years
Movie • 1966
Fumiko
Furimuita hanayome
Movie • 1961
Harue
Tora-san to the Rescue
Movie • 1995
Sakura
Tora-san's Matchmaker
Movie • 1993
Sakura
Tora-san's Easy Advice
Movie • 1994
Sakura
Tora-san, the Go-Between
Movie • 1985
Sakura
Tora-san, the Expert
Movie • 1982
Sakura
Tora-san's Song of Love
Movie • 1983
Sakura
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
Movie • 1986
Sakura
Tora-san's Island Encounter
Movie • 1985
Sakura
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
Movie • 1988
Sakura
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
Movie • 1984
Sakura
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Movie • 1989
Sakura
Tora-san Plays Daddy
Movie • 1987
Sakura
Tora-san's Promise
Movie • 1981
Sakura
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
Movie • 1990
Sakura
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
Movie • 1982
Sakura
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
Movie • 1981
Sakura
Tora-san Confesses
Movie • 1991
Sakura
Foster Daddy, Tora!
Movie • 1980
Sakura
Ballad of a Workman
Movie • 1962
Miyoko Ishikawa, Toshiyuki's girlfriend
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
Movie • 1997
Sakura
Sing, Young People!
Movie • 1963
Yuko Nakajima
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
Movie • 1986
Tokyo Newcomer
Movie • 2012
Old Woman
As the Clouds Scatter
Movie • 1961
The Sunshine Girl
Movie • 1963
The Rainbow Seeker 2
Movie • 1997
Our Happiness Alone
Movie • 1964
Yoshiko Sakawa
The Lovable Tramp
Movie • 1966
Aiko Kazami
Honokaa Boy
Movie • 2009
Bee
Karate Cop 2
Movie • 1983
The Image of Mother
Movie • 1963
Oshino
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
Movie • 1980
Sakura
Hadashi no hanayome
Movie • 1962
Gamblers' Luck
Movie • 1966
Che, Che, Che with Love
Movie • 1965
Women Who Do Not Divorce
Movie • 1986
Glory on the Summit
Movie • 1962
Only the Cat Knows
Movie • 2019
Yukiko
The Night We Danced
Movie • 1963
Lover's Duet
Movie • 1967
Eiko Takayama
Twenty-Four Eyes
Movie • 1980
Hisako Ōishi (voice)
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
Movie • 2019
Sakura Suwa (Torajiro's Sister)
Weathering with You
Movie • 2019
Fumi Tachibana (voice)
Howl's Moving Castle
Movie • 2004
Sophie (voice)
Zatoichi: The Last
Movie • 2010
Mitsu
Let's Have A Dream
Movie • 1967
Aiko
Song of Love
Movie • 1967
Haruko Tachibana
The Greatest Challenge of All
Movie • 1967
Vagabond Schemer
Movie • 1969
Tsuruyo
The Million Dollar Pursuit
Movie • 1968
Miss
Shichinin no keiji
Movie • 1963
Miyoko Sekiguchi
My Voiceless Friends
Movie • 1972
Get Married, Mother
Movie • 1962
Yukiyo Aoki
461 Days of Bento: A Promise Between Father and Son
Movie • 2020
Natsuko Suzumoto
Tora-san Goes North
Movie • 1987
Sakura
Warm Current
Movie • 1966
Gin Ishiwata
Arc
Movie • 2021
Rina
55th anniversary performance of Tora-San: Rakugo, Talk and Tora Jiro Returns
Movie • 2024
Tokyo Taxi
Movie • 2025
Sumire Takano
Kaiun ryokō
Movie • 1971
Noren to hanayome
Movie
Kazuko
Lightning
Movie • 1967
喜劇・大安旅行
Movie • 1968
Inochi hateru hi made
Movie • 1966
Kigeki yūwaku ryokō
Movie • 1972
白い南風
Movie • 1961
Center of Tokyo
Movie • 1974
Okoto
Kekkon shimasu
Movie • 1969
Zettai tasū
Movie • 1965
女たちの庭
Movie • 1967
康子
喜劇 金の実る樹に恋が咲く
Movie • 1961
三津子
海抜0米
Movie • 1964
峠百合子
Konbanwa
Movie • 2004
Narrator (voice)
Older brother
TV • 1977
Toko
Mansaku no hana
TV • 1981
伊吹絹代
The Summer Promise
TV • 2002
Kōfuku Sōdan
TV • 1972
Suzuran
TV • 1999
Moe Tokiwa / Moe Hidaka