Chieko Baisho

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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".

Known For

Howl's Moving Castle

Sophie (voice)

Weathering with You

Fumi Tachibana (voice)

The Hidden Blade

Mrs. Katagiri

Plan 75

Michi Tsunotani

Jungle Emperor Leo

Lyre (voice)

The Little House

Taki Nunomiya

Kabei: Our Mother

Hatsuko Nogami

The Yellow Handkerchief

Mitsue Shima

Full Filmography

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

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