Chieko Takehisa
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday6 March 1912
Died14 September 2006 (age 94)
Place of birthNakakawaguchi, Akita, Japan
Known credits26
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 1941, she finally arrived in the United States on a student visa, marrying Kawakami in August of th…
The Bride from Japan
1959 · Taro's mother
Kaze no ko
1949
Those Who Make Tomorrow
1946 · Kin Okamoto, Mother
Uta e! Taiyō
1945
To Love and Swear
1945 · Shiraishi's wife
Harbor of Life
1944
Kantaro of Ina
1943
Horse
1941 · Saku Onoda, Ine's mother
The Monkey King
1940 · Witch
Wife of a Lily
1940
Hikari to kage (Zenpen)
1940
Hikari to kage (Kōhen)
1940
Enoken's Mori no Ishimatsu
1939
Blizzard Ronin
1939
Family Diary Part II
1938
Family Diary Part I
1938
Subterranean Heat
1938 · Okayo
Learn from Experience, Part Two
1937 · Yurie
Learn from Experience, Part One
1937 · Yurie
Nangoku taiheiki
1937 · Fujiharu
Japanese Women's Textbook
1937 · (Volume 1)
Yoru no hato
1937 · Okiyo
The Responsibility of Kissing
1936
Brother and Sister
1936
Botchan
1935 · Kosuzu, the geisha
Tadano Bonji: Jinsei Benkyô
1934
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