Tag: Chieko Baisho

Chieko Baisho movies and tv shows: Chieko is affiliated with Shochiku Entertainment. She debuted as an actress in the early 1960s after graduating from the Shochiku Music and Dance School. She won the Best Actress award at the 5th Hochi Film Awards for A Distant Cry from Spring (1980). She portrayed Sakura Suwa in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series from 1969 to 2019 and voiced Sophie in Howl’s Moving Castle (2004). Her film credits include The Yellow Handkerchief (1977), A Distant Cry from Spring (1980), Station (1981), Kabei: Our Mother (2008), The Little House (2014), Weathering with You (2019), Arc (2021), Plan 75 (2022), and Tokyo Taxi (2025). Her television appearances include Aoi Sanmyaku (1963), Kaze no Haruka (2005–2006), and Yasuragi no Sato (2017). Chieko was born on June 29, 1941 in Tokyo.