Chieko Higashiyama
Career. Graduating from the girls' school at Gakushuin, she married a businessman in 1909 and spent eight years in Moscow. In 1925, at the age of 35, she decided to become an actress and began training at the Tsukiji Shōgekijō. She appeared in many stage productions, most famously as Madame Ranevskaya in "The Cherry Orchard". She also appeared in films, including "Tokyo Story", which was voted the best film of all time in a poll of film directors by "Sight & Sound" magazine.