Chieko Takehisa
Known for: Acting
Born: March 6, 1912
Died: September 14, 2006
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…
Known for
Yoru no hato
1937
Brother and Sister
1936
To Love and Swear
1945
Learn from Experience, Part One
1937
Learn from Experience, Part Two
1937
Subterranean Heat
1938
Japanese Women's Textbook
1937
Kaze no ko
1949
Horse
1941
Harbor of Life
1944
Tadano Bonji: Jinsei Benkyô
1934
The Bride from Japan
1959
The Monkey King
1940
Family Diary Part I
1938
Family Diary Part II
1938
Wife of a Lily
1940
Hikari to kage (Kōhen)
1940
Blizzard Ronin
1939
Uta e! Taiyō
1945
Botchan
1935
Kantaro of Ina
1943
Hikari to kage (Zenpen)
1940
Enoken's Mori no Ishimatsu
1939
Those Who Make Tomorrow
1946
The Responsibility of Kissing
1936
Nangoku taiheiki
1937