Chieko Baisho
{{Short description|Japanese actress and singer (born 1941)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Chieko Baisho
| image = Chieko Baishō at the Tokyo International Film Festival 2019 (49013476248) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Chieko Baisho at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2019
| native_name = 倍賞 千恵子
| native_name_lang = ja
| birthname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1941|6|29}}
| birth_place = Kita, Tokyo, Japan
| death_date =
| death_place =
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| occupation = Actress, singer, voice actress
| years_active = 1961–present
| spouse = {{ill|Reijiro Koroku|jp|小六禮次郎}} {{Wikidata entity link|Q4678162}}
| website = {{URL|http://baisho-chieko.com}}
}}
{{nihongo|Chieko Baisho|倍賞 千恵子|Baishō Chieko|born June 29, 1941}} is a Japanese actress and singer.{{cite web|url=http://baisho-chieko.com/profile.html|script-title=ja:プロフィール|trans-title=Profile|access-date=4 February 2013|language=ja}}{{cite web|url=http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%80%8D%E8%B3%9E%E5%8D%83%E6%81%B5%E5%AD%90|title=Baisho Chieko|language=ja|author=デジタル版 日本人名大辞典+Plus}}
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.{{Cite web|url= http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/1980/|script-title= ja:報知映画賞ヒストリー|access-date= 2010-01-18|language= ja|publisher= Cinema Hochi|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111005192353/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/1980/|archive-date= 2011-10-05}}
Voice acting
She sometimes performs as a voice actress, such as "Sophie" in Howl's Moving Castle in 2004. Although different voice actresses usually played young and old Sophie in the foreign dubs of the film, Baisho performed both roles alone, as well as the film's theme song.
Singing career
She has had a career as a singer since her debut with the song "Shitamachi no Taiyō" in 1962, for which she won the "newcomer award" of the Japan Record Award. Her 1965 single, "Sayonara wa dance atoni", a cha-cha ballad, later had its melody inspire the 1992 song Moonlight Densetsu, the theme song of the first four seasons for the anime adaption of Sailor Moon. A cover by Mariko Takahashi would later appear in another Ghibli film, Only Yesterday.{{Cite web|url=http://sailormusic.net/lyrics/sayonara-wa-dansu-no-ato-ni/|title = Sayonara wa Dance no Ato ni – Sailormusic.net}}
Personal
She is the older sister of Mitsuko Baisho, who is also an actress.{{cite web|url=http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%80%8D%E8%B3%9E%E7%BE%8E%E6%B4%A5%E5%AD%90|title=デジタル版 日本人名大辞典+Plusの解説|trans-title=Digital dictionary of Japanese people|quote=倍賞千恵子の妹。[Translation: (about Mitsuko Baisho) "She is the younger sister of Chieko Baisho."]|access-date=4 February 2013|language=ja}}
She is married to the Japanese composer {{ill|Reijiro Koroku|qid=Q4678162}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.news-kushiro.jp/news/20130116/201301165.html |title=釧路新聞〜釧路と根室地域のニュースをお届けするウェブサイト!〜 |access-date=2013-02-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122200316/http://news-kushiro.jp/news/20130116/201301165.html |archive-date=2013-01-22 }}
Selected filmography
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Film !Role !Notes !Ref |
| 1965
| | | |
| 1968
|Haruko | | |
| 1969–2019
|Otoko wa Tsurai yo series |Sakura Suwa | | |
| 1970
|Tamiko Kazami |Lead role | |
| 1977
|Mitsue Shima | | |
| 1980
|Tamiko Kazami | | |
| rowspan=3|1981
|Kiriko Michio | | |
| Mobile Suit Gundam - Movie I
|Kamaria Ray (voice) | | |
| Unico
|West Wind (voice) | | |
| 1986
|Yuki | | |
| 1988
|Tamiko Shima | | |
| 1997
|Lyre (voice) | | |
| rowspan=2|2004
|Sophie (voice) | | |
| The Hidden Blade
|Mrs. Katagiri | | |
| 2008
|Adult Hatsuko | | |
| 2010
|Mitsu | | |
| rowspan=2|2013
|Tokyo Newcomer |Kimie Igarashi | | |
| It All Began When I Met You
|Kotoko Oshima | | |
| 2014
| | |
| rowspan=2|2019
|Dad, Chibi is Gone |Yukiko Takei | |
| Weathering with You
|Fumi Tachibana (voice) | |
| 2020
|461 Days of Bento: A Promise Between Father and Son |Natsuko Suzumoto | |
| 2021
|Arc |elderly Rina | |{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/415512|title= 芳根京子が石川慶の監督作「Arc」で不老不死に、寺島しのぶや岡田将生ら共演|access-date= February 9, 2021|work= Natalie}}{{Cite web |url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000243.000029654.html |title=ケン・リュウのSF短篇小説を、石川慶監督が芳根京子主演で映画化 映画『Arc アーク』Blu-ray＆DVDを2月25日に発売 |date=22 February 2022 |accessdate=2023-12-15}} |
| 2022
| Plan 75 | Michi | Lead role |
| 2025
| Tokyo Taxi | Sumire Takano | Lead role |
Honours
- Kinuyo Tanaka Award (2001){{cite web|url= http://www.aa.alpha-net.ne.jp/kinuyo21/kinuyosho.htm|title= 田中絹代賞とは|access-date= April 3, 2021|work= Tanaka Kinuyo Memorial Association|archive-date= December 10, 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081210032517/http://www.aa.alpha-net.ne.jp/kinuyo21/kinuyosho.htm|url-status= dead}}
- Medal with Purple Ribbon (2005)
- Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2013)
References
{{Portal|Japan|Music|Film|Biography}}
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External links
{{Commonscat|Chieko Baishō}}
- {{Official website|http://baisho-chieko.com}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{IMDb name|id=0047962|name=Chieko Baisho}}
- [http://www.talent-databank.co.jp/search/talent.html?id=2000056675 Talent Databank profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023447/http://www.talent-databank.co.jp/search/talent.html?id=2000056675 |date=2016-03-04 }} {{in lang|ja}}
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{{Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actress}}
{{Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress}}
{{Hochi Film Award for Best Actress}}
{{Japan Academy Prize for Best Actress}}
{{Kinema Junpo Awards for Best Actress}}
{{Mainichi Film Award for Best Actress}}
{{Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Actress}}
{{Yokohama Film Festival Best Actress}}
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Category:Japanese film actresses
Category:Japanese television actresses
Category:Japanese voice actresses
Category:Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon
Category:Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class
Category:20th-century Japanese actresses
Category:20th-century Japanese women singers