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Chōko Iida

Chōko Iida

Chōko Iida

1897-04-15

Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan

ACTING

Biography

Chôko Iida (飯田蝶子, 15 April 1897 - 26 December 1972) was a Japanese actress. Her real name was Shigehara Tefu. She played working class women and grandmothers, and appeared in more than 300 films. Her husband was cameraman Shigehara Hideo. Description above from the Wikipedia article lida Chōko, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Best known for:

Stray Dog

Drunken Angel

The Only Son

A Story of Floating Weeds

Record of a Tenement Gentleman

Tokyo Chorus

The Rickshaw Man

What Did the Lady Forget?

Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

An Inn in Tokyo

Passing Fancy

I Graduated, But...

Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?

Forever a Woman

Apart from You

Days of Youth

Every-Night Dreams

A Mother Should Be Loved

Summer Clouds

Our Neighbor, Miss Yae

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

The Wild Geese

A Wanderer's Notebook

The Lady and the Beard

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Filmography:

Physical Beauty (1928)
APPEREAD AS:
Ritsuko, Takai's wife
Days of Youth (1929)
APPEREAD AS:
Aunty
I Graduated, But... (1929)
APPEREAD AS:
Landlady
Treasure Mountain (1929)
APPEREAD AS:
Geisha's house landlady
The Lady and the Beard (1931)
APPEREAD AS:
Hiroko's Mother
Tokyo Chorus (1931)
5.4
APPEREAD AS:
Sensei no tusma
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? (1932)
APPEREAD AS:
Saiki's mother
First Steps Ashore (1932)
APPEREAD AS:
Mistress of hotel

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Until the Day We Meet Again (1932)
APPEREAD AS:
Maid
The Loyal 47 Ronin (1932)
APPEREAD AS:
Nui, Fuwa's wife
Passing Fancy (1933)
APPEREAD AS:
Otome
Every-Night Dreams (1933)
APPEREAD AS:
Landlady
The Dancing Girl of Izu (1933)
APPEREAD AS:
Geisha
The Bride Talks in Her Sleep (1933)
APPEREAD AS:
Neighbor
A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)
5.8
APPEREAD AS:
Otsune
Our Neighbor, Miss Yae (1934)
APPEREAD AS:
Hamako

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A Mother Should Be Loved (1934)
APPEREAD AS:
Maid
The Genealogy of Women (1934)
APPEREAD AS:
Ogen, mistress
An Inn in Tokyo (1935)
APPEREAD AS:
Otsune
Burden of Life (1935)
APPEREAD AS:
Okane
Okoto and Sasuke (1935)
APPEREAD AS:
Okimi
An Innocent Maid (1935)
APPEREAD AS:
Otsune
The Only Son (1936)
6.1
APPEREAD AS:
Tsune Nonomiya
Woman in the Mist (1936)
APPEREAD AS:
Otoku, Seiichi's mother
Family Meeting (1936)
APPEREAD AS:
Oyuki
College Is a Nice Place (1936)
APPEREAD AS:
Wife of the b.h. owner
What Did the Lady Forget? (1937)
APPEREAD AS:
Chiyoko Sugiyama
The Trio's Engagements (1937)
APPEREAD AS:
Woman at tobacco shop
Nobuko (1940)
APPEREAD AS:
Okei
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941)
APPEREAD AS:
Kiyo
Notes of an Itinerant Performer (1941)
APPEREAD AS:
Landlady
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane (1943)
APPEREAD AS:
Otaka
Jubilation Street (1944)
APPEREAD AS:
Wife of bathhouse owner
Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947)
5.9
APPEREAD AS:
Otane
Spring Awakens (1947)
APPEREAD AS:
Tama Takemura
Drunken Angel (1948)
6.4
APPEREAD AS:
Bâya
Ghosts Die at Dawn (1948)
APPEREAD AS:
Yûko Kôriyama
Stray Dog (1949)
6.3
APPEREAD AS:
Kogetsu Hotel manager
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 (1949)
APPEREAD AS:
Okura
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 (1949)
APPEREAD AS:
Kohei's Mother
Mr. Shosuke Ohara (1949)
APPEREAD AS:
Oseki, old maid
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka (1950)
APPEREAD AS:
Teisaku's mother
Sanshiro of Ginza (1950)
APPEREAD AS:
Seeds
Kagebōshi (1950)
APPEREAD AS:
お蝶
Still I Live On (1951)
APPEREAD AS:
Akiyama grandmother
情艶一代女 (1951)
APPEREAD AS:
おしん
Divorce (1952)
APPEREAD AS:
Kikuyo
Tokyo Sweetheart (1952)
APPEREAD AS:
Matsuyo
Love's Cheerleader (1952)
APPEREAD AS:
Kiyo Yamamoto
The Wild Geese (1953)
APPEREAD AS:
Osan
Forever a Woman (1955)
APPEREAD AS:
Hide
Policeman's Diary (1955)
APPEREAD AS:
Tatsu, the mother
The Ghosts of Yotsuya (1956)
APPEREAD AS:
Omaki
Darkness at Noon (1956)
APPEREAD AS:
Tsuna Uemura
Stepbrothers (1957)
APPEREAD AS:
Masu
The Eleventh Hour (1957)
APPEREAD AS:
Kane Ishigaki
On Wings of Love (1957)
APPEREAD AS:
Grandmother
The Rickshaw Man (1958)
APPEREAD AS:
Otora
Summer Clouds (1958)
APPEREAD AS:
Hidé
Fox and Raccoon (1959)
APPEREAD AS:
Sugi
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education (1960)
APPEREAD AS:
Shirō's Mother
The Other Woman (1961)
APPEREAD AS:
Miho no sobo
Sir Galahad in Campus (1961)
APPEREAD AS:
Riki Tanuma
Wind and waves of the South (1961)
APPEREAD AS:
Riki
Playboy President (1961)
APPEREAD AS:
Elderly Woman on Train
Pride of the Campus (1962)
APPEREAD AS:
Riki Tanuma
Nippon no obaachan (1962)
APPEREAD AS:
Hana
College Champ (1962)
APPEREAD AS:
Riki Tanuma
The Young Ace in Hawaii (1963)
APPEREAD AS:
田沼りき
The Hill is Full of Flowers (1963)
APPEREAD AS:
Okuni
Hot Spring Doctress (1964)
APPEREAD AS:
Otami
Japan's No. 1 Braggart (1964)
APPEREAD AS:
Hitoshi's Grandmother
Sanshiro Sugata (1965)
APPEREAD AS:
Old Lady
Campus A Go-Go (1965)
APPEREAD AS:
Riki Tanuma
Young Guy at Sea (1965)
APPEREAD AS:
田沼りき
Young Ace in the Alps (1966)
APPEREAD AS:
Yuichi's Grandmother
A Company President's Life Story (1966)
APPEREAD AS:
Odanaka Masako (Owariya Chairwoman)
Let's Go! Young Guy (1967)
APPEREAD AS:
Riki Tanuma
The Young Ace in the South Pacific (1967)
APPEREAD AS:
Riki Tanuma
Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man (1969)
APPEREAD AS:
Kurokawa