Chieko Matsubara
Chieko Matsubara (born 6 January 1945) is a Japanese actress. She is best known for her roles in Tokyo Drifter (1966) and the Outlaw series. Spotted at a beauty contest sponsored by the Nikkatsu studio, Matsubara made her debut in 1961 at age 16 in Yoru no chōsensha. Matsubara won popularity and became one of the representative actresses of the Nikkatsu. She appeared in over 100 films at Nikkatsu.
Tokyo Drifter
as ChiharuAfter yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to...
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Dolls
as RyokoDolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action...
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A Long Goodbye
as Yoko HigashiMari and Humi learn from their mother that their father has dementia on his 70th birthday. They...
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Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
as Motoko TakahataThe upstart Godai family conglomerate plans to strengthen ties with the hardliners in the...
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Yellow Elephant
as SeikaMarried couple Aiko Tsumari and Ayumu Muko live a happy and peaceful life. Aiko is bit naive,...
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Our Meal for Tomorrow
as Meiko UemuraA 7 year love story between Ryota Hayama and Koharu Uemura from their first date to eventual...
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Taking the Castle
as uncreditedThe Sengoku Era was coming to an end. The monopoly of the ever powerful shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa,...
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Ruthless Gambler
as uncreditedUnlike traditional gangster movies, it is a gangster swashbuckler that mixes romance and...
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Outlaw: Gangster VIP
as Yukiko HashimotoGoro had grown up in the yakuza world. As an active member of the Mizuhara family crime...
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The Flower and the Angry Waves
as uncreditedA young yakuza in love with the girl who's to marry his clan oyabun, kidnaps the girl before...
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Black Tight Killers
as Yoriko SawanouchiDaisuke Honda, a war photographer in Vietnam, meets Yuriko Sawanouchi, a stewardess on his plane...
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Cruel Gun Story
as RieBusinessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on...
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Outlaw: Heartless
as Keiko HashizumeGoro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) was indebted to Mitsugimoto. Sawada, a low rank yakuza with a...
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Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
as Yuki IsomuraOn a cold winter day, Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) and Masahiko murder the mob boss of...
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
as AsamiThe eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves...
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At River's Edge
as IseA samurai Sakunosuke gets an order from clan chamberlain to kill another samurai who is married...
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Kanto Wanderer
as TokikoHandsome young Katsuta tries to follow the yakuza code, but even his boss doesn't believe in it....
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Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love
as KayoA story of lone wolf struggling with human compassion and duty.
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Gu Gu, the Cat
as Asako's motherAsako, a comic book artist in her early forties, is devastated by the death of her precious cat,...
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Onigiri: Arcadia monogatari
as Misa UeharaA couple flees Tokyo, their family and friends. The girlfriend is a member of a rock band. She...
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Outlaw: Black Dagger
as Yukiko HashimotoA street war breaks loose between two rival gangs in the Kansai region of Japan. Goro is in the...
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The School Cap
as Chieko KatsumataA Tokyo student transfers to a rural school and finds it difficult to adjust himself to its...
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Gambler's Dilemma
as Sugisaki ShimitsuThe love story between a traveling guest and a geisha who inadvertently becomes the leader of...
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The Spiders' The Reckless Operation
as ChinoThe Spiders, a Japanese pop group, in their first starring role, walk from Yokohama to Tokyo, to...
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Crimson pistol belt
as uncreditedWearing a symbol of justice and brotherhood on his waist – a crimson pistol belt, Ace Joe...
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The Blazing Continent
as uncreditedA youthful Nikkatsu drama about a Japanese painter who travels to Australia and falls in love.
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Dangerous Games
as Keiko NatsukawaDrama is afoot at Shirobara Middle School when the bold Henmi Ryoko transfers into Class A, 9th...
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The Dragon of Macao
as HonranRyu (Akira Kobayashi) sets foot on the Yokohama port with a suitcase filled with 300 thousand...
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Natchan's Little Secret
as Keiko NamikiWhen three drag queens, Virgin, Moririn, and Zubuko, learn that their mentor and former drag...
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Outlaw: Kill!
as Yukiko HashimotoGoro has always been a lone wolf. When he arrives at an industrial city in Keihin, there is...
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Song of Dawn
as ChikakoMusical actress Noriko feels frustrated by the futility of her affair with a married man. Then...
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Itsudemo yume o
as uncreditedThis is a factory area in downtown Tokyo, and Hikaru, nicknamed Pika-chan, is a nurse at the...
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Yellow Tears
as Kinu MuraokaThe movie is centered around five friends as they end up spending the summer of 1962 shackled up...
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16-Sai no Marine Blue
as uncreditedA film by Akiyoshi Imazeki. Emi is a 16-year-old girl who lives in Enoshima. An adolescent movie...
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The Call of Blood
as Yasuko GôdaTwo brothers seek revenge on the yakuza responsible for the death of their father.
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A Young Man's Stronghold
as uncreditedA 1970 juvenile delinquent drama.
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Jinsei Gekijo
as uncredited1964 Nikkatsu Theater of Life adaptation.
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My Sweetheart
as MatsubaraIt had been a year and four months since Mitsuo was last on a movie set. Welcomed back by...
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Kitakami yakyoku
as Shizuko SudaKeisuke and Shizuko grew up by the Kitakami river and came to fall in love before they knew it....
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Whirlwind Of Love
as uncreditedA young woman in Hokkaido gets cold feet during her marriage ceremony and runs to Tokyo with her...
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Merdeka 17805
as Fumiko MiyataTrue story of a number of Imperial Japanese Army officers and soldiers who remained in Indonesia...
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Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love
as ChiharuSequel to Tokyo Drifter
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Gambling Den Desire
as uncreditedIn a small town on the Kasumigaura coast in the early Showa period, the Masukawa clan from Tokyo...
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To Love
as YamagataMitsu works in a factory and has a crush on Tsutomu, a young man she met on the Tokyo streets....
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Till We Meet Again
as uncreditedCollege life starts off great for Michiko. She and her friend join the Italian Culture Research...
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Tiger of the Sea
as uncreditedA group of pirates sail the treacherous Pacific ocean in search for wealth.
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Pikanchi Half: Life is Hard Tabun Happy
as uncreditedPikanchi Half is a spin-off of the two previous movies in the Pikanchi series, showing the five...
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Shinibana
as Suzuko AsukaAfter the death of a man in their nursing home, a group of residents find his notebook titled...
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Aruhi watashi wa
as uncreditedThe four kinds of love that Yuriko experiences, namely, a childhood longing love, a dream of...
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若い川の流れ
as uncreditedThe story follows Misako Kitaoka, a junior college graduate and Nitto Lease sales department...
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Onryō! Azawarau ningyō
as uncreditedThe mysterious death of a trading company employee on an overseas business trip triggers a...
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Star of Destiny
as uncredited"She's out there somewhere, well and alive." Eiji (Teruhiko Saigo) and his sister hadn't seen...
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Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
as Yukiko HashimotoGoro (Tetsuya Watari) wants to put his dark past behind. He heads to Hirosaki City to offer his...
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Smiles Leading To Happiness
as uncreditedDaichi (Mahiro Takasugi) is a young dental technician. He is called a prince due to his...
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Modern Children
as uncreditedAfter their father dies, his children try to get by on a house boat.
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Nakamatachi
as uncreditedToday is a new day with hopes. A youth hymn that depicts a young truck driver growing up in love...
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Eternal Love
as Akiko ImamuraThe love story of an aspiring architect and a charcoal-making daughter, who discover that they...
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Made in Japan: Kora!
as uncreditedThe story of an ordinary family where upon the grandmother's death Kanji becomes an alcoholic...
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The Aftermath of War
as uncreditedAfter World War II life in Japan was hard. There was lawlessness, rapine, never enough food or...
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Tale on Tokai Chivalry
as uncreditedThe film is set in Fukagawa in the early Showa period and depicts a fateful confrontation...
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Be yourself
as uncreditedYasushi and Yuka, who have both lost their spouses in the past, are brought together by fate and...
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The Scarred Angel
as uncreditedA musical film based on the original work of Saigo Teruhiko. After leaving the juvenile...
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Love Eternal
as Chiyo OgawaA deep mist envelops the port city of Yokohama. The scent of crime is everywhere. As an...
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Samurai Justice 2: Mother & Daughter
as Segawa YusenMaster swordsman Akiyama Kohei’s simple life in retirement is jarred into violent sword action...
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Onna no Iji
as Kada Junko2 years ago, Kumi broke up with Shuhei and decided to forget everything about him for good....
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Killer Sword
as uncredited1884. The samurai days have come to an end. Capitalism and democracy flourished across Japan....
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The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation
as uncreditedA despicable boss uses a husband's “promotion” as bait to assault his subordinate's wife (Chieko...
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Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly
as uncreditedNursing home "Yuyoso". Many lonely old people live there, including botanist Taro Makiso, a...
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Love in the Air
as Miyako WakaharaSatake Shoji had been a trapeze artist in the Ezaki Circus, but when Shingo, his team mate,...
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恋人をさがそう
as uncreditedTetsuo, the captain of the rugby team, who was preparing for the university entrance exams,...
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Truck Rascals in Fever Heat
as uncreditedThe fourth film of the “Truck Yaro” series. A comical road movie of two long-distance truckers,...
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Sento: The Bathhouse
as Keiko (Old)A schoolboy has a crush on his pretty class-mate Keiko on the inland island of Awaji. He figures...
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Traveling Alone with a Guitar
as uncreditedKobayashi Akira stars as a wandering musician, who lost his brother and lover to dishonest rival...
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Itsukano, Genkantachi to
as KazueA high school student has decided to go to Tokyo once she graduates. One day, her older sister...
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Wharf Temperament
as Keiko KawadaThe story of male friendship unfolding during a boxing match between the navigator, who took...
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Youth Bell
as uncreditedA college student comes to a wealthy family as a tutor for their son, an elementary school...
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Your Life
as uncreditedA moodo/akushon yakuza picture with heavy emphasis on poignant seishun romance.
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Lost Love
as Wakana TsutsuiShimamura is a young man whose family went broke and lost their house. One day, as he returns to...
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The Stars and I Decided...
as Shizuko InagakiThe brother of an up-and-coming kendoka is mysteriously murdered while working on a new model of...
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The Story of a Salesman: Every Man Has a Dream
as uncreditedA lighthearted comedy that tells the story of love and the cheerful heroism of a young salesman...
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Suzuran
as KiyokoIn 1924, a time when both steam engine trains and early Showa Era's first train stations are...
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Ryōmaden
as uncreditedRyōmaden is the 49th NHK Taiga drama. It was shown on NHK from January 3 to November 28, 2010...
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Keiji 7-nin
as uncreditedAmagi Yu is a slightly eccentric detective who has been assigned to the Twelfth Section of the...
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Kiyoko Ranman
as Kudo TomihisaThe drama takes place in the 28th year of the Meiji Era. After their victory in the First...
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Cold Case ~Shinjitsu no Tobira~
as uncreditedYuri Ishikawa and her team try to crack unresolved cold cases in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
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Husband and Wife
as Masako MotokiMr. (Tamura) and Mrs. (Kuroki) Yamaguchi are an old-fashioned middle-aged couple with two...
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Ooka Echizen
as TaeThe reign of the eighth shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune in the Edo period, was notable for the “Ooka...
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Natsuko Kira
as Shuko KoyamaNatsuko is going back to the advertising agency she worked for before taking maternity leave and...
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The Dream of Nepenthes
as Hisako KashimadaMifuyu is a high school student. Her mom suffers from a severe illness, which causes Mifuyu to...
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Tensai Yanagisawa Kyouju no Seikatsu
as Yanagisawa MasakoThis drama is based on a story that ran for 14 years in the Kodansha published weekly manga...
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Lost in the Rain
as Kawaji AyakoIt tells about the women's view on love and marriage through the love affair of three women....
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Who stole my heart
as uncreditedSono toki Heartwa Nusumareta is a 5 part drama that aired on Fuji TV. It first aired in Japan...
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Yama no Kanata ni
as uncreditedYojiro Ishizaka's original work was made into a drama co-starring Masahiko Tsugawa and Chieko...
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White Wilderness
as uncreditedThe fifth installment of Tamiya Jiro's "White Series." Tamiya Jiro plays the editor-in-chief of...
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Akashi Kanpei 35-sai
as Chieko NamikawaAkashi Kanpei is a former police officer who works as an auctioneer at a fish market near a...
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