Chieko Matsubara
Birthday: 1945-01-06
Place of Birth: Ikeda, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Biography: 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.
Movies
Dolls
Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided ...
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Natchan's Little Secret
When three drag queens, Virgin, Moririn, and Zubuko, learn that their mentor and former drag queen, ...
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Tale on Tokai Chivalry
The film is set in Fukagawa in the early Showa period and depicts a fateful confrontation between tw...
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Itsudemo yume o
This is a factory area in downtown Tokyo, and Hikaru, nicknamed Pika-chan, is a nurse at the Mihara ...
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The Blazing Continent
A youthful Nikkatsu drama about a Japanese painter who travels to Australia and falls in love....
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Kanto Wanderer
Handsome young Katsuta tries to follow the yakuza code, but even his boss doesn't believe in it. Dia...
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Gu Gu, the Cat
Asako, a comic book artist in her early forties, is devastated by the death of her precious cat, Sab...
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Tokyo Drifter
After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kur...
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Whirlwind Of Love
A young woman in Hokkaido gets cold feet during her marriage ceremony and runs to Tokyo with her fri...
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Black Tight Killers
Daisuke Honda, a war photographer in Vietnam, meets Yuriko Sawanouchi, a stewardess on his plane bac...
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Sento: The Bathhouse
A schoolboy has a crush on his pretty class-mate Keiko on the inland island of Awaji. He figures her...
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To Love
Mitsu works in a factory and has a crush on Tsutomu, a young man she met on the Tokyo streets. One d...
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Cruel Gun Story
Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the ...
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Shinibana
After the death of a man in their nursing home, a group of residents find his notebook titled "Shini...
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Be yourself
Yasushi and Yuka, who have both lost their spouses in the past, are brought together by fate and lea...
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Wharf Temperament
The story of male friendship unfolding during a boxing match between the navigator, who took respons...
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Gambling Den Desire
In a small town on the Kasumigaura coast in the early Showa period, the Masukawa clan from Tokyo is ...
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Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
The upstart Godai family conglomerate plans to strengthen ties with the hardliners in the Kwantung A...
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The Aftermath of War
After World War II life in Japan was hard. There was lawlessness, rapine, never enough food or money...
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16-Sai no Marine Blue
A film by Akiyoshi Imazeki. Emi is a 16-year-old girl who lives in Enoshima. An adolescent movie dep...
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Youth Bell
A college student comes to a wealthy family as a tutor for their son, an elementary school student, ...
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Your Life
A moodo/akushon yakuza picture with heavy emphasis on poignant seishun romance....
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Aruhi watashi wa
The four kinds of love that Yuriko experiences, namely, a childhood longing love, a dream of marriag...
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若い川の流れ
The story follows Misako Kitaoka, a junior college graduate and Nitto Lease sales department employe...
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The Scarred Angel
A musical film based on the original work of Saigo Teruhiko. After leaving the juvenile detention ce...
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Lost Love
Shimamura is a young man whose family went broke and lost their house. One day, as he returns to his...
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Eternal Love
The love story of an aspiring architect and a charcoal-making daughter, who discover that they are a...
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Return of the Whirlwind
Based on the original work of Yasunori Kawauchi of "Moonlight Mask", this is the fifth in the "Ginza...
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Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary
A kidnapping occurred over a seven-million-dollar diamond that was sewn into his stomach. Takuya Nik...
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Crimson pistol belt
Wearing a symbol of justice and brotherhood on his waist – a crimson pistol belt, Ace Joe engages in...
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Yellow Tears
The movie is centered around five friends as they end up spending the summer of 1962 shackled up tog...
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Yellow Elephant
Married couple Aiko Tsumari and Ayumu Muko live a happy and peaceful life. Aiko is bit naive, while ...
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Traveling Alone with a Guitar
Kobayashi Akira stars as a wandering musician, who lost his brother and lover to dishonest rival Hen...
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At River's Edge
A samurai Sakunosuke gets an order from clan chamberlain to kill another samurai who is married with...
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Truck Rascals in Fever Heat
The fourth film of the “Truck Yaro” series. A comical road movie of two long-distance truckers, “Mom...
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Ruthless Gambler
Unlike traditional gangster movies, it is a gangster swashbuckler that mixes romance and humanity wi...
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Let's find your sweetheart
Tetsuo, the captain of the rugby team, who was preparing for the university entrance exams, starts w...
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Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly
Nursing home "Yuyoso". Many lonely old people live there, including botanist Taro Makiso, a physicis...
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Onigiri: Arcadia monogatari
A couple flees Tokyo, their family and friends. The girlfriend is a member of a rock band. She is da...
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Outlaw: Gangster VIP
Goro had grown up in the yakuza world. As an active member of the Mizuhara family crime syndicate, h...
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The Flower and the Angry Waves
A young yakuza in love with the girl who's to marry his clan oyabun, kidnaps the girl before fleeing...
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Song of Dawn
Musical actress Noriko feels frustrated by the futility of her affair with a married man. Then she i...
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Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love
The story of a lone wolf struggling with human compassion and duty....
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To Eat To Live
Yusuke (Kirato Wakayama) is in the 6th grade of elementary school. He has lived in the city all of h...
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Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
Goro (Tetsuya Watari) wants to put his dark past behind. He heads to Hirosaki City to offer his cond...
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Outlaw: Heartless
Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) was indebted to Mitsugimoto. Sawada, a low rank yakuza with a gamblin...
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Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
On a cold winter day, Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) and Masahiko murder the mob boss of Meishin-Kai...
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Outlaw: Black Dagger
A street war breaks loose between two rival gangs in the Kansai region of Japan. Goro is in the midd...
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Outlaw: Kill!
Goro has always been a lone wolf. When he arrives at an industrial city in Keihin, there is certain ...
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Star of Destiny
"She's out there somewhere, well and alive." Eiji (Teruhiko Saigo) and his sister hadn't seen their ...
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Cry for Sorrow
Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Namida ni naritai" by Teruhiko Saigo....
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The Call of Blood
Two brothers seek revenge on the yakuza responsible for the death of their father....
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The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation
A despicable boss uses a husband's “promotion” as bait to assault his subordinate's wife (Chieko Mat...
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Onryō! Azawarau ningyō
The mysterious death of a trading company employee on an overseas business trip triggers a corruptio...
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Our Meal for Tomorrow
A 7 year love story between Ryota Hayama and Koharu Uemura from their first date to eventual marriag...
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
The eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves around...
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Dangerous Games
Drama is afoot at Shirobara Middle School when the bold Henmi Ryoko transfers into Class A, 9th Grad...
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Killer Sword
1884. The samurai days have come to an end. Capitalism and democracy flourished across Japan. But in...
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Tiger of the Sea
A group of pirates sail the treacherous Pacific ocean in search for wealth....
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Samurai Justice 2: Mother & Daughter
Master swordsman Akiyama Kohei’s simple life in retirement is jarred into violent sword action when ...
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Itsukano, Genkantachi to
A high school student has decided to go to Tokyo once she graduates. One day, her older sister Sumir...
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The Stars and I Decided...
The brother of an up-and-coming kendoka is mysteriously murdered while working on a new model of mot...
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My Sweetheart
It had been a year and four months since Mitsuo was last on a movie set. Welcomed back by director I...
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Love in the Air
Satake Shoji had been a trapeze artist in the Ezaki Circus, but when Shingo, his team mate, slipped ...
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A Long Goodbye
Mari and Humi learn from their mother that their father has dementia on his 70th birthday. They help...
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Merdeka 17805
True story of a number of Imperial Japanese Army officers and soldiers who remained in Indonesia to ...
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The Dragon of Macao
Ryu (Akira Kobayashi) sets foot on the Yokohama port with a suitcase filled with 300 thousand dollar...
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Love Eternal
A deep mist envelops the port city of Yokohama. The scent of crime is everywhere. As an executive me...
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The School Cap
A Tokyo student transfers to a rural school and finds it difficult to adjust himself to its customs ...
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The Spiders' The Reckless Operation
The Spiders, a Japanese pop group, in their first starring role, walk from Yokohama to Tokyo, to pro...
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Taking the Castle
The Sengoku Era was coming to an end. The monopoly of the ever powerful shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa, was...
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Till We Meet Again
College life starts off great for Michiko. She and her friend join the Italian Culture Research Club...
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Kitakami yakyoku
Keisuke and Shizuko grew up by the Kitakami river and came to fall in love before they knew it. Eigh...
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Pikanchi Half: Life is Hard Tabun Happy
Pikanchi Half is a spin-off of the two previous movies in the Pikanchi series, showing the five frie...
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Smiles Leading To Happiness
Daichi (Mahiro Takasugi) is a young dental technician. He is called a prince due to his excellent sk...
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Gambler's Dilemma
The love story between a traveling guest and a geisha who inadvertently becomes the leader of her fa...
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Made in Japan: Kora!
The story of an ordinary family where upon the grandmother's death Kanji becomes an alcoholic homebo...
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Onna no Iji
2 years ago, Kumi broke up with Shuhei and decided to forget everything about him for good. However,...
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Friends
Today is a new day with hopes. A youth hymn that depicts a young truck driver growing up in love wit...
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The Story of a Salesman: Every Man Has a Dream
A lighthearted comedy that tells the story of love and the cheerful heroism of a young salesman purs...
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午前零時の出獄
This movie depicts the confrontation between a man entangled in a despicable trap and the shadow of ...
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A Bumpkin of Tokyo
Bonta comes to Tokyo with the determination to rule the world, gets a job at a lingerie company, and...
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Kiriko's Tango
A story of the conflicting friendship and love between two young men over a young girl from a workin...
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Akashi
Akashi is a multigenerational love story told across parallel timelines. Kana, a struggling artist i...
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The Kawakaze Guys
a modest family struck by hardship after a tragic event. The film explores the sacrifices of a broth...
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Tale on Kanto Chivalry
This is Akira Kobayashi's first leading role in a gangster film in the ninkyo-eiga genre. Together w...
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Chivalrous Outlaw
A romantic story about a knight who becomes involved in the murder of his brother's wife and ultimat...
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