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Chōko Iida

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Chōko Iida

Born April 15, 1897 in Asakusa, Taito, Tokyo, JapanDied December 26, 1972221 films

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.

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Essential films

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Filmography

221 films as actor
  1. 1971やるぞみておれ為五郎
  2. 1970Get Your Sky, Young Guy
  3. 1970Bravo, Young Guy
  4. 1970Okinawa
  5. 1969Your Favourite
  6. 1969Japan's No. 1 Disconnected ManKurokawa
  7. 1969Young Guy on Mt. Cook
  8. 1969Young Guy Graduates
  9. 1968Young Guy in Rio
  10. 1968The Million Dollar Pursuit
  11. 1967Circuit-A-Go-Go
  12. 1967Young Guy in the South PacificRiki Tanuma
  13. 1967Las Vegas Free-For-All
  14. 1967Let's Go! Young GuyRiki Tanuma
  15. 1966Come Marry Me
  16. 1966It Started In The AlpsYuichi's Grandmother
  17. 1966Gamblers' Luck
  18. 1966A Company President's Life StoryOdanaka Masako (Owariya Chairwoman)
  19. 1965Campus A Go-GoRiki Tanuma
  20. 1965Young Guy at Sea田沼りき
  21. 1965Sanshiro SugataOld Lady
  22. 1964The Donkey Comes on a Tank
  23. 1964Japan's No. 1 BraggartHitoshi's Grandmother
  24. 1964Hot Spring DoctressOtami
  25. 1963The Hill is Full of FlowersOkuni
  26. 1963Young Guy in Hawaii田沼りき
  27. 1963Itsudemo yume o
  28. 1962The Body
  29. 1962Shin kitsune to tanuki
  30. 1962A Wanderer's Notebook
  31. 1962College ChampRiki Tanuma
  32. 1962Pig and Goldfish
  33. 1962Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama
  34. 1962The Crimson Sky
  35. 1962Pride of the CampusRiki Tanuma
  36. 1962Nippon no obaachanHana
  37. 1961Wind and waves of the SouthRiki
  38. 1961Ginza Jungle GirlKume (Goro's mother)
  39. 1961Sir Galahad in CampusRiki Tanuma
  40. 1961The Other WomanMiho no sobo
  41. 1961Playboy PresidentElderly Woman on Train
  42. 1961The Wind and Waves
  43. 1961Kyūsenman no akarui hitomi
  44. 1961Lovers of Ginza
  45. 1960Yami wo saku kuchibue
  46. 1960New Third Class Executive: Husband EducationShirō's Mother
  47. 1959おヤエの女中の大将
  48. 1959The Maid Oyae Meets A Ghost
  49. 1959Fox and RaccoonSugi
  50. 1959Diary of Forsaken Love
  51. 1959Sea-Boy and Mountain-Boy
  52. 1959Flower Shop Curtain
  53. 1959Echo Mountain
  54. 1958Maria of the Ant Village
  55. 1958The Naked General
  56. 1958The Undefeated Woman
  57. 1958The Naked SunIne
  58. 1958Summer CloudsHidé
  59. 1958Hana no yukyo-den
  60. 1958Detective Duel
  61. 1958Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
  62. 1958Holiday in Japan
  63. 1958The Rickshaw ManOtora
  64. 1958Family Safety
  65. 1958A Bridge for Two Alone
  66. 1958Fancy Talker
  67. 1957The Eleventh HourKane Ishigaki
  68. 1957The Beauty Expert
  69. 1957On Wings of LoveGrandmother
  70. 1957StepbrothersMasu
  71. 1957Yellow Crow
  72. 1956Typhoon Furor
  73. 1956Dotanba
  74. 1956Tonari no yome
  75. 1956Hana no unga
  76. 1956The Ghosts of YotsuyaOmaki
  77. 1956Twice on a Certain Night
  78. 1956This Is Home
  79. 1956Darkness at NoonTsuna Uemura
  80. 1955Rikidozan: Man of Fury
  81. 1955The Motherless
  82. 1955Forever a WomanHide
  83. 1955Policeman's Diary, Part 2
  84. 1955The Samurai of Edo
  85. 1955The Three FacesOkon
  86. 1955Three Brides for Three Sons
  87. 1955Growing Up
  88. 1955Policeman's DiaryTatsu, the mother
  89. 1955All is Well
  90. 1955His Highness SurabayaGrandmother Okin
  91. 1954The Cock Crows Twice
  92. 1954The Valley Between Love and Death
  93. 1954Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido
  94. 1954Ditch
  95. 1954Konna bidanshi mita kotonai
  96. 1954Snowy Night Duel
  97. 1954The Second Kiss
  98. 1953The Wild GeeseOsan
  99. 1952Four Asakusa Sisters
  100. 1952Fighting Yasubei
  101. 1952Tokyo SweetheartMatsuyo
  102. 1952Love's CheerleaderKiyo Yamamoto
  103. 1952DivorceKikuyo
  104. 1952The Stand in Hakone
  105. 1951Who Knows a Woman's Heart
  106. 1951Hida no ko tengu
  107. 1951Over That Hill
  108. 1951Wakôdo no utaKiyo
  109. 1951Still I Live OnAkiyama grandmother
  110. 1951情艶一代女おしん
  111. 1950Beyond the Hills
  112. 1950A Mother's Love
  113. 1950Guntō nanban-sen
  114. 1950Peko-chan and Densuke
  115. 1950Asakusa no hada
  116. 1950Sanshiro of GinzaSeeds
  117. 1950Enoken ohako rakuda no Ma-san
  118. 1950Conduct Report on Professor IshinakaTeisaku's mother
  119. 1950Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
  120. 1950Kagebōshiお蝶