Chōko Iida

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.

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Known For

Stray Dog

Kogetsu Hotel manager

A Story of Floating Weeds

Otsune

Drunken Angel

Bâya

Record of a Tenement Gentleman

Otane

The Only Son

Tsune Nonomiya

Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

Kiyo

Passing Fancy

Otome

The Body

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1971	やるぞみておれ為五郎
1970	Bravo, Young Guy
1970	Okinawa
1970	Young Guy - The Sky is Ours!
1969	Japan's No. 1 Disconnected Man	Kurokawa
1969	Your Favourite
1969	Young Guy - Freshman
1968	The Million Dollar Pursuit
1968	Young Guy in Rio
1967	The Young Ace in the South Pacific	Riki Tanuma
1967	Las Vegas Free-For-All
1967	Let's Go! Young Guy	Riki Tanuma
1967	Circuit-A-Go-Go
1966	Gamblers' Luck
1966	Young Ace in the Alps	Yuichi's Grandmother
1966	Come Marry Me
1966	A Company President's Life Story	Odanaka Masako (Owariya Chairwoman)
1965	Young Guy at Sea	田沼りき
1965	Campus A Go-Go	Riki Tanuma
1965	Sanshiro Sugata	Old Lady
1964	Hot Spring Doctress	Otami
1964	The Donkey Comes on a Tank
1964	Japan's No. 1 Braggart	Hitoshi's Grandmother
1963	Itsudemo yume o
1963	The Young Ace in Hawaii	田沼りき
1963	The Hill is Full of Flowers	Okuni
1962	The Crimson Sky
1962	Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama
1962	The Body
1962	Pig and Goldfish
1962	Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962	A Wanderer's Notebook
1962	Pride of the Campus	Riki Tanuma
1962	Nippon no obaachan	Hana
1962	College Champ	Riki Tanuma
1961	Wind and waves of the South	Riki
1961	The Other Woman	Miho no sobo
1961	Sir Galahad in Campus	Riki Tanuma
1961	Lovers of Ginza
1961	Kyūsenman no akarui hitomi
1961	The Wind and Waves
1961	Playboy President	Elderly Woman on Train
1960	Yami wo saku kuchibue
1960	New Third Class Executive: Husband Education	Shirō's Mother
1959	Flower Shop Curtain
1959	Sea-Boy and Mountain-Boy
1959	おヤエの女中と幽霊
1959	Diary of Forsaken Love
1959	Echo Mountain
1958	The Rickshaw Man	Otora
1958	Summer Clouds	Hidé
1958	Hana no yukyo-den
1958	Detective Duel
1958	The Naked Sun
1958	Maria of the Ant Village
1958	A Bridge for Two Alone
1958	Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
1958	The Undefeated Woman
1958	Holiday in Japan
1957	Yellow Crow
1957	The Beauty Expert
1957	The Eleventh Hour	Kane Ishigaki
1957	On Wings of Love	Grandmother
1957	Stepbrothers	Masu
1956	Dotanba
1956	The Ghosts of Yotsuya	Omaki
1956	Tonari no yome
1956	Darkness at Noon	Tsuna Uemura
1956	Twice on a Certain Night
1956	Typhoon
1955	Three Faces
1955	Forever a Woman	Hide
1955	All is Well
1955	Policeman's Diary	Tatsu, the mother
1955	The Motherless
1955	Growing Up
1955	Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955	The Samurai of Edo
1955	Rikidozan: Man of Fury
1954	Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido
1954	The Ditch
1954	The Cock Crows Twice
1953	The Wild Geese	Osan
1952	Love's Cheerleader	Kiyo Yamamoto
1952	The Stand in Hakone
1952	Divorce	Kikuyo
1952	Fighting Yasubei
1952	Tokyo Sweetheart	Matsuyo
1952	Four Asakusa Sisters
1951	情艶一代女	おしん
1951	Wakôdo no uta	Kiyo
1951	Still I Live On	Akiyama grandmother
1951	Who Knows a Woman's Heart
1951	Over That Hill
1950	Sanshiro of Ginza	Seeds
1950	Kagebōshi	お蝶
1950	Enoken ohako rakuda no Ma-san
1950	A Mother's Love
1950	Beyond the Hills
1950	Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka	Teisaku's mother
1950	Peko-chan and Densuke
1950	Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu
1950	Guntō nanban-sen
1949	Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1	Okura
1949	Mr. Shosuke Ohara	Oseki, old maid
1949	Stray Dog	Kogetsu Hotel manager
1949	Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2	Kohei's Mother
1949	Flirtation in Spring
1949	Akireta musumetachi
1949	Ishimatsu of the Forest
1948	Drunken Angel	Bâya
1948	Ghosts Die at Dawn	Yûko Kôriyama
1947	Record of a Tenement Gentleman	Otane
1947	Spring Awakens	Tama Takemura
1946	Lord for a Night
1945	Izu no musumetachi
1944	Sailor
1944	Sinking the Unsinkable
1944	Jubilation Street	Wife of bathhouse owner
1943	Middle-Aged Man
1943	Air Raid of the Enemy Plane	Otaka
1942	Moon of the Plateau
1942	A Certain Woman
1942	South Wind 2
1941	Flower
1941	Notes of an Itinerant Performer	Landlady
1941	Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family	Kiyo
1940	Nobuko	Okei
1940	Utsukushiki Rinjin
1940	Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru
1939	Mother is Strong
1937	What Did the Lady Forget?	Chiyoko Sugiyama
1937	The Trio's Engagements	Woman at tobacco shop
1937	Moon Over the Ruins	Miura's mother
1937	Goodbye to the Front
1936	The Only Son	Tsune Nonomiya
1936	Woman in the Mist	Otoku, Seiichi's mother
1936	Housewife Camellia
1936	Men vs. Women
1936	Family Meeting	Oyuki
1936	College Is a Nice Place	Wife of the b.h. owner
1935	An Inn in Tokyo	Otsune
1935	Okoto and Sasuke	Okimi
1935	Burden of Life	Okane
1935	An Innocent Maid	Otsune
1934	A Story of Floating Weeds	Otsune
1934	A Mother Should Be Loved	Maid
1934	The Genealogy of Women	Ogen, mistress
1934	Our Neighbor, Miss Yae	Hamako
1934	With a Single Sword Bale
1933	Apart from You
1933	Every-Night Dreams	Landlady
1933	Passing Fancy	Otome
1933	Two Lanterns
1933	The Dancing Girl of Izu	Geisha
1933	The Bride Talks in Her Sleep	Neighbor
1933	Happy Times
1933	Love
1932	Shin Yotsuya Ghost Story
1932	Arashi no naka no shojo
1932	Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?	Saiki's mother
1932	The Loyal 47 Ronin	Nui, Fuwa's wife
1932	Until the Day We Meet Again	Maid
1932	First Steps Ashore	Mistress of hotel
1932	Tengoku ni musubu koi
1931	Tokyo Chorus	Sensei no tusma
1931	Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
1931	The Lady and the Beard	Hiroko's Mother
1929	I Graduated, But...	Landlady
1929	Treasure Mountain	Geisha's house landlady
1929	Days of Youth	Aunty
1928	Physical Beauty	Ritsuko, Takai's wife
1927	Sword of Penitence
1926	Karabotan
	Young Guy in New Zealand

Year	TV Show	Role