Chieko Matsubara

{{Short description|Japanese actress (born 1945)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}} {{Infobox person | image = Matsubara-Chieko-1965-1.jpg | caption = Matsubara for the February 1965 issue of ''Movie Pictorial'' | name = | native_name = 松原智恵子 | native_name_lang = ja | birth_name =  | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|1|6|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Nagoya]], Japan | death_date =  | death_place = | death_cause = | other_names = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1961-present }} {{Nihongo|'''Chieko Matsubara'''|松原智恵子|Matsubara Chieko|born 6 January 1945}} is a Japanese actress.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:＜おしゃべり日和＞松原智恵子・銀幕のお嬢様「日活三人娘」でブレイク|url=https://jcc.jp/news/16724542/|website=jcc|accessdate=1 January 2021|language=Japanese}}</ref> She is best known for her roles in ''[[Tokyo Drifter]]'' (1966) and the [[Outlaw: Gangster VIP|''Outlaw'' series]].<ref name="kinenote">{{cite web|url=http://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/person.aspx?person_id=99550|title=Chieko Matsubara|publisher=kinenote|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref>

Matsubara was born in [[Nagoya]].<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:女優・松原智恵子プロファイル|url=http://www.granpapa.com/actor/?name=matsubarachieko|website=グランパパ|accessdate=1 January 2021|language=Japanese}}</ref> Spotted at a beauty contest sponsored by the [[Nikkatsu]] studio, Matsubara made her debut in 1961 at age 16 in ''Yoru no chōsensha''.<ref name=zakzak>{{cite web|script-title=ja:女優・松原智恵子が明かす銀幕ウラ話|url=http://www.zakzak.co.jp/entertainment/ent-news/news/20120910/enn1209101214010-n1.htm|website=ZakZak|publisher=Sankei Digital|accessdate=7 March 2015|language=Japanese}}</ref> Matsubara won popularity and became one of the representative actresses of the Nikkatsu.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mikiki.tokyo.jp/articles/-/21731|title=映画「長いお別れ」松原智恵子が語る〈大きくなったとき、お父さんお母さんをこういう風に支えていこうと思っていただけたら〉|publisher=Mikiki Tokyo|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref> She appeared in over 100 films at Nikkatsu.<ref name="kinenote" />

==Selected filmography==

===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1963 |''[[Kanto Wanderer]]'' |Tokiko | |- | rowspan=3| 1964 |''[[The Flower and the Angry Waves]]'' | Oshige | |- |''[[Cruel Gun Story]]'' | | |- |''[[Our Blood Will Not Forgive]]'' |Yasuko | |- | rowspan=2|1965 |''[[Taking The Castle]]'' | | |- |''[[Abare Kishidō]]'' | | |- | rowspan=3|1966 |''[[Tokyo Drifter]]'' | | |- |''Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea is Bright Red as the Color of Love'' | | |- |''[[Black Tight Killers]]'' | | |- | rowspan=2|1968 |''[[Bonta No Kekkon Ya]]'' | | |- |''[[Outlaw: Gangster VIP]]'' |Yukie Hashimoto | |- |1970 |''[[Men and War|Men and War Part I]]'' |Motoko Takahata |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/37531/|title= 戦争と人間|access-date= October 27, 2023|work= eiga.com}}</ref> |- |1976 |''[[New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Last Days of the Boss]]'' |Asami Nakamichi | |- |1997 |''[[To Love (1997 film)|To Love]]'' |Yamagata |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/34343/|title= 愛する(1997)|access-date= 30 March 2026|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> |- | 2002 |''[[Dolls (2002 film)|Dolls]]'' | | |- | 2004 |''[[Blooming Again]]'' | | |- | 2011 |''[[Made in Japan: Kora!]]'' | | |- | 2013 |''[[Kiiroi Zou]]'' | | |- |2016 |''Yuzu no Ha Yurete'' | | |- | 2017 |''[[Our Meal for Tomorrow]]'' |Meiko Uemura |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/84228/|title= 僕らのごはんは明日で待ってる|access-date= February 19, 2021|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> |- | 2018 |''Kimi ga Mata Hashiridasu toki'' | | |- |rowspan="2"| 2019 |''Egao no Mukou ni'' | | |- |''[[A Long Goodbye (film)|A Long Goodbye]]'' |Yōko Higashi | |- |2020 |''Sengoku Girl and Kendō Boy'' | | |- |2021 |''Nishinari Goro's 400 Million Yen'' | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/94725/|title= 西成ゴローの四億円|access-date= May 31, 2021|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> |- |2023 |''Natchan's Little Secret'' |Keiko |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/97493/|title= ひみつのなっちゃん。|access-date= July 6, 2022|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> |- |2024 |''Teppen no Ken'' | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/584695|title= 北乃きい＆本郷奏多が剣道映画「てっぺんの剣」でW主演、ロケ地・大分で先行公開|access-date= 3 August 2024|work= Natalie}}</ref> |- |2025 |''[[Akashi (film)|Akashi]]'' |Wakako | |}

===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable" | Ref |- | 1973 | ''[[Kunitori Monogatari]]'' | [[Oichi]] | [[Taiga drama|''Taiga'' drama]] | |- | 2010 | ''[[Ryōmaden]]'' | Sakamoto Iyo | ''Taiga'' drama | |- | 2022 | ''[[Come Come Everybody]]'' | Old Kiyoko Akanishi | ''[[Asadora]]'' | <ref>{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/452145|title= 「カムカムエヴリバディ」京都編に松重豊、本郷奏多、三浦透子、新川優愛ら11名|access-date= November 5, 2021|work= Natalie}}</ref> |- |}

==Honours== *Kinuyo Tanaka Award (2016)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://kinuyo-bunka.jp/kinuyo/award/kinuyo_award.html|title= 田中絹代賞について|access-date= March 20, 2021|work= Tanaka Kinuyo Bunka-kan}}</ref> *Sochi Film Festival Best Actress Award (2016) : ''Yuzu no Ha Yurete''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/1752806.html|title=松原智恵子が第１回ソチ国際映画祭で主演女優賞|publisher=Nikkan Sports|access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [http://www.granpapa.com/1283138411272/ Official agency profile] {{in lang|ja}} * [http://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/person.aspx?person_id=99550 Chieko Matsubara at Kinenote] *{{IMDb name|0559385}} *{{JMDb name|0185500}}

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