Chieko Matsubara

Chieko Matsubara (松原 智恵子, Matsubara Chieko, born 6 January 1945) is a Japanese actress.^[1] She is best known for her roles in Tokyo Drifter (1966) and the Outlaw series.^[2]

Chieko Matsubara
松原 智恵子
Matsubara for the February 1965 issue of Movie Pictorial
Born	(1945-01-06) 6 January 1945 (age 80) Nagoya, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1961-present

Matsubara was born in Nagoya.^[3] Spotted at a beauty contest sponsored by the Nikkatsu studio, Matsubara made her debut in 1961 at age 16 in Yoru no chōsensha.^[4] Matsubara won popularity and became one of the representative actresses of the Nikkatsu.^[5] She appeared in over 100 films at Nikkatsu.^[2]

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1963	Kanto Wanderer	Tokiko
1964	The Flower and the Angry Waves	Oshige
	Cruel Gun Story
	Our Blood Will Not Forgive	Yasuko
1965	Taking The Castle
	Abare Kishidō
1966	Tokyo Drifter
	Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea is Bright Red as the Color of Love
	Black Tight Killers
1968	Bonta No Kekkon Ya
	Outlaw: Gangster VIP	Yukie Hashimoto
1970	Men and War Part I	Motoko Takahata	[6]
1976	New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Last Days of the Boss	Asami Nakamichi
2002	Dolls
2004	Blooming Again
2011	Made in Japan: Kora!
2013	Kiiroi Zou
2016	Yuzu no Ha Yurete
2017	Our Meal for Tomorrow	Meiko Uemura	[7]
2018	Kimi ga Mata Hashiridasu toki
2019	Egao no Mukou ni
	A Long Goodbye	Yōko Higashi
2020	Sengoku Girl and Kendō Boy
2021	Nishinari Goro's 400 Million Yen		[8]
2023	Natchan's Little Secret	Keiko	[9]
2024	Teppen no Ken		[10]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
1973	Kunitori Monogatari	Oichi	Taiga drama
2010	Ryōmaden	Sakamoto Iyo	Taiga drama
2022	Come Come Everybody	Old Kiyoko Akanishi	Asadora	[11]

Honours

• Kinuyo Tanaka Award (2016)^[12]
• Sochi Film Festival Best Actress Award (2016) : Yuzu no Ha Yurete^[13]