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. Description above from the Wikipedia article lida Chōko, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies & TV Shows
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Stray Dog (1949) — Kogetsu Hotel manager
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Drunken Angel (1948) — Bâya
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The Only Son (1936) — Tsune Nonomiya
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A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) — Otsune
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Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947) — Tane
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Tokyo Chorus (1931) — Sensei no tusma
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The Rickshaw Man (1958) — Otora
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What Did the Lady Forget? (1937) — Chiyoko Sugiyama
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Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941) — Kiyo
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Forever a Woman (1955) — Hide
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An Inn in Tokyo (1935) — Otsune
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Passing Fancy (1933) — Otome
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I Graduated, But... (1929) — Landlady
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Apart from You (1933)
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Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? (1932) — Saiki's mother
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Days of Youth (1929) — Aunty
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Every-Night Dreams (1933) — Landlady
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A Mother Should Be Loved (1934) — Maid
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Summer Clouds (1958) — Hidé
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Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 (1949) — Okura
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Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 (1949) — Kohei's Mother
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Our Neighbor, Miss Yae (1934) — Hamako
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The Wild Geese (1953) — Osan
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A Wanderer's Notebook (1962)
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The Lady and the Beard (1931) — Hiroko's Mother
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The Other Woman (1961) — Miho no sobo
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Sanshiro Sugata (1965) — Old Lady
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Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka (1950) — Teisaku's mother
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Burden of Life (1935) — Okane
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Jubilation Street (1944) — Wife of bathhouse owner
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Yellow Crow (1957)
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The Eleventh Hour (1957) — Kane Ishigaki
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Stepbrothers (1957) — Masu
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Spring Awakens (1947) — Tama Takemura
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The Ghosts of Yotsuya (1956) — Omaki
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Tokyo Sweetheart (1952) — Matsuyo
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Growing Up (1955)
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Mr. Shosuke Ohara (1949) — Oseki, old maid
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Notes of an Itinerant Performer (1941) — Landlady
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Policeman's Diary (1955) — Tatsu, the mother