Chieko Matsui
ActingBorn 1899-12-04 · Asakusa, Tokyo, JapanDied 1929-04-02
Biography
Chieko Matsui (December 4, 1899 – April 2, 1929) was a Japanese actress of the silent era. The eldest daughter of a doctor, she left home in 1922 after her mother passed away and her father remarried. She became an actor at Shochiku Studios, performing in fifty-five movies between 1925 and 1929. In 1927, she became one of the first female screenwriters in Japan, writing screenplays for the films "Lake of Melancholy" and "Spring Rain." She starred in both as well. Matsui underwent surgery for kidney disease in 1928. She passed away in 1929, while recuperating in her home.
The Age of Emotion
Mar 01, 1928Rated 8 out of 10Iron Virgin
May 25, 1928
Umi mo yusha
Oct 26, 1927The Basement
Jan 10, 1927Junange
Dec 12, 1926Troubled Days
Jan 30, 1926Townspeople
Feb 20, 1926Rated 8 out of 10
Young Master
May 01, 1926Buried Youth
Dec 30, 1926The Killing of a Hundred Men at Isshinji Temple
Sep 25, 1925No Need for Your Opinion
Dec 31, 1925