Chieko Matsubara

Chieko Matsubara

Known for
Acting
Born
January 6, 1945 (age 81)
Birthplace
Ikeda, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Biography

Chieko Matsubara (born 6 January 1945) is a Japanese actress. She is best known for her roles in Tokyo Drifter (1966) and the Outlaw series. Spotted at a beauty contest sponsored by the Nikkatsu studio, Matsubara made her debut in 1961 at age 16 in Yoru no chōsensha. Matsubara won popularity and became one of the representative actresses of the Nikkatsu. She appeared in over 100 films at Nikkatsu.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

2025
Akashi poster

Akashi

Movie · as Wakako

2024
Top Swords Couple poster

Top Swords Couple

Movie · as Yumiko Fujii

2023
Natchan's Little Secret poster

Natchan's Little Secret

Movie · as Keiko Namiki

2021
Nishinari Goro's 400 Million Yen: Deadly Battle poster

Nishinari Goro's 400 Million Yen: Deadly Battle

Movie · as Hiromi Hayashi

2020
Touban Bengoshi

Touban Bengoshi

TV · 1 ep

2019
A Long Goodbye poster

A Long Goodbye

Movie · as Yoko Higashi

2019
Smiles Leading To Happiness poster

Smiles Leading To Happiness

Movie

2019
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi poster

Yasuragi no Toki: Michi

TV · 50 eps

2017
Our Meal for Tomorrow poster

Our Meal for Tomorrow

Movie · as Meiko Uemura

2017
The Dream of Nepenthes poster

The Dream of Nepenthes

TV · as Hisako Kashimada · 8 eps

2016
Sento: The Bathhouse poster

Sento: The Bathhouse

Movie · as Keiko (Old)

2016
Anniversary poster

Anniversary

Movie

2016
To Eat To Live poster

To Eat To Live

Movie

2016
Natsuko Kira poster

Natsuko Kira

TV · as Shuko Koyama · 10 eps

2016
Iyana onna poster

Iyana onna

TV · 6 eps

2016
隠れ菊 poster

隠れ菊

TV · 8 eps

2016
Cold Case: Door of Truth poster

Cold Case: Door of Truth

TV · as Kifune Misa · 1 ep

2015
3つの街の物語 poster

3つの街の物語

Movie · as Matsuda Mariko

2015
Smiles in the Mirror poster

Smiles in the Mirror

Movie · as Hasegawa Sakura

2015
Seven Detectives poster

Seven Detectives

TV · 1 ep

2014
Itsukano, Genkantachi to poster

Itsukano, Genkantachi to

Movie · as Kazue

2014
Pikanchi Half: Life is Hard Tabun Happy poster

Pikanchi Half: Life is Hard Tabun Happy

Movie

2013
Yellow Elephant poster

Yellow Elephant

Movie · as Seika

2013
Kiyoko Ranman poster

Kiyoko Ranman

TV · as Kudo Tomihisa · 39 eps

2013
Ooka Echizen poster

Ooka Echizen

TV · as Tae · 60 eps

2012
My Uncle poster

My Uncle

Movie

2012
「わたし」の人生(みち) 我が命のタンゴ poster

「わたし」の人生(みち) 我が命のタンゴ

Movie

2011
At River's Edge poster

At River's Edge

Movie · as Ise

2011
Made in Japan: Kora! poster

Made in Japan: Kora!

Movie

2010
Ryōmaden poster

Ryōmaden

TV · 48 eps

2009
Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly poster

Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly

Movie

2008
Gu Gu, the Cat poster

Gu Gu, the Cat

Movie · as Asako's mother

2008
Be yourself poster

Be yourself

Movie

2007
Yellow Tears poster

Yellow Tears

Movie · as Kinu Muraoka

2005
Samurai Justice 2: Mother & Daughter poster

Samurai Justice 2: Mother & Daughter

Movie · as Segawa Yusen

2005
汚れた舌 poster

汚れた舌

TV · 11 eps

2004
Blooming Again poster

Blooming Again

Movie · as Suzuko Asuka

2004
Onigiri: Arcadia monogatari poster

Onigiri: Arcadia monogatari

Movie · as Misa Uehara

2004
Husband and Wife poster

Husband and Wife

TV · as Masako Motoki · 27 eps

2002
Dolls poster

Dolls

Movie · as Ryoko

2002
Tensai Yanagisawa Kyouju no Seikatsu poster

Tensai Yanagisawa Kyouju no Seikatsu

TV · as Yanagisawa Masako · 9 eps

2002
狂った果実2002

狂った果実2002

TV · 1 ep

2001
Merdeka 17805 poster

Merdeka 17805

Movie · as Fumiko Miyata

1999
Suzuran poster

Suzuran

TV · as Kiyoko · 156 eps

1997
To Love poster

To Love

Movie · as Yamagata

1997
さしすせそ!?

さしすせそ!?

TV · 40 eps

1992
Who stole my heart poster

Who stole my heart

TV · 5 eps

1990
16-Sai no Marine Blue poster

16-Sai no Marine Blue

Movie

1990
Bakayarô! 3: Weird Bunch poster

Bakayarô! 3: Weird Bunch

Movie

1983
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series poster

Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series

TV · as Shizuko Hibiki · 1 ep

1983
Akashi Kanpei 35-sai poster

Akashi Kanpei 35-sai

TV · as Chieko Namikawa · 1 ep

1982
危険な誘拐

危険な誘拐

TV · 1 ep

1981
Himawari no Uta poster

Himawari no Uta

TV · as Suzuki Yoshiko · 1 ep

1980
The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation poster

The House of Evil: Dangerous Temptation

Movie

1980
Onryō! Azawarau ningyō poster

Onryō! Azawarau ningyō

Movie

1980
Akai Shisen poster

Akai Shisen

TV · 1 ep

1978
Beauty on Death Row poster

Beauty on Death Row

Movie

1978
Strait of Roses poster

Strait of Roses

TV · 26 eps

1977
Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu poster

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

TV · 1 ep

1977
White Wilderness poster

White Wilderness

TV · 26 eps

1976
Truck Rascals in Fever Heat poster

Truck Rascals in Fever Heat

Movie

1976
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss poster

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss

Movie · as Asami Nakamichi

1971
Night Butterflies poster

Night Butterflies

Movie

1971
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love poster

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love

Movie · as Kayo

1971
Onna no Iji poster

Onna no Iji

Movie · as Kada Junko

1970
Rebel Against Glory poster

Rebel Against Glory

Movie

1970
A Young Man's Stronghold poster

A Young Man's Stronghold

Movie

1970
Gambling Den Desire poster

Gambling Den Desire

Movie

1970
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny poster

Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny

Movie · as Motoko Takahata

1970
Dangerous Games poster

Dangerous Games

Movie · as Keiko Natsukawa

1970
時間ですよ poster

時間ですよ

TV · as 松野芙美(第8回以降) · 30 eps

1969
Whirlwind Of Love poster

Whirlwind Of Love

Movie

1969
前科・仮釈放 poster

前科・仮釈放

Movie · as Tanihara Fumie

1969
Gorgeous Leopardess poster

Gorgeous Leopardess

Movie

1969
Youth Bell poster

Youth Bell

Movie

1969
Ruthless Gambler poster

Ruthless Gambler

Movie

1969
Dear Tomorrow poster

Dear Tomorrow

Movie

1969
Outlaw: Kill! poster

Outlaw: Kill!

Movie · as Yukiko Hashimoto

1969
Gambler's Dilemma poster

Gambler's Dilemma

Movie · as Sugisaki Shimitsu

1969
涙でいいの poster

涙でいいの

Movie

1969
Biographies of Killers poster

Biographies of Killers

Movie

1968
The Blazing Continent poster

The Blazing Continent

Movie

1968
若い川の流れ poster

若い川の流れ

Movie

1968
Eternal Love poster

Eternal Love

Movie · as Akiko Imamura

1968
Outlaw: Gangster VIP poster

Outlaw: Gangster VIP

Movie · as Yukiko Hashimoto

1968
Outlaw: Heartless poster

Outlaw: Heartless

Movie · as Keiko Hashizume

1968
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 poster

Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2

Movie · as Yukiko Hashimoto

1968
Outlaw: Goro the Assassin poster

Outlaw: Goro the Assassin

Movie · as Yuki Isomura

1968
Outlaw: Black Dagger poster

Outlaw: Black Dagger

Movie · as Yukiko Hashimoto

1968
Song of my Life poster

Song of my Life

Movie · as Miyako Mori

1967
The Aftermath of War poster

The Aftermath of War

Movie

1967
Aruhi watashi wa poster

Aruhi watashi wa

Movie

1967
Lost Love poster

Lost Love

Movie · as Wakana Tsutsui

1967
Let's find your sweetheart poster

Let's find your sweetheart

Movie

1967
My Sweetheart poster

My Sweetheart

Movie · as Matsubara

1967
The Spiders: The Reckless Operation poster

The Spiders: The Reckless Operation

Movie · as Chino

1967
A Bumpkin of Tokyo poster

A Bumpkin of Tokyo

Movie

1966
Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love poster

Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love

Movie · as Chiharu

1966
Tokyo Drifter poster

Tokyo Drifter

Movie · as Chiharu

1966
Black Tight Killers poster

Black Tight Killers

Movie · as Yoriko Sawanouchi

1966
Your Life poster

Your Life

Movie

1966
The Scarred Angel poster

The Scarred Angel

Movie

1966
Star of Destiny poster

Star of Destiny

Movie

1966
Cry for Sorrow

Cry for Sorrow

Movie

1966
Love Eternal poster

Love Eternal

Movie · as Chiyo Ogawa

1966
Till We Meet Again poster

Till We Meet Again

Movie

1966
青春のお通り 愛して泣いて突っ走れ! poster

青春のお通り 愛して泣いて突っ走れ!

Movie · as 駒あや子

1966
Lost in the Rain poster

Lost in the Rain

TV · as Kawaji Ayako · 13 eps

1966
Yama no Kanata ni poster

Yama no Kanata ni

TV · 1 ep

1965
Song of Dawn poster

Song of Dawn

Movie · as Chikako

1965
Killer Sword poster

Killer Sword

Movie

1965
The Stars and I Decided... poster

The Stars and I Decided...

Movie · as Shizuko Inagaki

1965
The Dragon of Macao poster

The Dragon of Macao

Movie · as Honran

1965
Taking the Castle poster

Taking the Castle

Movie

1965
The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow poster

The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow

Movie

1965
Shinkuna umi ga yon deru ze poster

Shinkuna umi ga yon deru ze

Movie

1965
青春のお通り poster

青春のお通り

Movie

1964
Tale on Tokai Chivalry poster

Tale on Tokai Chivalry

Movie

1964
Cruel Gun Story poster

Cruel Gun Story

Movie · as Rie

1964
Traveling Alone with a Guitar poster

Traveling Alone with a Guitar

Movie

1964
The Flower and the Angry Waves poster

The Flower and the Angry Waves

Movie

1964
Dai nippon kosodoro den poster

Dai nippon kosodoro den

Movie · as Shino, the maid

1964
The Call of Blood poster

The Call of Blood

Movie · as Yasuko Gôda

1964
Tiger of the Sea poster

Tiger of the Sea

Movie

1964
Jinsei Gekijo poster

Jinsei Gekijo

Movie

1964
Friends poster

Friends

Movie

1963
Itsudemo yume o poster

Itsudemo yume o

Movie

1963
Kanto Wanderer poster

Kanto Wanderer

Movie · as Tokiko

1963
Modern Children poster

Modern Children

Movie

1963
Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary poster

Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary

Movie

1963
The School Cap poster

The School Cap

Movie · as Chieko Katsumata

1963
午前零時の出獄 poster

午前零時の出獄

Movie

1963
Kiriko's Tango poster

Kiriko's Tango

Movie

1963
The Kawakaze Guys poster

The Kawakaze Guys

Movie · as Baba Satoko

1963
Tale on Kanto Chivalry poster

Tale on Kanto Chivalry

Movie

1963
Chivalrous Outlaw poster

Chivalrous Outlaw

Movie

1963
Ginza no jirochō tenka no ichidaiji poster

Ginza no jirochō tenka no ichidaiji

Movie

1962
Nuki uchi fūraibō poster

Nuki uchi fūraibō

Movie

1962
Last Round poster

Last Round

Movie

1962
Night of Bloody Hell poster

Night of Bloody Hell

Movie

1962
Return of the Whirlwind poster

Return of the Whirlwind

Movie

1962
Bōkyō no umi poster

Bōkyō no umi

Movie

1962
Love in the Air poster

Love in the Air

Movie · as Miyako Wakahara

1961
Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains poster

Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains

Movie

1961
Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū poster

Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū

Movie

1961
Wharf Temperament poster

Wharf Temperament

Movie · as Keiko Kawada

1961
Pursuit poster

Pursuit

Movie · as Sugiko

1961
Crimson Pistol poster

Crimson Pistol

Movie

1961
Kitakami Nocturne poster

Kitakami Nocturne

Movie · as Shizuko Suda

1961
Ashita ni Mukatte Tsuppashire poster

Ashita ni Mukatte Tsuppashire

Movie

1961
Otona to kodomo no ainoko dai poster

Otona to kodomo no ainoko dai

Movie

1961
The Story of a Salesman: Every Man Has a Dream poster

The Story of a Salesman: Every Man Has a Dream

Movie