
The Chieko Story
Adapted from a poem, which was composed by poet and sculptor Kotaro Takamura, Chieko-Sho is the story of the artist's wife Chieko. The poet meets a woman, who also as an artist illustrates, one day. They marry and have a good life spending many years together. One day, however, she loses her mind and has to be confined to a hospital. The poetry was some of star Hara Setsuko's favourite even before her involvement in the film.
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Top Cast

So Yamamura
Kotaro Takamura

Setsuko Hara
Chieko Takamura

Hiroshi Tachikawa
Mitsuo

Bokuzen Hidari
Gohei

Kyoko Aoyama
Akiko

Natsuko Kahara
Mieko
Ken Mitsuda
Keiichi Yagi

Eiko Miyoshi
Kei
Keiko Môri
Kyoko

Haruo Nakajima

Chieko Nakakita
Sadako Kaga
Matsue Ono
Yoshino
Akira Sera
Sanji
Masafumi Takechi
Ichiro

Yoshio Tsuchiya
Koyama
Michiko Tsuyama
Tama

Eijirō Yanagi
Senkichi
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