Portrait of Chieko Matsubara

Acting

Chieko Matsubara

Career

Active from 1961 to 2025, busiest in 1966 and 1968 with 7 main titles each.

Leading roles
38
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for Tokyo Drifter
Tokyo Drifter
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Chieko Matsubara Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.0, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.1, average 2.7
  • Pop Culture
    0.9, average 2.2
  • Cringe Humor
    1.0, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Japanese Cinema 5
  • Japanese Drama 5
  • Character Study 5
  • Yakuza Film 4
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Gang Warfare 3
  • Melancholy Romance 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Crime Drama 3
  • Emotional Journey 3
  • 1960s Japan 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

85
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Smiles in the Mirror
Smiles in the Mirror

as Hasegawa Sakura

2020s

5 titles
Akashi
Akashi (2025)

as Wakako

Top Swords Couple
Top Swords Couple (2024)

as Yumiko Fujii

Natchan's Little Secret
Natchan's Little Secret (2023)

as Keiko Namiki

Nishinari Goro's 400 Million Yen: Deadly Battle
Nishinari Goro's 400 Million Yen: Deadly Battle (2021)

as Hiromi Hayashi

Touban Bengoshi
Touban Bengoshi (2020)

TV show

2010s

17 titles · average score 69
A Long Goodbye
A Long Goodbye (2019)
GoodWatch score 69

as Yoko Higashi

Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi (2019)

TV show

Our Meal for Tomorrow
Our Meal for Tomorrow (2017)
GoodWatch score 62

as Meiko Uemura

The Dream of Nepenthes
The Dream of Nepenthes (2017)

TV show · as Hisako Kashimada

Sento: The Bathhouse
Sento: The Bathhouse (2016)

as Keiko (Old)

Cold Case: Door of Truth
Cold Case: Door of Truth (2016)

TV show · as Kifune Misa

Natsuko Kira
Natsuko Kira (2016)

TV show · as Shuko Koyama

Seven Detectives
Seven Detectives (2015)

TV show

3つの街の物語
3つの街の物語 (2015)

as Matsuda Mariko

Yellow Elephant
Yellow Elephant (2013)
GoodWatch score 59

as Seika

At River's Edge
At River's Edge (2011)

as Ise

Ryōmaden
Ryōmaden (2010)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show

2000s

11 titles · average score 64
Gu Gu, the Cat
Gu Gu, the Cat (2008)
GoodWatch score 63

as Asako's mother

Yellow Tears
Yellow Tears (2007)
GoodWatch score 57

as Kinu Muraoka

汚れた舌
汚れた舌 (2005)

TV show

Samurai Justice 2: Mother & Daughter
Samurai Justice 2: Mother & Daughter (2005)

as Segawa Yusen

Onigiri: Arcadia monogatari
Onigiri: Arcadia monogatari (2004)

as Misa Uehara

Blooming Again
Blooming Again (2004)

as Suzuko Asuka

Husband and Wife
Husband and Wife (2004)

TV show · as Masako Motoki

Dolls
Dolls (2002)
GoodWatch score 74

as Ryoko

狂った果実2002
狂った果実2002 (2002)

TV show

Tensai Yanagisawa Kyouju no Seikatsu
Tensai Yanagisawa Kyouju no Seikatsu (2002)

TV show · as Yanagisawa Masako

Merdeka 17805
Merdeka 17805 (2001)

as Fumiko Miyata

1990s

4 titles
Suzuran
Suzuran (1999)

TV show · as Kiyoko

To Love
To Love (1997)

as Yamagata

さしすせそ!?
さしすせそ!? (1997)

TV show

Who stole my heart
Who stole my heart (1992)

TV show

1980s

5 titles
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series (1983)

TV show · as Shizuko Hibiki

Akashi Kanpei 35-sai
Akashi Kanpei 35-sai (1983)

TV show · as Chieko Namikawa

危険な誘拐
危険な誘拐 (1982)

TV show

Himawari no Uta
Himawari no Uta (1981)

TV show · as Suzuki Yoshiko

Akai Shisen
Akai Shisen (1980)

TV show

1970s

9 titles · average score 69
Strait of Roses
Strait of Roses (1978)

TV show

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu
Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu (1977)

TV show

White Wilderness
White Wilderness (1977)

TV show

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss (1976)
GoodWatch score 69

as Asami Nakamichi

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love (1971)

as Kayo

Onna no Iji
Onna no Iji (1971)

as Kada Junko

Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny (1970)

as Motoko Takahata

Dangerous Games
Dangerous Games (1970)

as Keiko Natsukawa

時間ですよ
時間ですよ (1970)

TV show · as 松野芙美 / 松野芙美(第8回以降)

1960s

33 titles · average score 70
Outlaw: Kill!
Outlaw: Kill! (1969)
GoodWatch score 68

as Yukiko Hashimoto

Gambler's Dilemma
Gambler's Dilemma (1969)

as Sugisaki Shimitsu

Outlaw: Gangster VIP
Outlaw: Gangster VIP (1968)
GoodWatch score 69

as Yukiko Hashimoto

Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
Outlaw: Goro the Assassin (1968)
GoodWatch score 66

as Yuki Isomura

Outlaw: Black Dagger
Outlaw: Black Dagger (1968)

as Yukiko Hashimoto

Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 (1968)
GoodWatch score 69

as Yukiko Hashimoto

Outlaw: Heartless
Outlaw: Heartless (1968)
GoodWatch score 67

as Keiko Hashizume

Tokyo Drifter
Tokyo Drifter (1966)
GoodWatch score 83

as Chiharu

Black Tight Killers
Black Tight Killers (1966)
GoodWatch score 68

as Yoriko Sawanouchi

Cruel Gun Story
Cruel Gun Story (1964)
GoodWatch score 72

as Rie

The Call of Blood
The Call of Blood (1964)

as Yasuko Gôda

Kanto Wanderer
Kanto Wanderer (1963)
GoodWatch score 67

as Tokiko