Chieko Misaki
Chieko Misaki (1921–2012) was a Japanese actress known for taking the role of an aunt in the It's Tough Being a Man film and the resulting four dozen or so Otoko wa Tsurai yo series of films.
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| Born | 20 February 1921  Sugamo |
| Died | 13 February 2012 (aged 90) Kamakura |
| Occupation | Actor, singer |
| Spouse(s) | Masayoshi Miyasaka |
Life
Misaki was born in an area of Tokyo and her family had a vegetable business. She was educated at Toyo Girls' High School and then went to work in the Shirokiya department store. She broke into performing when she was employed as a singer by the entertainment company Shochiku in 1939.[1]
In 1950 she began giving Kimono shows with the first ever post-war example in the Mitsukoshi store.[1]
She went to work for the Mingei theatre company in 1951.[1]
The films she was appeared in include "Family" and "Like the Flow of the River". She appeared in the 1969 film comedy It's Tough Being a Man as the protagonist's aunt.[2] This was the first of over forty movies with the same lead character of Toya who in each film finds and fails to get a girl.[3] Misaki has the repeating role as his aunt.[4] The 48th film was released in 1995 with her still as the lead person's aunt.
Private life
She married another actor Masayoshi Miyasaka.[1]
References
- ""おばちゃん"三崎千恵子さん９０歳大往生…寅さんの元へ：芸能：スポーツ報知". 2012-02-14. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
- It's Tough Being a Man (1969), retrieved 2023-08-03
- Martinez, Dolores P. (1998-10-13). The Worlds of Japanese Popular Culture: Gender, Shifting Boundaries and Global Cultures. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-63729-9.
- Nollen, Scott Allen (2019-03-28). Takashi Shimura: Chameleon of Japanese Cinema. McFarland. p. 151. ISBN 978-1-4766-7013-3.