Chieko Matsui
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 4, 1899
- Place of birth
- Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- April 2, 1929
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.
Movies with Chieko Matsui
- The Age of Emotion 1928 · ★ 8.0
- Townspeople 1926 · ★ 8.0
- Umi mo yusha 1927
- Junange 1926
- The Killing of a Hundred Men at Isshinji Temple 1925
- No Need for Your Opinion 1925
- Troubled Days 1926
- Young Master 1926
- Buried Youth 1926
- The Basement 1927
- Iron Virgin 1928