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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Iron Virgin
Character: Kyōko
MOVIE • 1928
The Age of Emotion
Character:
MOVIE • 1928
Umi mo yusha
Character:
MOVIE • 1927
The Basement
Character:
MOVIE • 1927
Buried Youth
Character:
MOVIE • 1926
Junange
Character:
MOVIE • 1926
Young Master
Character: Sumiko Sugimoto (clerk)
MOVIE • 1926
Townspeople
Character:
MOVIE • 1926
Troubled Days
Character: Ryoji's lover, Outa
MOVIE • 1926
No Need for Your Opinion
Character: Geisha
MOVIE • 1925
The Killing of a Hundred Men at Isshinji Temple
Character: Kikue
MOVIE • 1925