The Chieko Story

Overview

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.

Cast

So Yamamura

Kotaro Takamura

Setsuko Hara

Chieko Takamura

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Mitsuo

Bokuzen Hidari

Gohei

Kyoko Aoyama

Akiko

Natsuko Kahara

Mieko

N/A

Ken Mitsuda

Keiichi Yagi

Eiko Miyoshi

Kei

N/A

Keiko Môri

Kyoko

Haruo Nakajima

Chieko Nakakita

Sadako Kaga

N/A

Matsue Ono

Yoshino