Chiemi Eri

Acting

Chiemi Eri

Born — Died

1937-01-11 — 1982-02-13

Place of birth

Taitō, Tokyo, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

47 titles

Chiemi Eri, born Chiemi Kubo, was a Japanese singer and actress. Her singing career started at age 14 with a version of "Tennessee Waltz", and the year after in 1952 she made her film debut in "Môjû tsukai no shôjo". Chiemi Eri would star as the lead in the Sazae-san film series adapted from the popular manga. Throughout her career Chiemi Eri would appeared in more than 50 feature films

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 1 titles

1960s · 16 titles

Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey poster
8.5

Playhouse employees Okimi and Otoshi become involved in an undercover officer’s investigation of a gang when they accidentally walk in on a drug deal taking place at their theater.

Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey

1962

Sazae-san Plays Cupid poster
8.0

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic.

Sazae-san Plays Cupid

1961

A Carpenter and Children poster
7.5

A carpenter, Shigetsugu, learns a lesson of love and humanity from five orphaned children and an affectionate woman named Oritsu. It's a winning combination of drama and humor. The warm friendship that grows between the carpenter, the woman and the children making this into a true masterpiece.

A Carpenter and Children

1962

Love in Ginza poster
5.0

Hanjiro is a struggling painter that shares a tiny apartment in the back streets of Ginza with his jazz pianist friend who works at a bar. When he and his sweet heart, Hisako decide to get married, Hanjiro is faced with a tough decision. Needing to buy a ticket back home to tell his mother the good news, he compromises his creative principles for love and sells his portrait of Hisako. Hisako heads to the station to see him off, but gets hit by a car...

Love in Ginza

1962

Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai poster
8.7

Gonza was a handsome young laborer, a footman and spear-carrier, working hard for his meager wage. All Gonza wanted was to marry his young sweetheart, but despite their mutual poverty, her status as the daughter of a samurai blocked their path to happiness. A chance opportunity to achieve samurai status would come one day, but Gonza will regret trusting the so-called honorable samurai who extended this fateful offer, and the terrible price he'd pay, fighting for his life in one of the most blood-spattered samurai battles ever filmed.

Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai

1963

Sazae-san's Baby poster
9.0

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.

Sazae-san's Baby

1960

The Money Dance poster
9.0

Machida (Shintaro Katsu) is in constant trouble because of his instincts to do right every time, even when it endangers his life. A gang hires him for his "forceful personality," and assigns him to kill evil people, a president of a loan company and a drug baron.

The Money Dance

1964

Rising Dragon: Soft Skin Gambler poster
NR

Japanese crime film

Rising Dragon: Soft Skin Gambler

1969

Count on Me poster
NR

Singer Eri stars in this modern musical.

Count on Me

1960

Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2 poster
NR

A princess seeks adventure and true love, with help from her loyal servant.

Travels of Hibari and Chiemi 2

1963

Sazae And Aunt Apron poster
10.0

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip

Sazae And Aunt Apron

1960

Life of a Country Doctor poster
8.5

A skilled country doctor's talents are such that he can even perform operations as difficult and novel as removing a patient's kidney for the first time in Japan. Unfortunately for him, however, his wife's addiction to gambling is of such a magnitude that he is down to selling his underwear to make money. The image sticks and he becomes known as the 'underwear doctor.' On the other hand, his successful surgery's patient is so grateful he himself wants to become a physician.

Life of a Country Doctor

1960

Dokuritsu bijin-tai poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Dokuritsu bijin-tai

1963

Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: We Are Three Best Friends poster
8.0

Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: We Are Three Best Friends

1964

Tōkyō sanosa musume poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Tōkyō sanosa musume

1962

Sakiko-san chotto poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sakiko-san chotto

1963

1950s · 29 titles

Birth of a Jazz Maiden poster
NR

Kawai Midori's father left the family a long time ago and since her mother passed away, she has taken care of her younger siblings by herself by working with a group of itinerant camellia oil peddlers. While she is In Izu selling camellia oil, she meets a young student, Katō Yutaka, who asks her to let him take her picture. The peddlers also meet a jazz band, and when Midori sings a song, teased by the band's star singer Nanjō Haruo, the band members are enraptured by her beautiful voice. She eventually joins the band and quickly becomes a popular jazz singer.

Birth of a Jazz Maiden

1957

Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife poster
NR

Masuo and Sazae are enjoying their newlywed life in their new house, even though they are in company housing. Masuo's colleague is invited to thank him for the newlyweds, but Masuo has been told by Managing Director Hanamura to go on a business trip to Kansai. Before long, Masuo contacted Sazae to come to Osaka.

Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife

1959

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Red Camellia

1953

The First Love of a Cha Cha Girl poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The First Love of a Cha Cha Girl

1956

Teenage Sazae poster
10.0

Adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in color.

Teenage Sazae

1957

No artwork available
NR

A short musical comedy centered on seven star singers performing their hit songs. A tape recorder has been stolen, and it contains the star singers’ hit songs needed for the broadcast. What desperate measure will they take to make it in time for the broadcast?

Hanagata kashu: Nanatsu no uta

1953

Cheerful Detective poster
NR

After graduating from detective school, Achao and Entaro received their certificates and launched a private detective agency. One night, while investigating Otoyo, the wife of a soba shop owner, the two went to the basement of a theater and unexpectedly stumbled upon the murder of model Ranko Nemoto. Using the earring she was wearing as a clue, they began their investigation.

Cheerful Detective

1954

Sazae's Engagement Trip poster
NR

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in TohoScope.

Sazae's Engagement Trip

1958

So Young, So Bright poster
7.8

Two high school girls, Ruri and Yumi, go to Kyoto on a school trip, here they get acquainted with Hinagiku, there are many adventures ahead of the three of them. A musical starring 3 Japanese pop music and TV stars.

So Young, So Bright

1955

Sazae-san poster
7.5

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip. The first entry in Toho's Sazae-san series.

Sazae-san

1956

Sazae-san's Marriage poster
NR

Sazae finally gets married, but right after that, Masuo is transferred to Osaka. A heartbroken Sazae sends her parents on a silver wedding trip, and eventually heads for Nikko, a travel destination. Sazae is once again overwhelmed by the sight of the newlyweds bustling with sunlight, but...

Sazae-san's Marriage

1959

Road to Hawaii poster
8.0

A 1954 film.

Road to Hawaii

1954

Cheers to the Jazz Girl poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Cheers to the Jazz Girl

1955

Jacks and Jills poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Jacks and Jills

1956

Hahakozuru poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hahakozuru

1952

Jazz on Parade (1956): The Tomboy from the Backstreets poster
NR

A young girl travels to Ginza and fulfills her dream of singing to help the children of a poor orphanage and is mistaken for the missing granddaughter of a wealthy and heartless businessman.

Jazz on Parade (1956): The Tomboy from the Backstreets

1956

Sazae-san's Newlywed Family poster
NR

Sazae's wish came true and she got married to Masuo. The two ended up living together at Sazae's parents' home, the Isono family. However, the newlywed life that started at the Isono family was a disaster. At the Isono family, where bonito and Wakame pranks and neighbors visit, it is difficult even to be alone.

Sazae-san's Newlywed Family

1959

On Wings of Love poster
10.0

On Wings of Love is a 1957 Japanese romantic musical film directed by Toshio Sugie. It was Toho's highest-grossing film of the year and the first film released in Tohoscope.

On Wings of Love

1957

Sazae-san Sequel poster
10.0

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip.

Sazae-san Sequel

1957

花笠太鼓 poster
NR

In early summer in Edo, Sanshirō, known for his beautiful singing, is a devoted son living in a tenement with his blind mother Okura. He works as a delivery boy for the caterer "Yaoyorozu." His brother, Chōjirō, who disliked being a plasterer, ran away from home and became a subordinate of the yakuza Yamashita no Gonsuke. On a delivery, Sanshirō catches a vagrant child, Erippē, stealing a flower hairpin from Ochiyo, the daughter of the wealthy merchant Narumiyaya Bunzaimon. Impressed by Sanshirō's character, Bunzaimon considers him as a potential son-in-law for Ochiyo, who admires Sanshirō.

花笠太鼓

1956

New Journey of Yaji and Kita poster
NR

Based on the comic by Machiko Hasegawa

New Journey of Yaji and Kita

1952

The Fighter in the Ring poster
NR

Docudrama about Rikidozan. When Rikidozan is accused by a school teacher of selling autographs to children for ¥50 apiece, "Riki" (as he was popularly known) investigates, eventually putting a stop to such unseemliness. Later, as he is about to wrestle an American (modeled after Lou Thesz), a young boy is injured by another youngster who imitated his famous karate chop.

The Fighter in the Ring

1956

The Beauty Expert poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Beauty Expert

1957

恐怖の空中殺人 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

恐怖の空中殺人

1956

Fighting Cha Cha Girl poster
8.0

After winning a singing contest, Momoko leaves her rural village for Tokyo to pursue her dream. Misunderstandings, scams, and shifting ambitions lead her from aspiring street performer to jazz singer, culminating in her big debut on stage.

Fighting Cha Cha Girl

1956

Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo poster
NR

Moju Tsukai no Shojo is a 1952 black-and-white Japanese film

Mōjū Tsukai no Shōjo

1952

The Singing Tireless Town poster
NR

Backstage friendships and rivalries flare as dancers Akiko and Haruko compete for roles, clash with disapproving parents, and juggle new romances. A failed scheme to push Haruko out forces truths into the open, bringing the troupe back together as they head toward their next show.

The Singing Tireless Town

1957

Romance and Rhythm poster
7.0

Eri stars as a jazz-crazy waitress pursuing a singing career.

Romance and Rhythm

1958

The Green Voyage poster
NR

Three high school girls travel to Osaka to visit a friend and end up on a lively journey through Kyoto, Beppu, and Aso. Along the way they meet classmates, rivals, and mentors, joining together in a joyful chorus at a village festival beneath the Aso mountains.

The Green Voyage

1957