Background
Chiyo Yamamoto was born in 1906 in Tokyo, Japan.
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Chiyo Yamamoto was born in 1906 in Tokyo, Japan.
After graduating from Nara Girls High School Chiyo Yamamoto joined the dramatics school of Sadanji Ichikawa in 1914.
Chiyo Yamamoto made her debut in Kaoru Osanai's "First World" in 1921. When Tsukiji Shogekijo (Small Theatre) was founded she joined it.
Later Yamamoto Chiyo Yamamoto founded Shin-Tsukiji Gekidan (New Theatrical Troupe) in 1929. She won great fame in the role of Okichi in the play Jonin Okichi. Chiyo Yamamoto was thereafter bedridden for 10 years but made a comeback in Junji Kinoshita's Sammyaku (Mountain Range).