Chieko Naniwa
Naniwa Chieko (real name: Nanko Kikuno, November 19, 1907 – December 22 , 1973) was a Japanese actress. Due to poverty, she was unable to receive an elementary school education and struggled with being illiterate. Later, through her own efforts, she learned to read and write, and overcame illiteracy. She appeared in works such as A Geisha, Throne of Blood, Equinox Flower, and Twenty-Four Eyes. She appeared in films by many of the great directors of her time. She died of gastrointestinal bleeding on December 22, 1973, at the age of 66. After her death, she was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure , Fourth Class .
151 acting credits
Acting · 151
Taikouki
1965
Throne of Blood
1957
Sansho the Bailiff
1954
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954
Equinox Flower
1958
The End of Summer
1961
True Osaka Grit
1965
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963
A Geisha
1953
Miyamoto Musashi
1961
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954
Three Yakuza
1965
Uogashi no senpū musume
1963
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960
Till Tomorrow Is
1962
The Third Will
1963
The Woman in the Rumor
1954
Snow Country
1957
The Capital of Love
1958
Girls of the Night
1961
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
1963
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1962
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
Fine Man
1961
Snow Country
1965
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
The Body
1962
18 Roughs
1963
The Preacher of Love
1961
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
1965
Sazae-san's Marriage
1959
The Shop Curtain
1958
Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
1958
Lullaby for a Tough Guy
1972
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
1960
Yakuza Official
1962
Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
1959
Sisters of Gion
1956
Marital Relations
1955
This Year's Love
1962
The Fencing Master
1962
The River Yokobori
1966
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1952
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959
Otōsan wa Ohitoyoshi
1955
Price of Beauty
1957
Shinran
1960
Flower Shop Curtain
1959
Chance Meeting
1958
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
1959
Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５
1963
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
1960
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962
Good Rascals
1962
The Paper Crane
1962
New Third-Class Executive
1959
Zangiku monogatari
1956
Bad Reputation Returns
1961
Geisha in the Old City
1957
Gentle Breeze
1959
The Woman Gambler's Supplication
1968
On Wings of Love
1957
Room for Let
1959
Nami kage
1965
Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
1962
お役者変化
1954
浮かれ狐千本櫻
1954
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
A Circus Girl
1966
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
1959
An Impudent Man
1964
My Wife
1965
Beautiful Gonpati
1954
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
続べらんめぇ芸者
1960
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1961
快盗三人吉三
1954
Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo
1952
Kunisada Chuji
1958
Sound in the Mist
1956
Moonlight in the Rain
1961
Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō
1961
紺屋高尾
1952
The Rookie Managers
1955
Sazae And Aunt Apron
1960
Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki
1959
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
1955
京化粧
1961
Ghost of Saga Mansion
1953
The Maiden Courtesan
1956
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
1960
In Search of Mother
1962
The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood
1957
Bantōhan to detchidon
1960
Maiko monogatari
1954
Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon
1961
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
1960
Three Rogues
1968
お役者小僧
1953
The Swamp
1956
Violence
1952
Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy Marriage
1953
The Sentimental Idiot
1956
Ame no Kudan-zaka
1962
Zoku bantōhan to detchidon
1960
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
1960
The Garden of Women
1954
Hawk of the North
1959
So Young, So Bright
1955
Woman Gambler Is Coming
1968
Devil in My Flesh
1968
Evening Calm
1957
Shogun and His Mistress 2
1967
Her Son Came Back
1958
The Harbor Lights
1961
Hadaka no Machi
1957
An Osaka Story
1957
Ai, sono kiseki
1964
Women in Prison
1956
Six Men Mustered in Great Edo
1953
Denshichi Torimonochō onna hada jigoku
1959
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
1957
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953
An Impudent Man 2
1964
Tainted Flowers
1958
Evil Man of Edo
1959
The Gion Tempest
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Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki
1954
Osaka Tough
1961
Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki
1958
Madame Aki
1963
Sazae's Engagement Trip
1958
We Are Salarymen
1963
The Men of Toho-ku
1957
次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
1962
All Sold Out
1956
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
1960
続々々番頭はんと丁稚どん チャンポン旅行
1961
Money Is Most Important
1964
The Blue Mountains
1957
The Blue Mountains Part 2
1957
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
1957
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
Detour to Love
1955
Unmarried
1959
滝の白糸
1952
So Deep in My Heart
1955
Dobuike
1963