Chieko Naniwa
Acting
Born: November 19, 1907 · Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan
Died: December 22, 1973 (aged 66)
Highest Rated
Biography
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 .
Known for
Throne of Blood
1957
Sansho the Bailiff
1954
Equinox Flower
1958
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954
The End of Summer
1961
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954
A Geisha
1953
The Woman in the Rumor
1954
Girls of the Night
1961
Photos (1)
Movies (158)
Throne of Blood
Old Ghost Woman
Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki
1954
Sansho the Bailiff
Ubatake
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Okô
The End of Summer
Sasaki Tsune
Hana no sando gasa
1954
Equinox Flower
Hatsu Sasaki
Snow Country
Blind masseuse
True Osaka Grit
1965
Women in Prison
Mitsuko Kaneoka, prisoner
Girls of the Night
Kumeju
Yōsei wa hana no nioi gasuru
1953
A Geisha
Okimi
In Search of Mother
Obah
Room for Let
O-Mino
Evil Man of Edo
1959
The Woman in the Rumor
Osaki
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Madam
The Blue Mountains Part 2
Proprietress of Takara-ya
Miyamoto Musashi
Osugi
Twenty-Four Eyes
Meshiya no Kamisan
Hadaka no Machi
1957
Marital Relations
1955
The Men of Toho-ku
Oei
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
The Harbor Lights
1961
The River Yokobori
Kin
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Osugi
Tainted Flowers
1958
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Osugi
The Bride Is Waiting
1957
Sazae-san's Marriage
Chie Nishino
Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
1962
The Fencing Master
Old woman
The Third Will
Yoshiko
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
Osugi
Yakuza Official
1962
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Tsuruko Miyaguchi (Widow of founder)
The Body
1962
Sazae's Engagement Trip
Chie Nishino
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
お金
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
Tsuruko Miyaguchi
Maiko sanjūshi
1955
Three Yakuza
1965
Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
Chiyoyo Nishino (Sazae's aunt)
The Woman Gambler's Supplication
1968
お役者変化
母そよ
次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
1962
Shinran
1960
A Circus Girl
1966
Bad Reputation Returns
Ito Aso
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
Otoshi
The Garden of Women
1954
This Year's Love
1962
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Osugi
Snow Country
Otatsu
The Preacher of Love
1961
The Paper Crane
1962
Nami kage
1965
Asama no karasu
1953
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Orin
Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５
Ume Shimizu
Price of Beauty
Natsu Morishita
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Oen
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
1960
The Maiden Courtesan
1956
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
Matsumura Sei
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
Till Tomorrow Is
1962
All Sold Out
1956
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
Chiyo
So Young, So Bright
Oshin
Lullaby for a Tough Guy
1972
Temptation on Glamour Island
Shige Sasaki
Kunisada Chuji
1958
Maiko monogatari
1954
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
Kameno Inao
On Wings of Love
Umeko Yoshioka
Shogun and His Mistress 2
1967
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
Sen (Proprietress, restaurant "Manman")
Unmarried
1959
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953
An Osaka Story
1957
続べらんめぇ芸者
1960
Ai, sono kiseki
1964
Good Rascals
Omon
Sazae And Aunt Apron
Chie
The Rookie Managers
1955
Hawk of the North
1959
The Capital of Love
Umeko Yoshii
Otōsan wa Ohitoyoshi
1955
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1952
First Love Waltz
1955
Beautiful Gonpati
およし
An Impudent Man 2
1964
Six Men Mustered in Great Edo
1953
Geisha in the Old City
Ohatsu
Detour to Love
Yasu
Ghost of Saga Mansion
1953
The Shop Curtain
1958
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
Tsuruko Miyaguchi
Sisters of Gion
1956
We Are Salarymen
Oshige
The Gion Tempest
Orin
Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki
1958
浮かれ狐千本櫻
Otsuji
Flower Shop Curtain
1959
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962
Zangiku monogatari
Omoto
Ame no Kudan-zaka
1962
お役者小僧
お幸
Uogashi no senpū musume
1963
Hana to hatō
1954
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
Natsukawa Chiyo
My Wife
1965
Money Is Most Important
1964
Maiko-han
1963
So Deep in My Heart
1955
Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō
1961
Fine Man
1961
Denshichi Torimonochō onna hada jigoku
1959
My Lover
1964
Chance Meeting
Yone
Sound in the Mist
Chieko Naniwa
Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon
1961
18 Roughs
Seichii's Mother
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
New Third-Class Executive
Tsuruko Miyaguchi
Woman Gambler Is Coming
1968
Moonlight in the Rain
1961
紺屋高尾
1952
Love at Forty
1955
快盗三人吉三
小紫の局
Taki no Shiraito
Midori
The Sentimental Idiot
1956
Zoku bantōhan to detchidon
1960
Three Rogues
1968
Bantōhan to detchidon
1960
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
1960
The Blue Mountains
Mistress of Tamayaya
Dobuike
Tadae Horikawa
An Impudent Man
1964
Gentle Breeze
1959
Her Son Came Back
1958
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
Matsumura Sei
Violence
1952
Osaka Tough
1961
Madame Aki
Setsuko
続々々番頭はんと丁稚どん チャンポン旅行
1961
京化粧
1961
The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood
1957
Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo
Midori, the mother
Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
Sueno
Devil in My Flesh
1968
The Swamp
Otoki
Yoidore nitōryū
1954
Hana no nagadosu
1954
