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 (174)
Throne of Blood
Old Ghost Woman
Sansho the Bailiff
Ubatake
Twenty-Four Eyes
Meshiya no Kamisan
The End of Summer
Sasaki Tsune
Equinox Flower
Hatsu Sasaki
Miyamoto Musashi
Osugi
Otōsan wa ohitoyoshi: Yūtō rakudaisei
1956
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Okô
Kaette kita yūrei
1955
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Osugi
Girls of the Night
Kumeju
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Orin
Shinran
1960
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Kae's Wet Nurse
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Madam
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Oen
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
Chiyo
Maiko sanjūshi
1955
Temptation on Glamour Island
Shige Sasaki
A Geisha
Okimi
The Woman in the Rumor
Osaki
Haha shirayuki
1956
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Osugi
Marital Relations
1955
Snow Country
Blind masseuse
The Woman Gambler's Supplication
1968
The River Yokobori
Kin
Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
Chiyoyo Nishino (Sazae's aunt)
Yome to yobarete mada mitsuki
1954
Hana no nagadosu
1954
The Capital of Love
Umeko Yoshii
Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
Sueno
Three Yakuza
1965
Hana no sando gasa
1954
The Swamp
Otoki
Snow Country
Otatsu
Father is a Soft-Hearted Person: The Night Before His Daughter's Wedding Day
1958
京化粧
1961
So Young, So Bright
Oshin
Sound in the Mist
Chieko Naniwa
Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
1962
The Garden of Women
1954
Ghost of Saga Mansion
1953
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Osugi
Father is a Soft-Hearted Person: There are Five Men and Seven Women in the Family
1958
Ichiya no hyakuman chōja
1957
The Maiden Courtesan
1956
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
1960
This Year's Love
1962
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
Tsuruko Miyaguchi
True Osaka Grit
1965
Uogashi no senpū musume
1963
The Fencing Master
Old woman
Asama no karasu
1953
First Love Waltz
1955
Ninjutsu senshuken jiai
1956
An Impudent Man 2
1964
Good Rascals
Omon
The Sentimental Idiot
1956
Bantōhan to detchidon
1960
A Circus Girl
1966
The Ladder of Success
1958
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
Otoshi
Price of Beauty
Natsu Morishita
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953
Ninjutsu musha shūgyō
1956
All Sold Out
1956
Flower Shop Curtain
1959
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Tsuruko Miyaguchi (Widow of founder)
The Preacher of Love
1961
Tainted Flowers
1958
お役者変化
母そよ
Zangiku monogatari
Omoto
Woman Gambler Is Coming
1968
Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki
1958
Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５
Ume Shimizu
Beautiful Gonpati
およし
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
Osugi
Violence
1952
Geisha in the Old City
Ohatsu
18 Roughs
Seichii's Mother
An Osaka Story
1957
Otōsan wa Ohitoyoshi
1955
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
Kameno Inao
New Third-Class Executive
Tsuruko Miyaguchi
Osaka Tough
1961
浮かれ狐千本櫻
Otsuji
Yoidore nitōryū
1954
We Are Salarymen
Oshige
Yakuza Official
1962
Room for Let
O-Mino
Hawk of the North
1959
New Marital Relations
1963
Fine Man
1961
お役者小僧
お幸
The Paper Crane
1962
Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo
Midori, the mother
The Five Jolly Thieves
1960
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
Yōsei wa hana no nioi gasuru
1953
Taki no Shiraito
Midori
The Gion Tempest
Orin
Nami kage
1965
Sisters of Gion
1956
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
Sen (Proprietress, restaurant "Manman")
Six Men Mustered in Great Edo
1953
Lullaby for a Tough Guy
1972
On Wings of Love
Umeko Yoshioka
Sazae And Aunt Apron
Chie
Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō
1961
Till Tomorrow Is
1962
Love at Forty
1955
Three Rogues
1968
The Third Will
Yoshiko
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1952
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962
Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki
1954
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
Tsuruko Miyaguchi
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
1960
Gentle Breeze
1959
My Wife
1965
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
1960
The More-You-Fall-In-Love Story
1956
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
The Men of Toho-ku
Oei
Ame no Kudan-zaka
1962
Her Son Came Back
1958
The Harbor Lights
1961
Chance Meeting
Yone
Detour to Love
Yasu
The Bride Is Waiting
1957
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
お金
Sazae's Engagement Trip
Chie Nishino
Sazae-san's Marriage
Chie Nishino
The Blue Mountains
Mistress of Tamayaya
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
Natsukawa Chiyo
Women in Prison
Mitsuko Kaneoka, prisoner
Devil in My Flesh
1968
The Shop Curtain
1958
Hadaka no Machi
1957
An Impudent Man
1964
Evil Man of Edo
1959
The Body
1962
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
紺屋高尾
1952
続べらんめぇ芸者
1960
In Search of Mother
Obah
Scops-Owl Sermon
1958
Bad Reputation Returns
Ito Aso
Moonlight in the Rain
1961
快盗三人吉三
小紫の局
Kunisada Chuji
1958
Madame Aki
Setsuko
Money Is Most Important
1964
The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood
1957
So Deep in My Heart
1955
Dobuike
Tadae Horikawa
次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
1962
The Rookie Managers
1955
Maiko monogatari
1954
Shogun and His Mistress 2
1967
Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon
1961
続々々番頭はんと丁稚どん チャンポン旅行
1961
The Blue Mountains Part 2
Proprietress of Takara-ya
Tekka bugyō
1954
Unmarried
1959
My Lover
1964
Hana to hatō
1954
Zoku bantōhan to detchidon
1960
Maiko-han
1963
Denshichi Torimonochō onna hada jigoku
1959
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
Matsumura Sei
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
Matsumura Sei
Ai, sono kiseki
1964
