Chieko Naniwa

Known For: Acting
Born: November 19, 1907
Place of Birth: Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan
Died: December 22, 1973

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 .

Filmography

Lullaby for a Tough Guy

1972

The Woman Gambler's Supplication

1968

Three Rogues

1968

Woman Gambler Is Coming

1968

Devil in My Flesh

1968

Shogun and His Mistress 2

1967

The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

1967

The River Yokobori

1966 · Kin

A Circus Girl

1966

True Osaka Grit

1965

Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro

1965 · Osugi

Three Yakuza

1965

My Wife

1965

Snow Country

1965 · Blind masseuse

Nami kage

1965

President's Ninja Trick Book Part II

1965 · Sen (Proprietress, restaurant "Manman")

Taikouki

1965 · Naka

Ai, sono kiseki

1964

Money Is Most Important

1964

An Impudent Man 2

1964

I'm a Bodyguard

1964

An Impudent Man

1964

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple

1964 · Osugi

We Are Salarymen

1963 · Oshige

Dobuike

1963 · Tadae Horikawa

18 Roughs

1963 · Seichii's Mother

Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style

1963 · Osugi

The Third Will

1963 · Yoshiko

Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５

1963 · Ume Shimizu

Uogashi no senpū musume

1963

Madame Aki

1963

Twin Sisters of Kyoto

1963 · Madam

The Paper Crane

1962

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

1962 · Osugi

The Body

1962

The Fencing Master

1962 · Old woman

Shin kitsune to tanuki

1962

Yakuza Official

1962

Ame no Kudan-zaka

1962

Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo

1962

Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi

1962

Till Tomorrow Is

1962

In Search of Mother

1962 · Obah

Good Rascals

1962 · Omon

This Year's Love

1962

次郎長社長と石松社員威風堂々

1962

Bad Reputation Returns

1961 · Ito Aso

京化粧

1961

The End of Summer

1961 · Sasaki Tsune

Girls of the Night

1961 · Kumeju

Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō

1961

Fine Man

1961

Miyamoto Musashi

1961 · Osugi

Moonlight in the Rain

1961

Osaka Tough

1961

続々々番頭はんと丁稚どんチャンポン旅行

1961

The Harbor Lights

1961

The Preacher of Love

1961

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4

1961 · Otoshi

Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon

1961

Sazae And Aunt Apron

1960

Zoku bantōhan to detchidon

1960

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3

1960

New Third Class Executive: Husband Education

1960 · Tsuruko Miyaguchi

Shinran

1960

Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success

1960 · Chiyo

Bantōhan to detchidon

1960

New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller

1960 · Tsuruko Miyaguchi

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2

1960

続べらんめぇ芸者

1960

Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes

1960 · Natsukawa Chiyo

The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo

1960

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking

1960 · Tsuruko Miyaguchi (Widow of founder)

Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife

1959

Evil Man of Edo

1959

Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka

1959 · Oen

New Third-Class Executive

1959 · Tsuruko Miyaguchi

Gentle Breeze

1959

Room for Let

1959 · O-Mino

Hawk of the North

1959

Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki

Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki

1959 · Oharu

The Story of Iron Arm Inao

1959 · Kameno Inao

Unmarried

1959

Denshichi Torimonochō onna hada jigoku

1959

Flower Shop Curtain

1959

Temptation on Glamour Island

1959 · Shige Sasaki

Sazae-san's Marriage

1959

Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki

1958

Equinox Flower

1958 · Hatsu Sasaki

Kunisada Chuji

1958

Sazae's Engagement Trip

1958

Tainted Flowers

1958

The Shop Curtain

1958

Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki

1958 · Sueno

Her Son Came Back

1958

The Capital of Love

1958 · Umeko Yoshii

Chance Meeting

1958 · Yone

The Blue Mountains Part 2

1957 · Proprietress of Takara-ya

Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2

1957 · Matsumura Sei

The Blue Mountains

1957 · Mistress of Tamayaya

Geisha in the Old City

1957 · Ohatsu

The Men of Toho-ku

1957 · Oei

Hadaka no Machi

1957

On Wings of Love

1957 · Umeko Yoshioka

The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood

1957

Diary of a Successful Salaryman

1957 · Matsumura Sei

Snow Country

1957 · Otatsu

Evening Calm

1957

Price of Beauty

1957 · Natsu Morishita

An Osaka Story

1957

Throne of Blood

1957 · Old Ghost Woman

The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji

1956

Sound in the Mist

1956 · Chieko Naniwa

Shozo, a Cat and Two Women

1956 · Orin

Women in Prison

1956 · Mitsuko Kaneoka, prisoner

The Swamp

1956 · Otoki

Sisters of Gion

1956

Zangiku monogatari

1956 · Omoto

The Sentimental Idiot

1956

The Maiden Courtesan

1956

All Sold Out

1956

So Young, So Bright

1955 · Oshin

Detour to Love

1955 · Yasu

So Deep in My Heart

1955

Marital Relations

1955

Otōsan wa Ohitoyoshi

1955

The Rookie Managers

1955

Maiko sanjūshi

1955

八州遊侠伝白鷺三味線

1955 · お金

浮かれ狐千本櫻

1954 · Otsuji

Chikamatsu Monogatari

1954 · Okô

Twenty-Four Eyes

1954 · Meshiya no Kamisan

The Woman in the Rumor

1954 · Osaki

快盗三人吉三

1954 · 小紫の局

Sansho the Bailiff

1954 · Ubatake

The Garden of Women

1954

Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki

1954

Beautiful Gonpati

1954 · およし

Maiko monogatari

1954

Hana to hatō

1954

お役者変化

1954 · 母そよ

Six Men Mustered in Great Edo

1953

Ghost of Saga Mansion

1953

Zoku Tange Sazen

1953

A Geisha

1953 · Okimi

Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy Marriage

Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy Marriage

1953 · Omoto

お役者小僧

1953 · お幸

紺屋高尾

1952

Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo

1952 · Midori, the mother

Violence

1952

Taki no Shiraito

1952 · Midori

Tsukigata Hanpeita

1952

The Gion Tempest

— · Orin

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