Chieko Naniwa
Born
November 19, 1907
Died
December 22, 1973 (66 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Tondabayashi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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
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
Kin
1966
A Circus Girl
1966
True Osaka Grit
1965
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Osugi
1965
Three Yakuza
1965
My Wife
1965
Snow Country
Blind masseuse
1965
Nami kage
1965
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
Sen (Proprietress, restaurant "Manman")
1965
Taikouki
Naka · (52 episodes)
1965
Ai, sono kiseki
1964
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
An Impudent Man
1964
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
Osugi
1964
18 Roughs
Seichii's Mother
1963
Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
Osugi
1963
The Third Will
Yoshiko
1963
次郎長社長と石松社員 安来ぶし道中
1963
Uogashi no senpū musume
1963
Yushu Heiya
1963
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Madam
1963
The Paper Crane
1962
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Osugi
1962
The Body
1962
The Fencing Master
Old woman
1962
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 Tomorow Comes
1962
In Search of Mother
Obah
1962
Good Rascals
Omon
1962
This Year's Love
1962
次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
1962
Bad Reputation Returns
Ito Aso
1961
京化粧
1961
The End of Summer
Sasaki Tsune
1961
Girls of the Night
Kumeju
1961
Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō
1961
Fine Man
1961
Miyamoto Musashi
Osugi
1961
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
Otoshi
1961
べらんめぇ藝者罷り通る
1961
Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon
1961
Sazae And Aunt Apron
1960
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
1960
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
Tsuruko Miyaguchi
1960
Shinran
1960
Bantōhan to detchidon
1960
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
Tsuruko Miyaguchi
1960
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
1960
続べらんめぇ芸者
1960
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
1960
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Tsuruko Miyaguchi (Widow of founder)
1960
Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
1959
Evil Man of Edo
1959
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Oen
1959
New Third-Class Executive
Tsuruko Miyaguchi
1959
Gentle Breeze
1959
Room for Let
O-Mino
1959
Hawk of the North
1959
Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki
Oharu
1959
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
Kameno Inao
1959
Denshichi Torimonochō onna hada jigoku
1959
Flower Shop Curtain
1959
Temptation on Glamour Island
Shige Sasaki
1959
Sazae-san's Marriage
1959
Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki
1958
Equinox Flower
Hatsu Sasaki
1958
Kunisada Chuji
1958
Sazae's Engagement Trip
1958
Tainted Flowers
1958
The Shop Curtain
1958
Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
Sueno
1958
Her Son Came Back
1958
City of Love
Umeko Yoshii
1958
Chance Meeting
Yone
1958
Geisha in the Old City
Ohatsu
1957
Hadaka no Machi
1957
On Wings of Love
Umeko Yoshioka
1957
The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood
1957
Snow Country
Otatsu
1957
Evening Calm
1957
Price of Beauty
Natsu Morishita
1957
An Osaka Story
1957
Throne of Blood
Old Ghost Woman
1957
Sound in the Mist
Chieko Naniwa
1956
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Orin
1956
Women in Prison
Mitsuko Kaneoka, prisoner
1956
The Swamp
Otoki
1956
Sisters of Gion
1956
Zangiku monogatari
Omoto
1956
The Sentimental Idiot
1956
The Maiden Courtesan
1956
So Young, So Bright
1955
Marital Relations
1955
Otōsan wa Ohitoyoshi
1955
The Rookie Managers
1955
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
お金
1955
浮かれ狐千本櫻
Otsuji
1954
The Crucified Lovers
Okô
1954
Twenty-Four Eyes
Meshiya no Kamisan
1954
The Woman in the Rumor
Osaki
1954
快盗三人吉三
小紫の局
1954
Sansho the Bailiff
Ubatake
1954
The Garden of Women
1954
Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki
1954
Beautiful Gonpati
およし
1954
Maiko monogatari
1954
お役者変化
母そよ
1954
Six Men Mustered in Great Edo
1953
Ghost of Saga Mansion
1953
A Geisha
Okimi
1953
Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy Marriage
Omoto
1953
お役者小僧
お幸
1953
紺屋高尾
1952
Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo
Midori, the mother
1952
Violence
1952
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1952
The Gion Tempest
Orin