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 · 150
Throne of Blood
1957 · Old Ghost Woman
Taikouki
1965 · Naka
Sansho the Bailiff
1954 · Ubatake
Women in Prison
1956 · Mitsuko Kaneoka, priso...
Room for Let
1959 · O-Mino
Tainted Flowers
1958
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954 · Okô
The Harbor Lights
1961
Evil Man of Edo
1959
In Search of Mother
1962 · Obah
The End of Summer
1961 · Sasaki Tsune
Hadaka no Machi
1957
The River Yokobori
1966 · Kin
Sazae's Engagement Trip
1958
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954 · Meshiya no Kamisan
Equinox Flower
1958 · Hatsu Sasaki
Flower Shop Curtain
1959
True Osaka Grit
1965
A Geisha
1953 · Okimi
An Osaka Story
1957
Sazae-san's Marriage
1959
Shogun and His Mistress 2
1967
The Sentimental Idiot
1956
Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki
1954
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964 · Osugi
Girls of the Night
1961 · Kumeju
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956 · Orin
The Woman in the Rumor
1954 · Osaki
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965 · Osugi
Miyamoto Musashi
1961 · Osugi
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
1959 · Kameno Inao
Hawk of the North
1959
All Sold Out
1956
Snow Country
1965 · Blind masseuse
The Third Will
1963 · Yoshiko
So Deep in My Heart
1955
Detour to Love
1955 · Yasu
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
The Men of Toho-ku
1957 · Oei
Unmarried
1959
Three Yakuza
1965
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
1963 · Osugi
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
Snow Country
1957 · Otatsu
Marital Relations
1955
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963 · Madam
Money Is Most Important
1964
Nami kage
1965
Hana to hatō
1954
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1962 · Osugi
Fine Man
1961
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1952
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
1959 · Oen
Maiko sanjūshi
1955
Zangiku monogatari
1956 · Omoto
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959 · Shige Sasaki
お役者変化
1954 · 母そよ
Sazae And Aunt Apron
1960
Good Rascals
1962 · Omon
Bad Reputation Returns
1961 · Ito Aso
My Wife
1965
Dobuike
1963 · Tadae Horikawa
Taki no Shiraito
1952 · Midori
The Body
1962
The Swamp
1956 · Otoki
The Woman Gambler's Supplication
1968
The Maiden Courtesan
1956
A Circus Girl
1966
This Year's Love
1962
The Fencing Master
1962 · Old woman
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
1965 · Sen (Proprietress, res...
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1961 · Otoshi
Kunisada Chuji
1958
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
1955 · お金
The Capital of Love
1958 · Umeko Yoshii
Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
1959
18 Roughs
1963 · Seichii's Mother
Sound in the Mist
1956 · Chieko Naniwa
Lullaby for a Tough Guy
1972
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960 · Tsuruko Miyaguchi (Wid...
The Garden of Women
1954
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
1960 · Tsuruko Miyaguchi
Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki
1958
So Young, So Bright
1955 · Oshin
Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５
1963 · Ume Shimizu
Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō
1961
Ghost of Saga Mansion
1953
Chance Meeting
1958 · Yone
Madame Aki
1963
Woman Gambler Is Coming
1968
On Wings of Love
1957 · Umeko Yoshioka
The Blue Mountains
1957 · Mistress of Tamayaya
浮かれ狐千本櫻
1954 · Otsuji
続々々番頭はんと丁稚どん チャンポン旅行
1961
New Third-Class Executive
1959 · Tsuruko Miyaguchi
The Shop Curtain
1958
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962
The Paper Crane
1962
Gentle Breeze
1959
An Impudent Man 2
1964
An Impudent Man
1964
Moonlight in the Rain
1961
Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo
1952 · Midori, the mother
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
1960
Devil in My Flesh
1968
Bantōhan to detchidon
1960
Sisters of Gion
1956
Price of Beauty
1957 · Natsu Morishita
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
Her Son Came Back
1958
Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
1958 · Sueno
The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood
1957
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960 · Tsuruko Miyaguchi
Beautiful Gonpati
1954 · およし
Shinran
1960
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
1960 · Chiyo
We Are Salarymen
1963 · Oshige
お役者小僧
1953 · お幸
Violence
1952
Otōsan wa Ohitoyoshi
1955
Ai, sono kiseki
1964
続べらんめぇ芸者
1960
Geisha in the Old City
1957 · Ohatsu
Zoku bantōhan to detchidon
1960
Yakuza Official
1962
Uogashi no senpū musume
1963
次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
1962
The Blue Mountains Part 2
1957 · Proprietress of Takara...
Ame no Kudan-zaka
1962
京化粧
1961
The Rookie Managers
1955
The Gion Tempest
— · Orin
Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
1962
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
1957 · Matsumura Sei
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
1960 · Natsukawa Chiyo
Till Tomorrow Is
1962
Three Rogues
1968
Six Men Mustered in Great Edo
1953
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
1957 · Matsumura Sei
Osaka Tough
1961
紺屋高尾
1952
Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon
1961
Maiko monogatari
1954
The Preacher of Love
1961
快盗三人吉三
1954 · 小紫の局
Denshichi Torimonochō onna hada jigoku
1959
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
1960
First Love Waltz
1955