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