Chieko Naniwa
Born Nov 19, 1907 · Tondabayashi, Osaka, 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
Three Rogues
1968
The Woman Gambler's Supplication
1968
Woman Gambler Is Coming
1968
Devil in My Flesh
1968
Shogun and His Mistress 2
1967
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
A Circus Girl
1966
The River Yokobori
1966
Taikouki
1965
True Osaka Grit
1965
Snow Country
1965
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
1965
Three Yakuza
1965
Nami kage
1965
Money Is Most Important
1964
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964
An Impudent Man 2
1964
Ai, sono kiseki
1964
An Impudent Man
1964
Dobuike
1963
The Third Will
1963
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963
Uogashi no senpū musume
1963
Madame Aki
1963
We Are Salarymen
1963
Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５
1963
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
1963
In Search of Mother
1962
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1962
次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
1962
The Fencing Master
1962
The Body
1962
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962
Till Tomorrow Is
1962
Good Rascals
1962
Ame no Kudan-zaka
1962
Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
1962
This Year's Love
1962
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
The Paper Crane
1962
The Harbor Lights
1961
The End of Summer
1961
Miyamoto Musashi
1961
Girls of the Night
1961
The Preacher of Love
1961
京化粧
1961
Fine Man
1961
Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon
1961
Moonlight in the Rain
1961
続々々番頭はんと丁稚どん チャンポン旅行
1961
Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō
1961
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1961
Bad Reputation Returns
1961
Osaka Tough
1961
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
1960
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
1960
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960
Zoku bantōhan to detchidon
1960
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
1960
Shinran
1960
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
1960
Bantōhan to detchidon
1960
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
Sazae And Aunt Apron
1960
Room for Let
1959
Evil Man of Edo
1959
Hawk of the North
1959
Unmarried
1959
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
1959
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
1959
Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
1959
Denshichi Torimonochō onna hada jigoku
1959
Flower Shop Curtain
1959
New Third-Class Executive
1959
Sazae's Engagement Trip
1958
Tainted Flowers
1958
Equinox Flower
1958
The Capital of Love
1958
Kunisada Chuji
1958
The Shop Curtain
1958
Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki
1958
Chance Meeting
1958
Her Son Came Back
1958
Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
1958
Throne of Blood
1957
Hadaka no Machi
1957
An Osaka Story
1957
Snow Country
1957
The Men of Toho-ku
1957
Geisha in the Old City
1957
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
1957
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
1957
The Blue Mountains Part 2
1957
The Blue Mountains
1957
The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood
1957
On Wings of Love
1957
Price of Beauty
1957
Women in Prison
1956
The Sentimental Idiot
1956
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
All Sold Out
1956
Zangiku monogatari
1956
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956
The Maiden Courtesan
1956
The Swamp
1956
Sound in the Mist
1956
Sisters of Gion
1956
So Deep in My Heart
1955
Detour to Love
1955
Maiko sanjūshi
1955
Otōsan wa Ohitoyoshi
1955
So Young, So Bright
1955
Marital Relations
1955
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
1955
The Rookie Managers
1955
Sansho the Bailiff
1954
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954
Hana to hatō
1954
Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki
1954
The Woman in the Rumor
1954
The Garden of Women
1954
Maiko monogatari
1954
快盗三人吉三
1954
浮かれ狐千本櫻
1954
A Geisha
1953
Six Men Mustered in Great Edo
1953
Ghost of Saga Mansion
1953
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953
Violence
1952
紺屋高尾
1952
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1952
Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo
1952
The Gion Tempest