Chieko Naniwa

Biography

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

Taikouki

Throne of Blood

Sansho the Bailiff

Chikamatsu Monogatari

The End of Summer

True Osaka Grit

Equinox Flower

Twenty-Four Eyes

All Movies (151)

• Lullaby for a Tough Guy1972
• The Woman Gambler's Supplication1968
• Three Rogues1968
• Woman Gambler Is Coming1968
• Devil in My Flesh1968
• Shogun and His Mistress 21967
• The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka1967
• The River Yokobori1966 · as Kin
• A Circus Girl1966
• True Osaka Grit1965
• Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro1965 · as Osugi
• Three Yakuza1965
• My Wife1965
• Snow Country1965 · as Blind masseuse
• Nami kage1965
• President's Ninja Trick Book Part II1965 · as Sen (Proprietress, restaurant "Manman")
• Ai, sono kiseki1964
• Money Is Most Important1964
• An Impudent Man 21964
• I'm a Bodyguard1964
• An Impudent Man1964
• Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple1964 · as Osugi
• We Are Salarymen1963 · as Oshige
• Dobuike1963 · as Tadae Horikawa
• 18 Roughs1963 · as Seichii's Mother
• Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style1963 · as Osugi
• The Third Will1963 · as Yoshiko
• Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５1963 · as Ume Shimizu
• Uogashi no senpū musume1963
• Madame Aki1963
• Twin Sisters of Kyoto1963 · as Madam
• The Paper Crane1962
• Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights1962 · as Osugi
• The Body1962
• The Fencing Master1962 · as Old woman
• Shin kitsune to tanuki1962
• Yakuza Official1962
• Ame no Kudan-zaka1962
• Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo1962
• Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi1962
• Till Tomorrow Is1962
• In Search of Mother1962 · as Obah
• Good Rascals1962 · as Omon
• This Year's Love1962
• 次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々1962
• Bad Reputation Returns1961 · as Ito Aso
• 京化粧1961
• The End of Summer1961 · as Sasaki Tsune
• Girls of the Night1961 · as Kumeju
• Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō1961
• Fine Man1961
• Miyamoto Musashi1961 · as Osugi
• Moonlight in the Rain1961
• Osaka Tough1961
• 続々々番頭はんと丁稚どん チャンポン旅行1961
• The Harbor Lights1961
• The Preacher of Love1961
• The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 41961 · as Otoshi
• Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon1961
• Sazae And Aunt Apron1960
• Zoku bantōhan to detchidon1960
• The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 31960
• New Third Class Executive: Husband Education1960 · as Tsuruko Miyaguchi
• Shinran1960
• Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success1960 · as Chiyo
• Bantōhan to detchidon1960
• New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller1960 · as Tsuruko Miyaguchi
• The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 21960
• 続べらんめぇ芸者1960
• Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes1960 · as Natsukawa Chiyo
• The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo1960
• New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking1960 · as Tsuruko Miyaguchi (Widow of founder)
• Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife1959
• Evil Man of Edo1959
• Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka1959 · as Oen
• New Third-Class Executive1959 · as Tsuruko Miyaguchi
• Gentle Breeze1959
• Room for Let1959 · as O-Mino
• Hawk of the North1959
• Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki1959 · as Oharu
• The Story of Iron Arm Inao1959 · as Kameno Inao
• Unmarried1959
• Denshichi Torimonochō onna hada jigoku1959
• Flower Shop Curtain1959
• Temptation on Glamour Island1959 · as Shige Sasaki
• Sazae-san's Marriage1959
• Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki1958
• Equinox Flower1958 · as Hatsu Sasaki
• Kunisada Chuji1958
• Sazae's Engagement Trip1958
• Tainted Flowers1958
• The Shop Curtain1958
• Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki1958 · as Sueno
• Her Son Came Back1958
• The Capital of Love1958 · as Umeko Yoshii
• Chance Meeting1958 · as Yone
• The Blue Mountains Part 21957 · as Proprietress of Takara-ya
• Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 21957 · as Matsumura Sei
• The Blue Mountains1957 · as Mistress of Tamayaya
• Geisha in the Old City1957 · as Ohatsu
• The Men of Toho-ku1957 · as Oei
• Hadaka no Machi1957
• On Wings of Love1957 · as Umeko Yoshioka
• The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood1957
• Diary of a Successful Salaryman1957 · as Matsumura Sei
• Snow Country1957 · as Otatsu
• Evening Calm1957
• Price of Beauty1957 · as Natsu Morishita
• An Osaka Story1957
• Throne of Blood1957 · as Old Ghost Woman
• The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji1956
• Sound in the Mist1956 · as Chieko Naniwa
• Shozo, a Cat and Two Women1956 · as Orin
• Women in Prison1956 · as Mitsuko Kaneoka, prisoner
• The Swamp1956 · as Otoki
• Sisters of Gion1956
• Zangiku monogatari1956 · as Omoto
• The Sentimental Idiot1956
• The Maiden Courtesan1956
• All Sold Out1956
• So Young, So Bright1955
• Detour to Love1955 · as Yasu
• So Deep in My Heart1955
• Marital Relations1955
• Otōsan wa Ohitoyoshi1955
• The Rookie Managers1955
• Maiko sanjūshi1955
• 八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線1955 · as お金
• 浮かれ狐千本櫻1954 · as Otsuji
• Chikamatsu Monogatari1954 · as Okô
• Twenty-Four Eyes1954 · as Meshiya no Kamisan
• The Woman in the Rumor1954 · as Osaki
• 快盗三人吉三1954 · as 小紫の局
• Sansho the Bailiff1954 · as Ubatake
• The Garden of Women1954
• Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki1954
• Beautiful Gonpati1954 · as およし
• Maiko monogatari1954
• お役者変化1954 · as 母そよ
• Six Men Mustered in Great Edo1953
• Ghost of Saga Mansion1953
• Zoku Tange Sazen1953
• A Geisha1953 · as Okimi
• Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy Marriage1953 · as Omoto
• お役者小僧1953 · as お幸
• 紺屋高尾1952
• Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo1952 · as Midori, the mother
• Violence1952
• Taki no Shiraito1952 · as Midori
• Tsukigata Hanpeita1952
• The Gion Tempest— · as Orin

All TV Shows (1)

• Taikouki1965 · as Naka