Chieko Naniwa
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1907-11-19
Day of Death
1973-12-22 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Tondabayashi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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
Acting
The Gion Tempest
as Orin
(1972)
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
(1967)
(1967)
(1966)
The River Yokobori
as Kin
(1966)
(1965)
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
as Sen (Proprietress, restaurant "Manman")
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
Snow Country
as Blind masseuse
(1965)
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
(1963)
(1963)
We Are Salarymen
as Oshige
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
as Madam
(1963)
The Third Will
as Yoshiko
(1963)
(1963)
18 Roughs
as Seichii's Mother
(1962)
(1962)
The Fencing Master
as Old woman
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
Good Rascals
as Omon
(1962)
In Search of Mother
as Obah
(1962)
(1962)
(1961)
(1961)
The End of Summer
as Sasaki Tsune
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
Bad Reputation Returns
as Ito Aso
(1961)
Miyamoto Musashi
as Osugi
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
as Otoshi
(1961)
Girls of the Night
as Kumeju
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
as Tsuruko Miyaguchi
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
as Tsuruko Miyaguchi (Widow of founder)
(1960)
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
as Tsuruko Miyaguchi
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
as Natsukawa Chiyo
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
Temptation on Glamour Island
as Shige Sasaki
(1959)
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
as Kameno Inao
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
Room for Let
as O-Mino
(1959)
New Third-Class Executive
as Tsuruko Miyaguchi
(1959)
(1959)
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
Equinox Flower
as Hatsu Sasaki
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
City of Love
as Umeko Yoshii
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
Chance Meeting
as Yone
(1958)
(1957)
Throne of Blood
as Old Ghost Woman
(1957)
(1957)
Snow Country
as Otatsu
(1957)
Geisha in the Old City
as Ohatsu
(1957)
(1957)
Price of Beauty
as Natsu Morishita
(1957)
On Wings of Love
as Umeko Yoshioka
(1957)
(1957)
(1956)
The Swamp
as Otoki
(1956)
Zangiku monogatari
as Omoto
(1956)
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
as Orin
(1956)
Sound in the Mist
as Chieko Naniwa
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
Women in Prison
as Mitsuko Kaneoka, prisoner
(1956)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
as お金
(1955)
(1954)
浮かれ狐千本櫻
as Otsuji
(1954)
(1954)
Twenty-Four Eyes
as Meshiya no Kamisan
(1954)
The Woman in the Rumor
as Osaki
(1954)
The Crucified Lovers
as Okô
(1954)
Sansho the Bailiff
as Ubatake
(1954)
お役者変化
as 母そよ
(1954)
(1954)
快盗三人吉三
as 小紫の局
(1954)
(1954)
Beautiful Gonpati
as およし
(1953)
(1953)
(1953)
お役者小僧
as お幸
(1953)
(1953)
A Geisha
as Okimi
(1953)
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo
as Midori, the mother