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 bleed…
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Filmography
Acting (144)
Movies (143)
Lullaby for a Tough Guy
1972
Devil in My Flesh
1968
The Woman Gambler's Supplication
1968
Woman Gambler Is Coming
1968
Three Rogues
1968
Shogun and His Mistress 2
1967
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
A Circus Girl
1966
The River Yokobori
1966as Kin
True Osaka Grit
1965
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
1965as Sen (Proprietress, restaurant "Manman")
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965as Osugi
My Wife
1965
Three Yakuza
1965
Snow Country
1965as Blind masseuse
Nami kage
1965
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964as Osugi
Ai, sono kiseki
1964
続・図々しい奴
1964
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
An Impudent Man
1964
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
1963as Osugi
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963as Madam
18 Roughs
1963as Seichii's Mother
The Third Will
1963as Yoshiko
Uogashi no senpū musume
1963
Madame Aki
1963
We Are Salarymen
1963as Oshige
Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５
1963as Ume Shimizu
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1962as Osugi
Till Tomorrow Is
1962
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
Yakuza Official
1962
Ame no Kudan-zaka
1962
次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
1962
The Paper Crane
1962
Good Rascals
1962as Omon
The Fencing Master
1962as Old woman
The Body
1962
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962
This Year's Love
1962
Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
1962
In Search of Mother
1962as Obah
The End of Summer
1961as Sasaki Tsune
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1961as Otoshi
Girls of the Night
1961as Kumeju
続々々番頭はんと丁稚どん チャンポン旅行
1961
Miyamoto Musashi
1961as Osugi
Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon
1961
京化粧
1961
The Preacher of Love
1961
Bad Reputation Returns
1961as Ito Aso
Moonlight in the Rain
1961
Fine Man
1961
Osaka Tough
1961
Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō
1961
The Harbor Lights
1961
続べらんめぇ芸者
1960
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
1960
Zoku bantōhan to detchidon
1960
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960as Tsuruko Miyaguchi (Widow of founder)
Bantōhan to detchidon
1960
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
1960
Shinran
1960
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960as Tsuruko Miyaguchi
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
1960as Chiyo
Sazae And Aunt Apron
1960
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
1960as Tsuruko Miyaguchi
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
1960as Natsukawa Chiyo
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
1960
Hawk of the North
1959
Denshichi Torimonochō onna hada jigoku
1959
New Third-Class Executive
1959as Tsuruko Miyaguchi
Sazae-san's Marriage
1959
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
1959as Kameno Inao
Flower Shop Curtain
1959
Gentle Breeze
1959
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959as Shige Sasaki
Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
1959
Evil Man of Edo
1959
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
1959as Oen
Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki
1959as Oharu
Room for Let
1959as O-Mino
Equinox Flower
1958as Hatsu Sasaki
Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
1958as Sueno
The Capital of Love
1958as Umeko Yoshii
The Shop Curtain
1958
Her Son Came Back
1958
Kunisada Chuji
1958
Sazae's Engagement Trip
1958
Chance Meeting
1958as Yone
Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki
1958
Tainted Flowers
1958
Throne of Blood
1957as Old Ghost Woman
On Wings of Love
1957as Umeko Yoshioka
An Osaka Story
1957
Snow Country
1957as Otatsu
Hadaka no Machi
1957
Geisha in the Old City
1957as Ohatsu
Price of Beauty
1957as Natsu Morishita
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
1957as Matsumura Sei
The Men of Toho-ku
1957as Oei
Evening Calm
1957
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
1957as Matsumura Sei
The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood
1957
The Blue Mountains
1957as Mistress of Tamayaya
The Blue Mountains Part 2
1957as Proprietress of Takara-ya
Sound in the Mist
1956as Chieko Naniwa
The Swamp
1956as Otoki
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956as Orin
Zangiku monogatari
1956as Omoto
The Sentimental Idiot
1956
The Maiden Courtesan
1956
Women in Prison
1956as Mitsuko Kaneoka, prisoner
Sisters of Gion
1956
So Young, So Bright
1955
The Rookie Managers
1955
Marital Relations
1955
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
1955as お金
Otōsan wa Ohitoyoshi
1955
Sansho the Bailiff
1954as Ubatake
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954as Okô
快盗三人吉三
1954as 小紫の局
Maiko monogatari
1954
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954as Meshiya no Kamisan
浮かれ狐千本櫻
1954as Otsuji
The Woman in the Rumor
1954as Osaki
The Garden of Women
1954
お役者変化
1954as 母そよ
Beautiful Gonpati
1954as およし
Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki
1954
お役者小僧
1953as お幸
Six Men Mustered in Great Edo
1953
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953
Ghost of Saga Mansion
1953
A Geisha
1953as Okimi
Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy Marriage
1953as Omoto
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1952
Violence
1952
Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo
1952as Midori, the mother
紺屋高尾
1952
滝の白糸
1952
The Gion Tempest
as Orin
Television (1)
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