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