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Chieko Naniwa

Chieko Naniwa

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 ble

Born

Nov 19, 1907

Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan

Died

Dec 22, 1973

Known For

Acting

Movies

184 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.0

Known For

Throne of Blood
Throne of Blood
1957 • as Old Ghost Woman
★ 7.9
Sansho the Bailiff
Sansho the Bailiff
1954 • as Ubatake
★ 8.1
Twenty-Four Eyes
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954 • as Meshiya no Kamisan
★ 7.7
The End of Summer
The End of Summer
1961 • as Sasaki Tsune
★ 7.5
Equinox Flower
Equinox Flower
1958 • as Hatsu Sasaki
★ 7.4
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954 • as Okô
★ 7.8
The River Yokobori
The River Yokobori
1966 • as Kin
Girls of the Night
Girls of the Night
1961 • as Kumeju
★ 7.1
Snow Country
Snow Country
1965 • as Blind masseuse
★ 6.7
A Geisha
A Geisha
1953 • as Okimi
★ 7.6
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
★ 7.3
Snow Country
Snow Country
1957 • as Otatsu
★ 6.7
Three Yakuza
★ 7.8
Nami kage
★ 8.0
The Woman in the Rumor
The Woman in the Rumor
1954 • as Osaki
★ 7.3
Tough Guy
★ 7.0
The Third Will
The Third Will
1963 • as Yoshiko
★ 7.7
Zangiku monogatari
Zangiku monogatari
1956 • as Omoto
★ 7.0
I'm a Bodyguard
★ 8.0
In Search of Mother
In Search of Mother
1962 • as Obah
★ 6.6
Women in Prison
Women in Prison
1956 • as Mitsuko Kaneoka, prisoner
★ 4.0
Sound in the Mist
Sound in the Mist
1956 • as Chieko Naniwa
★ 7.5
Sazae-san's Marriage
Sazae-san's Marriage
1959 • as Chie Nishino
Flower Shop Curtain
★ 10.0
Good Rascals
Good Rascals
1962 • as Omon
★ 6.0
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
1959 • as Kameno Inao
★ 8.0
Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi
1961 • as Osugi
★ 7.2
Evil Man of Edo
★ 8.0
An Osaka Story
★ 6.0
Chance Meeting
Chance Meeting
1958 • as Yone
★ 10.0
Sazae's Engagement Trip
Sazae's Engagement Trip
1958 • as Chie Nishino
Marital Relations
★ 5.6
Hawk of the North
★ 5.3
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967 • as Kae's Wet Nurse
★ 6.6
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963 • as Madam
★ 6.5
movie
★ 9.0
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
★ 5.2
Fine Man
★ 8.0
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960 • as Tsuruko Miyaguchi (Widow of founder)
★ 8.0
So Young, So Bright
So Young, So Bright
1955 • as Oshin
★ 7.8
Till Tomorrow Is
★ 8.0
The Shop Curtain
★ 8.0
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
★ 8.0
The Harbor Lights
★ 6.2
This Year's Love
★ 6.8
Price of Beauty
Price of Beauty
1957 • as Natsu Morishita
★ 10.0
Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
1959 • as Chiyoyo Nishino (Sazae's aunt)
Bad Reputation Returns
Bad Reputation Returns
1961 • as Ito Aso
★ 4.8
Geisha in the Old City
Geisha in the Old City
1957 • as Ohatsu
★ 10.0
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
1957 • as Matsumura Sei
★ 9.0
Violence
★ 8.0
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
★ 8.0
Room for Let
Room for Let
1959 • as O-Mino
★ 7.0
Detour to Love
Detour to Love
1955 • as Yasu
お役者変化
お役者変化
1954 • as 母そよ
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
1965 • as Sen (Proprietress, restaurant "Manman")
★ 8.0
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
★ 6.7
Devil in My Flesh
★ 10.0
Kunisada Chuji
★ 5.6
Taki no Shiraito
Taki no Shiraito
1952 • as Midori
The Capital of Love
The Capital of Love
1958 • as Umeko Yoshii
New Third-Class Executive
New Third-Class Executive
1959 • as Tsuruko Miyaguchi
★ 8.0
The Fencing Master
The Fencing Master
1962 • as Old woman
★ 5.9
Tainted Flowers
★ 10.0
Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo
Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo
1952 • as Midori, the mother
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
★ 10.0
Gentle Breeze
★ 5.0
The Body
★ 7.3
Sazae And Aunt Apron
Sazae And Aunt Apron
1960 • as Chie
★ 10.0
Temptation on Glamour Island
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959 • as Shige Sasaki
★ 7.0
お役者小僧
お役者小僧
1953 • as お幸
We Are Salarymen
We Are Salarymen
1963 • as Oshige
★ 7.0
浮かれ狐千本櫻
浮かれ狐千本櫻
1954 • as Otsuji
Shinran
★ 10.0
快盗三人吉三
快盗三人吉三
1954 • as 小紫の局
Madame Aki
Madame Aki
1963 • as Setsuko
★ 7.0
The Gion Tempest
The Gion Tempest
1958 • as Orin
On Wings of Love
On Wings of Love
1957 • as Umeko Yoshioka
★ 10.0
The Blue Mountains Part 2
The Blue Mountains Part 2
1957 • as Proprietress of Takara-ya
The Blue Mountains
The Blue Mountains
1957 • as Mistress of Tamayaya
Tale of A Company Boss Pt.5
Tale of A Company Boss Pt.5
1963 • as Ume Shimizu
★ 7.0
The Swamp
The Swamp
1956 • as Otoki
★ 7.0
Beautiful Gonpati
Beautiful Gonpati
1954 • as およし
Zoku Tange Sazen
★ 10.0
18 Roughs
18 Roughs
1963 • as Seichii's Mother
★ 6.7
Three Rogues
★ 7.0
Dobuike
Dobuike
1963 • as Tadae Horikawa
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
1960 • as Tsuruko Miyaguchi
★ 9.0
The Men of Toho-ku
The Men of Toho-ku
1957 • as Oei
★ 9.0