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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

1.2

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