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