Chieko Naniwa
Known for Acting · 151 credits
- Born
- 1907-11-19
- Died
- 1973-12-22
- Place of birth
- Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan
- Also known as
- Тиэко Нанива · چیکو نانیوا
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 bleeding on December 22, 1973, at the age of 66. After her death, she was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure , Fourth Class .
Known For
TV Shows (1)
Movies (150)
Throne of Blood
1957
as Old Ghost Woman
Sansho the Bailiff
1954
as Ubatake
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
as Tsuruko Miyaguchi (Widow of founder)
True Osaka Grit
1965
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954
as Okô
A Geisha
1953
as Okimi
The Garden of Women
1954
Equinox Flower
1958
as Hatsu Sasaki
Snow Country
1965
as Blind masseuse
The End of Summer
1961
as Sasaki Tsune
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954
as Meshiya no Kamisan
Snow Country
1957
as Otatsu
The Capital of Love
1958
as Umeko Yoshii
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963
as Madam
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959
as Shige Sasaki
Three Yakuza
1965
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960
as Tsuruko Miyaguchi
Room for Let
1959
as O-Mino
The Harbor Lights
1961
The Woman in the Rumor
1954
as Osaki
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1962
as Osugi
Fine Man
1961
Girls of the Night
1961
as Kumeju
Uogashi no senpū musume
1963
Hawk of the North
1959
The Body
1962
Women in Prison
1956
as Mitsuko Kaneoka, prisoner
The Sentimental Idiot
1956
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964
as Osugi
In Search of Mother
1962
as Obah
Zangiku monogatari
1956
as Omoto
Hadaka no Machi
1957
Shogun and His Mistress 2
1967
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
1963
as Osugi
お役者小僧
1953
as お幸
Marital Relations
1955
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
Till Tomorrow Is
1962
An Impudent Man
1964
Nami kage
1965
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956
as Orin
An Osaka Story
1957
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965
as Osugi
18 Roughs
1963
as Seichii's Mother
The Fencing Master
1962
as Old woman
Tainted Flowers
1958
Lullaby for a Tough Guy
1972
This Year's Love
1962
Good Rascals
1962
as Omon
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1961
as Otoshi
Miyamoto Musashi
1961
as Osugi
Otōsan wa Ohitoyoshi
1955
Shinran
1960
Devil in My Flesh
1968
Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki
1954
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
1960
The Third Will
1963
as Yoshiko
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
1960
as Chiyo
Beautiful Gonpati
1954
as およし
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
1959
as Kameno Inao
Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki
1959
as Oharu
続べらんめぇ芸者
1960
The Preacher of Love
1961
New Third-Class Executive
1959
as Tsuruko Miyaguchi
Sazae's Engagement Trip
1958
Evening Calm
1957
Chance Meeting
1958
as Yone
Evil Man of Edo
1959
Bantōhan to detchidon
1960
The Paper Crane
1962
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1952
Violence
1952
お役者変化
1954
as 母そよ
Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon
1961
Kunisada Chuji
1958
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
1960
紺屋高尾
1952
Sazae-san's Marriage
1959
Sisters of Gion
1956
Denshichi Torimonochō onna hada jigoku
1959
Yakuza Official
1962
The Shop Curtain
1958
An Impudent Man 2
1964
The Gion Tempest
as Orin
The Woman Gambler's Supplication
1968
So Young, So Bright
1955
Flower Shop Curtain
1959
The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood
1957
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
1965
as Sen (Proprietress, restaurant "Manman")
Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki
1958
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
1955
as お金
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
1960
as Natsukawa Chiyo
Osaka Tough
1961
Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
1959
Ghost of Saga Mansion
1953
Sound in the Mist
1956
as Chieko Naniwa
A Circus Girl
1966
Maiko monogatari
1954
Six Men Mustered in Great Edo
1953
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
1959
as Oen
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
1958
as Sueno
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
1960
as Tsuruko Miyaguchi
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953
京化粧
1961
Madame Aki
1963
My Wife
1965
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
1960
Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo
1952
as Midori, the mother
Three Rogues
1968
The Men of Toho-ku
1957
as Oei
Sazae And Aunt Apron
1960
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
1957
as Matsumura Sei
Gentle Breeze
1959
Moonlight in the Rain
1961
The Swamp
1956
as Otoki
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
The Blue Mountains Part 2
1957
as Proprietress of Takara-ya
浮かれ狐千本櫻
1954
as Otsuji
Zoku bantōhan to detchidon
1960
About 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 bleeding on December 22, 1973, at the age of 66. After he… With 151 credits spanning from 1952 to 1972, Chieko Naniwa has appeared in 150 films and 1 TV show.
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- Throne of Blood (1957) — as Old Ghost Woman
- Sansho the Bailiff (1954) — as Ubatake
- New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking (1960) — as Tsuruko Miyaguchi (Widow of founder)
- True Osaka Grit (1965)
- Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954) — as Okô
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