Chieko Naniwa
Known for: Acting
Born: November 19, 1907
Died: December 22, 1973
Place of birth: Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan
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 .
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Filmography
169 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
10.0
Lullaby for a Tough Guy
1972
10.0
The Woman Gambler's Supplication
1968
7.0
Three Rogues
1968
7.0
Woman Gambler Is Coming
1968
10.0
Devil in My Flesh
1968
4.5
Shogun and His Mistress 2
1967
6.7
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
NR
The River Yokobori
1966
NR
A Circus Girl
1966
NR
True Osaka Grit
1965
7.3
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965
7.8
Three Yakuza
1965
NR
My Wife
1965
6.7
Snow Country
1965
8.0
Nami kage
1965
8.0
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
1965
NR
Taikouki
1965
NR
Ai, sono kiseki
1964
NR
My Lover
1964
NR
Money Is Most Important
1964
NR
An Impudent Man 2
1964
8.0
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
NR
An Impudent Man
1964
7.0
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964
7.0
We Are Salarymen
1963
NR
New Marital Relations
1963
NR
Dobuike
1963
6.7
18 Roughs
1963
7.0
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
1963
NR
Maiko-han
1963
7.7
The Third Will
1963
7.0
Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５
1963
NR
Uogashi no senpū musume
1963
7.0
Madame Aki
1963
6.5
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963
NR
The Paper Crane
1962
7.5
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1962
7.3
The Body
1962
5.9
The Fencing Master
1962
7.0
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962
NR
Yakuza Official
1962
NR
Ame no Kudan-zaka
1962
NR
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
NR
Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
1962
8.0
Till Tomorrow Is
1962
6.6
In Search of Mother
1962
6.0
Good Rascals
1962
6.8
This Year's Love
1962
NR
次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
1962
4.8
Bad Reputation Returns
1961
NR
京化粧
1961
7.5
The End of Summer
1961
6.5
Girls of the Night
1961
NR
Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō
1961
8.0
Fine Man
1961
7.3
Miyamoto Musashi
1961
9.0
Moonlight in the Rain
1961
NR
Osaka Tough
1961
NR
続々々番頭はんと丁稚どん チャンポン旅行
1961
6.3
The Harbor Lights
1961
NR
The Preacher of Love
1961
10.0
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1961
NR
Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon
1961
10.0
Sazae And Aunt Apron
1960
NR
Zoku bantōhan to detchidon
1960
NR
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
1960
8.0
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960
10.0
Shinran
1960
NR
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
1960
NR
Bantōhan to detchidon
1960
9.0
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
19609.0
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
1960
NR
続べらんめぇ芸者
1960
NR
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
1960
NR
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
1960
8.0
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
NR
Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
1959
8.0
Evil Man of Edo
1959
5.3
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
1959
8.0
New Third-Class Executive
1959
5.0
Gentle Breeze
1959
7.0
Room for Let
1959
5.3
Hawk of the North
1959NR
Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki
1959
8.0
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
1959
NR
Unmarried
1959
NR
Denshichi Torimonochō onna hada jigoku
1959
10.0
Flower Shop Curtain
1959
7.0
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959
NR
Sazae-san's Marriage
1959
NR
Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki
1958
7.4
Equinox Flower
1958
5.6
Kunisada Chuji
1958
NR
Sazae's Engagement Trip
1958
10.0
Tainted Flowers
1958
8.0
The Shop Curtain
1958
NR
The Gion Tempest
1958
NR
Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
1958
NR
Her Son Came Back
1958
NR
Father is a Soft-Hearted Person: The Night Before His Daughter's Wedding Day
1958
NR
Father is a Soft-Hearted Person: There are Five Men and Seven Women in the Family
1958
NR
The Capital of Love
1958
10.0
Chance Meeting
1958
NR
The Blue Mountains Part 2
1957
8.0
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
1957
NR
The Blue Mountains
1957
NR
The Bride Is Waiting
1957
10.0
Geisha in the Old City
1957
9.0
The Men of Toho-ku
1957
NR
Hadaka no Machi
1957
10.0
On Wings of Love
1957
7.0
The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood
1957
9.0
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
1957
6.7
Snow Country
19579.0
Evening Calm
1957
10.0
Price of Beauty
1957
6.0
An Osaka Story
1957
7.9
Throne of Blood
1957
NR
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
7.5
Sound in the Mist
1956
6.7
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956
4.0
Women in Prison
1956
NR
The More-You-Fall-In-Love Story
1956
7.0
The Swamp
1956
NR
Sisters of Gion
1956
7.0
Zangiku monogatari
1956
NR
The Sentimental Idiot
1956
NR
The Maiden Courtesan
1956
NR
All Sold Out
1956
NR
Love at Forty
1955
7.8
So Young, So Bright
1955
NR
Detour to Love
1955
NR
So Deep in My Heart
1955
5.6
Marital Relations
1955
NR
Otōsan wa Ohitoyoshi
1955
NR
The Rookie Managers
1955
NR
Maiko sanjūshi
1955
NR
First Love Waltz
1955
NR
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
1955
NR
浮かれ狐千本櫻
1954
7.8
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954
7.7
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954
NR
Tekka bugyō
1954
NR
Yome to yobarete mada mitsuki
1954
9.0
Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki
1954
7.3
The Woman in the Rumor
1954
NR
Maiko monogatari
1954
NR
Hana no nagadosu
1954
NR
快盗三人吉三
1954
NR
Yoidore nitōryū
1954
8.1
Sansho the Bailiff
1954
6.6
The Garden of Women
1954
NR
Beautiful Gonpati
1954
NR
Hana to hatō
1954
NR
お役者変化
1954
NR
Hana no sando gasa
1954
NR
Six Men Mustered in Great Edo
1953
7.7
Ghost of Saga Mansion
1953
10.0
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953
7.6
A Geisha
1953NR
Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy Marriage
1953NR
Seki no yatappe
1953
NR
お役者小僧
1953
NR
Yōsei wa hana no nioi gasuru
1953
NR
Asama no karasu
1953
NR
紺屋高尾
1952
NR
Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo
1952
8.0
Violence
1952
NR
Taki no Shiraito
1952
7.0
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1952