Chieko Naniwa
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…
Filmography
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Lullaby for a Tough Guy
1972
The Woman Gambler's Supplication
1968
Three Rogues
1968
Woman Gambler Is Coming
1968
Devil in My Flesh
1968
Shogun and His Mistress 2
1967
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
The River Yokobori
1966
A Circus Girl
1966
True Osaka Grit
1965
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965
Three Yakuza
1965
My Wife
1965
Snow Country
1965
Nami kage
1965
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
1965
Taikouki
1965
Ai, sono kiseki
1964
Money Is Most Important
1964
An Impudent Man 2
1964
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
An Impudent Man
1964
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964
We Are Salarymen
1963
Dobuike
1963
18 Roughs
1963
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
1963
The Third Will
1963
Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５
1963
Uogashi no senpū musume
1963
Madame Aki
1963
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963
The Paper Crane
1962
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1962
The Body
1962
The Fencing Master
1962
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962
Yakuza Official
1962
Ame no Kudan-zaka
1962
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
1962
Till Tomorrow Is
1962
In Search of Mother
1962
Good Rascals
1962
This Year's Love
1962
次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
1962
Bad Reputation Returns
1961
京化粧
1961
The End of Summer
1961
Girls of the Night
1961
Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō
1961
Fine Man
1961
Miyamoto Musashi
1961
Moonlight in the Rain
1961
Osaka Tough
1961
続々々番頭はんと丁稚どん チャンポン旅行
1961
The Harbor Lights
1961
The Preacher of Love
1961
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1961
Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon
1961
Sazae And Aunt Apron
1960
Zoku bantōhan to detchidon
1960
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
1960
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960
Shinran
1960
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
1960
Bantōhan to detchidon
1960
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
1960
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
1960
続べらんめぇ芸者
1960
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
1960
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
1960
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
1959
Evil Man of Edo
1959
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
1959
New Third-Class Executive
1959
Gentle Breeze
1959
Room for Let
1959
Hawk of the North
1959