Chieko Naniwa
Born in Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan — Nov 19 1907• Died Dec 22 1973
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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,…
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Chieko Naniwa's Credits
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Taikouki
Naka
Throne of Blood
Old Ghost Woman
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Okô
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Osugi
Sansho the Bailiff
Ubatake
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Osugi
Equinox Flower
Hatsu Sasaki
Twenty-Four Eyes
Meshiya no Kamisan
The End of Summer
Sasaki Tsune
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
Sen (Proprietress, restaurant "Manman")
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Osugi
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
Tsuruko Miyaguchi
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
Osugi
The Body
Good Rascals
Omon
The Fencing Master
Old woman
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Oen
Evil Man of Edo
Girls of the Night
Kumeju
Miyamoto Musashi
Osugi
True Osaka Grit
Nami kage
The Woman in the Rumor
Osaki
A Geisha
Okimi
Till Tomorrow Is
The Capital of Love
Umeko Yoshii
Beautiful Gonpati
およし
Snow Country
Blind masseuse
New Third-Class Executive
Tsuruko Miyaguchi
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
This Year's Love
An Osaka Story
The Preacher of Love
The Swamp
Otoki
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
Tsuruko Miyaguchi
Price of Beauty
Natsu Morishita
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Temptation on Glamour Island
Shige Sasaki
Bad Reputation Returns
Ito Aso
Fine Man
Three Yakuza
Lullaby for a Tough Guy
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
Snow Country
Otatsu
Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
Shin kitsune to tanuki
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Orin
The Third Will
Yoshiko
18 Roughs
Seichii's Mother
The Paper Crane
お役者変化
母そよ
I'm a Bodyguard
Sazae-san's Marriage
Sisters of Gion
The River Yokobori
Kin
Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Tsuruko Miyaguchi (Widow of founder)
Zangiku monogatari
Omoto
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Madam
続々々番頭はんと丁稚どん チャンポン旅行
Moonlight in the Rain
Maiko monogatari
浮かれ狐千本櫻
Otsuji
Sazae And Aunt Apron
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
Otoshi
Room for Let
O-Mino
Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５
Ume Shimizu
続・図々しい奴
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
お金
Yakuza Official
The Maiden Courtesan
Flower Shop Curtain
Violence
Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki
Marital Relations
The Garden of Women
The Woman Gambler's Supplication
My Wife
Women in Prison
Mitsuko Kaneoka, prisoner
Geisha in the Old City
Ohatsu
Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
Sueno
Ai, sono kiseki
We Are Salarymen
Oshige
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
Natsukawa Chiyo
Shogun and His Mistress 2
Three Rogues
In Search of Mother
Obah
Zoku bantōhan to detchidon
The Gion Tempest
Orin
Uogashi no senpū musume
京化粧
Chance Meeting
Yone
The Rookie Managers
Osaka Tough
Ghost of Saga Mansion
Hadaka no Machi
Shinran
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
Kameno Inao
A Circus Girl
Sound in the Mist
Chieko Naniwa
Evening Calm
Gentle Breeze
Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
An Impudent Man
Otōsan wa Ohitoyoshi
The Shop Curtain
次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
Chiyo
So Young, So Bright
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
お役者小僧
お幸
Devil in My Flesh
Six Men Mustered in Great Edo
The Harbor Lights
Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki
快盗三人吉三
小紫の局
Woman Gambler Is Coming
Kunisada Chuji
The Blue Mountains
Mistress of Tamayaya
The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood
Madame Aki
On Wings of Love
Umeko Yoshioka
Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo
Midori, the mother
The Sentimental Idiot
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
Matsumura Sei
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
Matsumura Sei
Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
Bantōhan to detchidon
The Blue Mountains Part 2
Proprietress of Takara-ya
Tainted Flowers
Denshichi Torimonochō onna hada jigoku
Sazae's Engagement Trip
Zoku Tange Sazen
Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy Marriage
Omoto
Hawk of the North
Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki
Oharu
Her Son Came Back
紺屋高尾
Ame no Kudan-zaka
Money Is Most Important
続べらんめぇ芸者
The Men of Toho-ku
Oei
滝の白糸