
Chieko Naniwa
Department: Acting
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

Shogun and His Mistress 2
1967

The Shop Curtain
1958

次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
1962

The End of Summer
1961

Equinox Flower
1958

Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954

Till Tomorrow Is
1962

Sazae-san's Marriage
1959

Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
1959

Sazae's Engagement Trip
1958

Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962

Sazae And Aunt Apron
1960

The Woman in the Rumor
1954

Shinran
1960

Hawk of the North
1959

Tsukigata Hanpeita
1952

The River Yokobori
1966

Osaka Tough
1961

Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
1962

Three Yakuza
1965

Miyamoto Musashi
1961

Flower Shop Curtain
1959

The Body
1962

Ame no Kudan-zaka
1962

Yakuza Official
1962

Nami kage
1965

The Garden of Women
1954

18 Roughs
1963

お役者小僧
1953

お役者変化
1954

Beautiful Gonpati
1954

快盗三人吉三
1954

八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
1955

Three Rogues
1968

Evening Calm
1957

Sisters of Gion
1956

紺屋高尾
1952

Kunisada Chuji
1958

Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962

Tale of A Company Boss Pt.5
1963

Hadaka no Machi
1957

The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
1960

Throne of Blood
1957

Sansho the Bailiff
1954

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964

Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
1963

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1962

Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965

Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki
1954

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
1960

The Paper Crane
1962

Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
1958

Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki
1958

Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki
1959

Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy Marriage
1953

Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo
1952

Geisha in the Old City
1957

Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
1959

Otōsan wa Ohitoyoshi
1955

The Fencing Master
1962

Devil in My Flesh
1968

Snow Country
1965

Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956

The Swamp
1956

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1961

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
1960

An Osaka Story
1957

Snow Country
1957

Woman Gambler Is Coming
1968

The Woman Gambler's Supplication
1968

Fine Man
1961

Room for Let
1959

In Search of Mother
1962

My Wife
1965

浮かれ狐千本櫻
1954

Gentle Breeze
1959

The Maiden Courtesan
1956

An Impudent Man
1964

Good Rascals
1962

A Circus Girl
1966

Chance Meeting
1958

Price of Beauty
1957

Lullaby for a Tough Guy
1972

True Osaka Grit
1965

Evil Man of Edo
1959

Her Son Came Back
1958

The Capital of Love
1958

The Harbor Lights
1961

The Story of Iron Arm Inao
1959

This Year's Love
1962

Twenty-Four Eyes
1954

Ghost of Saga Mansion
1953

Women in Prison
1956

The Third Will
1963

Girls of the Night
1961

A Geisha
1953

Tainted Flowers
1958

On Wings of Love
1957

Sound in the Mist
1956

Temptation on Glamour Island
1959

Bad Reputation Returns
1961

The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967

Marital Relations
1955

Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963

Zangiku monogatari
1956

The Sentimental Idiot
1956

Violence
1952

I'm a Bodyguard
1964

Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon
1961

The Preacher of Love
1961

Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō
1961

Six Men Mustered in Great Edo
1953

Uogashi no senpū musume
1963

The Rookie Managers
1955

京化粧
1961

続べらんめぇ芸者
1960

So Young, So Bright
1955

Maiko monogatari
1954

続々々番頭はんと丁稚どん チャンポン旅行
1961

Moonlight in the Rain
1961

The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood
1957

Ai, sono kiseki
1964

New Third-Class Executive
1959

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960

Denshichi Torimonochō onna hada jigoku
1959

New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
1960

New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960

President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
1965

Bantōhan to detchidon
1960

The Gion Tempest
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Madame Aki
1963

Zoku bantōhan to detchidon
1960

Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
1960

Zoku Tange Sazen
1953

Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
1960

We Are Salarymen
1963

Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
1957

続・図々しい奴
1964

Diary of a Successful Salaryman
1957

The Blue Mountains
1957

The Blue Mountains Part 2
1957

滝の白糸
1952

The Men of Toho-ku
1957

Money Is Most Important
1964

Taikouki
1965