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 Sacred Treasure , Fourth Class .
Known for
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movieSnow Country
1965
Blind masseuse
moviePresident's Ninja Trick Book Part II
1965
Sen (Proprietress, restaurant "Manman")
tvTaikouki
1965
Naka
movieDobuike
1963
Tadae Horikawa
movie18 Roughs
1963
Seichii's Mother
movieThe Third Will
1963
Yoshiko
movieTale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５
1963
Ume Shimizu
movieThe Fencing Master
1962
Old woman
movieThe End of Summer
1961
Sasaki Tsune
movieNew Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960
Tsuruko Miyaguchi
movieNew Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
1960
Tsuruko Miyaguchi
movieSalaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
1960
Natsukawa Chiyo
movieNew Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
Tsuruko Miyaguchi (Widow of founder)
movieNew Third-Class Executive
1959
Tsuruko Miyaguchi
movieRoom for Let
1959
O-Mino
movieThe Story of Iron Arm Inao
1959
Kameno Inao
movieTemptation on Glamour Island
1959
Shige Sasaki
movieEquinox Flower
1958
Hatsu Sasaki
movieThe Capital of Love
1958
Umeko Yoshii
movieThe Blue Mountains Part 2
1957
Proprietress of Takara-ya
movieDiary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
1957
Matsumura Sei
movieThe Blue Mountains
1957
Mistress of Tamayaya
movieOn Wings of Love
1957
Umeko Yoshioka
movieDiary of a Successful Salaryman
1957
Matsumura Sei
movieSnow Country
1957
Otatsu
moviePrice of Beauty
1957
Natsu Morishita
movieThrone of Blood
1957
Old Ghost Woman
movieSound in the Mist
1956
Chieko Naniwa
movieWomen in Prison
1956
Mitsuko Kaneoka, prisoner
movieThe Swamp
1956
Otoki
movie浮かれ狐千本櫻
1954
Otsuji
movieTwenty-Four Eyes
1954
Meshiya no Kamisan
movie快盗三人吉三
1954
小紫の局
movieSansho the Bailiff
1954
Ubatake
movieA Geisha
1953
Okimi
Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy Marriage
1953
Omoto
movieAchako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo
1952
Midori, the mother
