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