Chieko Naniwa
- Acting
- November 19, 1907 · Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan
- December 22, 1973
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
Filmography
- Lullaby for a Tough Guy
- The Woman Gambler's Supplication
- Three Rogues
- Woman Gambler Is Coming
- Devil in My Flesh
- Shogun and His Mistress 2
- The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka · Kae's Wet Nurse
- The River Yokobori · Kin
- A Circus Girl
- True Osaka Grit
- Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro · Osugi
- Three Yakuza
- My Wife
- Snow Country · Blind masseuse
- Nami kage
- President's Ninja Trick Book Part II · Sen (Proprietress, restaurant "Manman")
- Taikouki · Naka
- Ai, sono kiseki
- My Lover
- Money Is Most Important
- An Impudent Man 2
- I'm a Bodyguard
- An Impudent Man
- Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple · Osugi
- We Are Salarymen · Oshige
- New Marital Relations
- Dobuike · Tadae Horikawa
- 18 Roughs · Seichii's Mother
- Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style · Osugi
- Maiko-han
- The Third Will · Yoshiko
- Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５ · Ume Shimizu
- Uogashi no senpū musume
- Madame Aki · Setsuko
- Twin Sisters of Kyoto · Madam
- The Paper Crane
- Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights · Osugi
- The Body
- The Fencing Master · Old woman
- Shin kitsune to tanuki
- Yakuza Official
- Ame no Kudan-zaka
- Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
- Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
- Till Tomorrow Is
- In Search of Mother · Obah
- Good Rascals · Omon
- This Year's Love
- 次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
- Bad Reputation Returns · Ito Aso
- 京化粧
- The End of Summer · Sasaki Tsune
- Girls of the Night · Kumeju
- Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō
- Fine Man
- Miyamoto Musashi · Osugi
- Moonlight in the Rain
- Osaka Tough
- 続々々番頭はんと丁稚どん チャンポン旅行
- The Harbor Lights
- The Preacher of Love
- The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4 · Otoshi
- Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon
- Sazae And Aunt Apron · Chie
- Kimagure karasu
- Zoku bantōhan to detchidon
- The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
- New Third Class Executive: Husband Education · Tsuruko Miyaguchi
- Shinran
- Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success · Chiyo
- Bantōhan to detchidon
- New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller · Tsuruko Miyaguchi
- The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
- 続べらんめぇ芸者
- Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes · Natsukawa Chiyo
- The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
- New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking · Tsuruko Miyaguchi (Widow of founder)
- The Five Jolly Thieves
- Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife · Chiyoyo Nishino (Sazae's aunt)
- Evil Man of Edo