Chieko Naniwa
Acting1907Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan
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
Acting History
1966
1965
Snow Country
as Blind masseuse
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
as Sen (Proprietress, restaurant "Manman")
1963
18 Roughs
as Seichii's Mother
Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５
as Ume Shimizu
The Third Will
as Yoshiko
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
as Madam
We Are Salarymen
as Oshige
1962
1961
1960
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
as Tsuruko Miyaguchi (Widow of founder)
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
as Tsuruko Miyaguchi
1959
Temptation on Glamour Island
as Shige Sasaki
New Third-Class Executive
as Tsuruko Miyaguchi
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
as Kameno Inao
Room for Let
as O-Mino
1958
1957
Price of Beauty
as Natsu Morishita
Geisha in the Old City
as Ohatsu
On Wings of Love
as Umeko Yoshioka
Snow Country
as Otatsu
Throne of Blood
as Old Ghost Woman
1956
Zangiku monogatari
as Omoto
Women in Prison
as Mitsuko Kaneoka, prisoner
Sound in the Mist
as Chieko Naniwa
The Swamp
as Otoki
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
as Orin
1954
浮かれ狐千本櫻
as Otsuji
The Woman in the Rumor
as Osaki
快盗三人吉三
as 小紫の局
お役者変化
as 母そよ
Beautiful Gonpati
as およし
Chikamatsu Monogatari
as Okô
Twenty-Four Eyes
as Meshiya no Kamisan
Sansho the Bailiff
as Ubatake