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Chieko Naniwa

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Chieko Naniwa

Born November 19, 1907 in Tondabayashi, Osaka, JapanDied December 22, 1973182 films

Naniwa Chieko (real name: Nanko Kikuno, November 19, 1907 – December 22 , 1973) was a Japanese actress.

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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 .

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Sansho the Bailiff posterFirst watchSansho the Bailiff19548.1as UbatakeIn 11th-century feudal Japan, following the exile of an idealistic governor, his wife and children are separated by slave traders; the children, Zushio and Anju, are sold into brutal…View film

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Throne of Blood poster7.9Throne of Blood1957Chikamatsu Monogatari poster7.8Chikamatsu Monogatari1954Equinox Flower poster7.4Equinox Flower1958The End of Summer poster7.5The End of Summer1961Twenty-Four Eyes poster7.7Twenty-Four Eyes1954A Geisha poster7.6A Geisha1953

Filmography

182 films as actor
  1. 1972Lullaby for a Tough Guy
  2. 1968The Woman Gambler's Supplication
  3. 1968Three Rogues
  4. 1968Woman Gambler Is Coming
  5. 1968Devil in My Flesh
  6. 1967Shogun and His Mistress 2
  7. 1967The Wife of Seishu HanaokaKae's Wet Nurse
  8. 1966The River YokoboriKin
  9. 1966A Circus Girl
  10. 1965True Osaka Grit
  11. 1965Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs KojiroOsugi
  12. 1965Three Yakuza
  13. 1965My Wife
  14. 1965Snow CountryBlind masseuse
  15. 1965Nami kage
  16. 1965President's Ninja Trick Book Part IISen (Proprietress, restaurant "Manman")
  17. 1964Ai, sono kiseki
  18. 1964My Lover
  19. 1964Money Is Most Important
  20. 1964An Impudent Man 2
  21. 1964I'm a Bodyguard
  22. 1964An Impudent Man
  23. 1964Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji TempleOsugi
  24. 1963We Are SalarymenOshige
  25. 1963New Marital Relations
  26. 1963DobuikeTadae Horikawa
  27. 196318 RoughsSeichii's Mother
  28. 1963Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword StyleOsugi
  29. 1963Maiko-han
  30. 1963The Third WillYoshiko
  31. 1963Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５Ume Shimizu
  32. 1963Uogashi no senpū musume
  33. 1963Madame AkiSetsuko
  34. 1963Twin Sisters of KyotoMadam
  35. 1962The Paper Crane
  36. 1962Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka HeightsOsugi
  37. 1962The Body
  38. 1962The Fencing MasterOld woman
  39. 1962Shin kitsune to tanuki
  40. 1962Yakuza Official
  41. 1962Ame no Kudan-zaka
  42. 1962Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
  43. 1962Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
  44. 1962Till Tomorrow Is
  45. 1962In Search of MotherObah
  46. 1962Good RascalsOmon
  47. 1962This Year's Love
  48. 1962次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
  49. 1961Bad Reputation ReturnsIto Aso
  50. 1961京化粧
  51. 1961The End of SummerSasaki Tsune
  52. 1961Girls of the NightKumeju
  53. 1961Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō
  54. 1961Fine Man
  55. 1961Miyamoto MusashiOsugi
  56. 1961Moonlight in the Rain
  57. 1961Osaka Tough
  58. 1961続々々番頭はんと丁稚どん チャンポン旅行
  59. 1961The Harbor Lights
  60. 1961The Preacher of Love
  61. 1961The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4Otoshi
  62. 1961Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon
  63. 1960Sazae And Aunt ApronChie
  64. 1960Zoku bantōhan to detchidon
  65. 1960The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
  66. 1960New Third Class Executive: Husband EducationTsuruko Miyaguchi
  67. 1960Shinran
  68. 1960Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for SuccessChiyo
  69. 1960Bantōhan to detchidon
  70. 1960New Third Class Executive: Fortune TellerTsuruko Miyaguchi
  71. 1960The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
  72. 1960続べらんめぇ芸者
  73. 1960Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome EpisodesNatsukawa Chiyo
  74. 1960The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
  75. 1960New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and DrinkingTsuruko Miyaguchi (Widow of founder)
  76. 1960The Five Jolly Thieves
  77. 1959Sazae-san, the Wayward WifeChiyoyo Nishino (Sazae's aunt)
  78. 1959Evil Man of Edo
  79. 1959Chikamatsu's Love in OsakaOen
  80. 1959New Third-Class ExecutiveTsuruko Miyaguchi
  81. 1959Gentle Breeze
  82. 1959Room for LetO-Mino
  83. 1959Hawk of the North
  84. 1959Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no makiOharu
  85. 1959The Story of Iron Arm InaoKameno Inao
  86. 1959Unmarried
  87. 1959Denshichi Torimonochō onna hada jigoku
  88. 1959Flower Shop Curtain
  89. 1959Temptation on Glamour IslandShige Sasaki
  90. 1959Sazae-san's MarriageChie Nishino
  91. 1958Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki
  92. 1958The Ladder of Success
  93. 1958Scops-Owl Sermon
  94. 1958Equinox FlowerHatsu Sasaki
  95. 1958Kunisada Chuji
  96. 1958Sazae's Engagement TripChie Nishino
  97. 1958Tainted Flowers
  98. 1958The Shop Curtain
  99. 1958The Gion TempestOrin
  100. 1958Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no makiSueno
  101. 1958Her Son Came Back
  102. 1958Father is a Soft-Hearted Person: The Night Before His Daughter's Wedding Day
  103. 1958Father is a Soft-Hearted Person: There are Five Men and Seven Women in the Family
  104. 1958The Capital of LoveUmeko Yoshii
  105. 1958Chance MeetingYone
  106. 1957The Blue Mountains Part 2Proprietress of Takara-ya
  107. 1957Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2Matsumura Sei
  108. 1957The Blue MountainsMistress of Tamayaya
  109. 1957The Bride Is Waiting
  110. 1957Geisha in the Old CityOhatsu
  111. 1957The Men of Toho-kuOei
  112. 1957Hadaka no Machi
  113. 1957On Wings of LoveUmeko Yoshioka
  114. 1957The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood
  115. 1957Diary of a Successful SalarymanMatsumura Sei
  116. 1957Snow CountryOtatsu
  117. 1957Evening Calm
  118. 1957Price of BeautyNatsu Morishita
  119. 1957An Osaka Story
  120. 1957Ōtotsu gankutsuō