Chieko Naniwa
Acting Born Nov 19, 1907 Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan 24 credits
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 .
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Full filmography
- Taikouki (1965) as Naka
- Throne of Blood (1957) as Old Ghost Woman
- Sansho the Bailiff (1954) as Ubatake
- Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954) as Okô
- Equinox Flower (1958) as Hatsu Sasaki
- A Geisha (1953) as Okimi
- The End of Summer (1961) as Sasaki Tsune
- Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) as Meshiya no Kamisan
- The Woman in the Rumor (1954) as Osaki
- Snow Country (1957) as Otatsu
- Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro (1965) as Osugi
- True Osaka Grit (1965)
- Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights (1962) as Osugi
- Miyamoto Musashi (1961) as Osugi
- Twin Sisters of Kyoto (1963) as Madam
- The Body (1962)
- Till Tomorrow Is (1962)
- Girls of the Night (1961) as Kumeju
- Snow Country (1965) as Blind masseuse
- Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple (1964) as Osugi
- Sound in the Mist (1956) as Chieko Naniwa
- Chance Meeting (1958) as Yone
- Marital Relations (1955)
- The Third Will (1963) as Yoshiko