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Chieko Naniwa

Acting

Chieko Naniwa

JA cinema · 183 credits

Born

19 November 1907

Died

22 December 1973 (aged 66)

Birthplace

Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan

Also known as Тиэко Нанива · چیکو نانیوا

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 poster

Lullaby for a Tough Guy

JA · 197210.0

Actor

Three Rogues poster

Three Rogues

JA · 19687.0

Actor

Devil in My Flesh poster

Devil in My Flesh

JA · 196810.0

Actor

Woman Gambler Is Coming poster

Woman Gambler Is Coming

JA · 19687.0

Actor

The Woman Gambler's Supplication poster

The Woman Gambler's Supplication

JA · 196810.0

Actor

Shogun and His Mistress 2 poster

Shogun and His Mistress 2

JA · 19674.5

Actor

The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka poster

The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

JA · 19676.6

as Kae's Wet Nurse

The River Yokobori poster

The River Yokobori

JA · 1966Not rated

as Kin

A Circus Girl poster

A Circus Girl

JA · 1966Not rated

Actor

Three Yakuza poster

Three Yakuza

JA · 19657.8

Actor

Nami kage poster

Nami kage

JA · 19658.0

Actor

Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro poster

Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro

JA · 19657.3

as Osugi

Snow Country poster

Snow Country

JA · 19656.7

as Blind masseuse

My Wife poster

My Wife

JA · 1965Not rated

Actor

True Osaka Grit poster

True Osaka Grit

JA · 1965Not rated

Actor

President's Ninja Trick Book Part II poster

President's Ninja Trick Book Part II

JA · 19658.0

as Sen (Proprietress, restaurant "Manman")

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple poster

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple

JA · 19647.0

as Osugi

An Impudent Man poster

An Impudent Man

JA · 1964Not rated

Actor

I'm a Bodyguard poster

I'm a Bodyguard

JA · 19648.0

Actor

Ai, sono kiseki poster

Ai, sono kiseki

JA · 1964Not rated

Actor

An Impudent Man 2 poster

An Impudent Man 2

JA · 1964Not rated

Actor

Money Is Most Important poster

Money Is Most Important

JA · 1964Not rated

Actor

My Lover poster

My Lover

JA · 1964Not rated

Actor

18 Roughs poster

18 Roughs

JA · 19636.7

as Seichii's Mother

Tale of A Company Boss Pt.5 poster

Tale of A Company Boss Pt.5

JA · 19637.0

as Ume Shimizu

Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style poster

Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style

JA · 19637.0

as Osugi

The Third Will poster

The Third Will

JA · 19637.7

as Yoshiko

Twin Sisters of Kyoto poster

Twin Sisters of Kyoto

JA · 19636.5

as Madam

Uogashi no senpū musume poster

Uogashi no senpū musume

JA · 1963Not rated

Actor

Madame Aki poster

Madame Aki

JA · 19637.0

as Setsuko

We Are Salarymen poster

We Are Salarymen

JA · 19637.0

as Oshige

Dobuike poster

Dobuike

JA · 1963Not rated

as Tadae Horikawa

Maiko-han poster

Maiko-han

JA · 1963Not rated

Actor

New Marital Relations poster

New Marital Relations

JA · 1963Not rated

Actor

次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々 poster

次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々

JA · 1962Not rated

Actor

Till Tomorrow Is poster

Till Tomorrow Is

JA · 19628.0

Actor

Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo poster

Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo

JA · 1962Not rated

Actor

Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi poster

Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi

JA · 1962Not rated

Actor

The Body poster

The Body

JA · 19627.3

Actor

Ame no Kudan-zaka poster

Ame no Kudan-zaka

JA · 1962Not rated

Actor

Yakuza Official poster

Yakuza Official

JA · 1962Not rated

Actor

Shin kitsune to tanuki poster

Shin kitsune to tanuki

JA · 19627.0

Actor

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights poster

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

JA · 19627.3

as Osugi

The Paper Crane poster

The Paper Crane

JA · 1962Not rated

Actor

The Fencing Master poster

The Fencing Master

JA · 19625.9

as Old woman

In Search of Mother poster

In Search of Mother

JA · 19626.6

as Obah

Good Rascals poster

Good Rascals

JA · 19626.0

as Omon

This Year's Love poster

This Year's Love

JA · 19626.8

Actor

The End of Summer poster

The End of Summer

JA · 19617.5

as Sasaki Tsune

Osaka Tough poster

Osaka Tough

JA · 1961Not rated

Actor

Miyamoto Musashi poster

Miyamoto Musashi

JA · 19617.2

as Osugi

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4 poster

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4

JA · 196110.0

as Otoshi

Fine Man poster

Fine Man

JA · 19618.0

Actor

The Harbor Lights poster

The Harbor Lights

JA · 19616.2

Actor

Girls of the Night poster

Girls of the Night

JA · 19617.1

as Kumeju

Bad Reputation Returns poster

Bad Reputation Returns

JA · 19614.8

as Ito Aso

Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon poster

Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon

JA · 1961Not rated

Actor

The Preacher of Love poster

The Preacher of Love

JA · 1961Not rated

Actor

Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō poster

Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō

JA · 1961Not rated

Actor

京化粧 poster

京化粧

JA · 1961Not rated

Actor

続々々番頭はんと丁稚どん チャンポン旅行 poster

続々々番頭はんと丁稚どん チャンポン旅行

JA · 1961Not rated

Actor

Moonlight in the Rain poster

Moonlight in the Rain

JA · 19619.0

Actor

Sazae And Aunt Apron poster

Sazae And Aunt Apron

JA · 196010.0

as Chie

Shinran poster

Shinran

JA · 196010.0

Actor

The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo poster

The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo

JA · 1960Not rated

Actor

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2 poster

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2

JA · 19609.0

Actor

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3 poster

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3

JA · 1960Not rated

Actor

続べらんめぇ芸者 poster

続べらんめぇ芸者

JA · 1960Not rated

Actor

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking poster

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking

JA · 19608.0

as Tsuruko Miyaguchi (Widow of founder)

New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller poster

New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller

JA · 19609.0

as Tsuruko Miyaguchi

New Third Class Executive: Husband Education poster

New Third Class Executive: Husband Education

JA · 19608.0

as Tsuruko Miyaguchi

Bantōhan to detchidon poster

Bantōhan to detchidon

JA · 1960Not rated

Actor

Zoku bantōhan to detchidon poster

Zoku bantōhan to detchidon

JA · 1960Not rated

Actor

Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes poster

Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes

JA · 1960Not rated

as Natsukawa Chiyo

Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success poster

Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success

JA · 1960Not rated

as Chiyo

The Five Jolly Thieves poster

The Five Jolly Thieves

JA · 1960Not rated

Actor

Kimagure karasu poster

Kimagure karasu

JA · 1960Not rated

Actor

Sazae-san's Marriage poster

Sazae-san's Marriage

JA · 1959Not rated

as Chie Nishino

Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife poster

Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife

JA · 1959Not rated

as Chiyoyo Nishino (Sazae's aunt)

Hawk of the North poster

Hawk of the North

JA · 19595.3

Actor

Flower Shop Curtain poster

Flower Shop Curtain

JA · 195910.0

Actor

二等兵物語 万事要領の巻

1959

Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki

JA · 1959Not rated

as Oharu

Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka poster

Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka

JA · 19595.2

as Oen

Room for Let poster

Room for Let

JA · 19597.0

as O-Mino

Gentle Breeze poster

Gentle Breeze

JA · 19595.0

Actor

Evil Man of Edo poster

Evil Man of Edo

JA · 19598.0

Actor

The Story of Iron Arm Inao poster

The Story of Iron Arm Inao

JA · 19598.0

as Kameno Inao

Temptation on Glamour Island poster

Temptation on Glamour Island

JA · 19597.0

as Shige Sasaki

New Third-Class Executive poster

New Third-Class Executive

JA · 19598.0

as Tsuruko Miyaguchi

Denshichi Torimonochō onna hada jigoku poster

Denshichi Torimonochō onna hada jigoku

JA · 1959Not rated

Actor

Unmarried poster

Unmarried

JA · 1959Not rated

Actor

The Shop Curtain poster

The Shop Curtain

JA · 19588.0

Actor

Equinox Flower poster

Equinox Flower

JA · 19587.4

as Hatsu Sasaki

Sazae's Engagement Trip poster

Sazae's Engagement Trip

JA · 1958Not rated

as Chie Nishino

Kunisada Chuji poster

Kunisada Chuji

JA · 19585.6

Actor

Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki poster

Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki

JA · 1958Not rated

as Sueno

Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki poster

Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki

JA · 1958Not rated

Actor

Chance Meeting poster

Chance Meeting

JA · 195810.0

as Yone

Her Son Came Back poster

Her Son Came Back

JA · 1958Not rated

Actor

The Capital of Love poster

The Capital of Love

JA · 1958Not rated

as Umeko Yoshii

Tainted Flowers poster

Tainted Flowers

JA · 195810.0

Actor

The Gion Tempest poster

The Gion Tempest

JA · 1958Not rated

as Orin

Father is a Soft-Hearted Person: The Night Before His Daughter's Wedding Day poster

Father is a Soft-Hearted Person: The Night Before His Daughter's Wedding Day

JA · 1958Not rated

Actor

Father is a Soft-Hearted Person: There are Five Men and Seven Women in the Family poster

Father is a Soft-Hearted Person: There are Five Men and Seven Women in the Family

JA · 1958Not rated

Actor

Scops-Owl Sermon poster

Scops-Owl Sermon

JA · 1958Not rated

Actor

The Ladder of Success poster

The Ladder of Success

JA · 19586.5

Actor

夕凪

1957

Evening Calm

JA · 19579.0

Actor

Hadaka no Machi poster

Hadaka no Machi

JA · 1957Not rated

Actor

Throne of Blood poster

Throne of Blood

JA · 19577.9

as Old Ghost Woman

Geisha in the Old City poster

Geisha in the Old City

JA · 195710.0

as Ohatsu

An Osaka Story poster

An Osaka Story

JA · 19576.0

Actor

Snow Country poster

Snow Country

JA · 19576.7

as Otatsu

Price of Beauty poster

Price of Beauty

JA · 195710.0

as Natsu Morishita

On Wings of Love poster

On Wings of Love

JA · 195710.0

as Umeko Yoshioka

The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood poster

The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood

JA · 19577.0

Actor

Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2 poster

Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2

JA · 19578.0

as Matsumura Sei

Diary of a Successful Salaryman poster

Diary of a Successful Salaryman

JA · 19579.0

as Matsumura Sei

The Blue Mountains poster

The Blue Mountains

JA · 1957Not rated

as Mistress of Tamayaya

The Blue Mountains Part 2 poster

The Blue Mountains Part 2

JA · 1957Not rated

as Proprietress of Takara-ya

The Men of Toho-ku poster

The Men of Toho-ku

JA · 19579.0

as Oei

The Bride Is Waiting poster

The Bride Is Waiting

JA · 1957Not rated

Actor

Ichiya no hyakuman chōja poster

Ichiya no hyakuman chōja

JA · 1957Not rated

Actor

凸凹巌窟王

1957

Ōtotsu gankutsuō

JA · 1957Not rated

Actor

Sisters of Gion poster

Sisters of Gion

JA · 1956Not rated

Actor

Shozo, a Cat and Two Women poster

Shozo, a Cat and Two Women

JA · 19566.7

as Orin

The Swamp poster

The Swamp

JA · 19567.0

as Otoki

The Maiden Courtesan poster

The Maiden Courtesan

JA · 1956Not rated

Actor

Women in Prison poster

Women in Prison

JA · 19564.0

as Mitsuko Kaneoka, prisoner

Sound in the Mist poster

Sound in the Mist

JA · 19567.5

as Chieko Naniwa

Zangiku monogatari poster

Zangiku monogatari

JA · 19567.0

as Omoto

The Sentimental Idiot poster

The Sentimental Idiot

JA · 1956Not rated

Actor

The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji poster

The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji

JA · 1956Not rated

Actor

All Sold Out poster

All Sold Out

JA · 1956Not rated

Actor

The More-You-Fall-In-Love Story poster

The More-You-Fall-In-Love Story

JA · 1956Not rated

Actor

お父さんはお人好し かくし子騒動

1956

Otōsan wa ohitoyoshi: Kakushigo sōdō

JA · 1956Not rated

Actor

お父さんはお人好し 産児無制限

1956

Otōsan wa ohitoyoshi: Sanji museigen

JA · 1956Not rated

Actor

Ninjutsu musha shūgyō poster

Ninjutsu musha shūgyō

JA · 1956Not rated

Actor

Otōsan wa ohitoyoshi: Yūtō rakudaisei poster

Otōsan wa ohitoyoshi: Yūtō rakudaisei

JA · 1956Not rated

Actor

お父さんはお人好し 迷い子拾い子

1956

Otōsan wa ohitoyoshi: Mayoigo hiroi ko

JA · 1956Not rated

Actor

Ninjutsu senshuken jiai poster

Ninjutsu senshuken jiai

JA · 1956Not rated

Actor

Haha shirayuki poster

Haha shirayuki

JA · 1956Not rated

Actor

八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線 poster

八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線

JA · 1955Not rated

as お金

Otōsan wa Ohitoyoshi poster

Otōsan wa Ohitoyoshi

JA · 1955Not rated

Actor

Marital Relations poster

Marital Relations

JA · 19555.6

Actor

The Rookie Managers poster

The Rookie Managers

JA · 1955Not rated

Actor

So Young, So Bright poster

So Young, So Bright

JA · 19557.8

as Oshin

Detour to Love poster

Detour to Love

JA · 1955Not rated

as Yasu

So Deep in My Heart poster

So Deep in My Heart

JA · 1955Not rated

Actor

Maiko sanjūshi poster

Maiko sanjūshi

JA · 1955Not rated

Actor

First Love Waltz poster

First Love Waltz

JA · 1955Not rated

Actor

Love at Forty poster

Love at Forty

JA · 1955Not rated

Actor

Kaette kita yūrei poster

Kaette kita yūrei

JA · 1955Not rated

Actor

Chikamatsu Monogatari poster

Chikamatsu Monogatari

JA · 19547.8

as Okô

The Woman in the Rumor poster

The Woman in the Rumor

JA · 19547.3

as Osaki

The Garden of Women poster

The Garden of Women

JA · 19546.6

Actor

お役者変化 poster

お役者変化

JA · 1954Not rated

as 母そよ

Beautiful Gonpati poster

Beautiful Gonpati

JA · 1954Not rated

as およし

快盗三人吉三 poster

快盗三人吉三

JA · 1954Not rated

as 小紫の局

Sansho the Bailiff poster

Sansho the Bailiff

JA · 19548.1

as Ubatake

Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki poster

Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki

JA · 19549.0

Actor

浮かれ狐千本櫻 poster

浮かれ狐千本櫻

JA · 1954Not rated

as Otsuji

Twenty-Four Eyes poster

Twenty-Four Eyes

JA · 19547.7

as Meshiya no Kamisan

Maiko monogatari poster

Maiko monogatari

JA · 1954Not rated

Actor

Hana to hatō poster

Hana to hatō

JA · 1954Not rated

Actor

Hana no sando gasa poster

Hana no sando gasa

JA · 1954Not rated

Actor

Yoidore nitōryū poster

Yoidore nitōryū

JA · 1954Not rated

Actor

Hana no nagadosu poster

Hana no nagadosu

JA · 1954Not rated

Actor

Tekka bugyō poster

Tekka bugyō

JA · 1954Not rated

Actor

Yome to yobarete mada mitsuki poster

Yome to yobarete mada mitsuki

JA · 1954Not rated

Actor

お役者小僧 poster

お役者小僧

JA · 1953Not rated

as お幸

アチャコ青春手帖第4話 めでたく結婚の巻

1953

Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy Marriage

JA · 1953Not rated

as Omoto

Ghost of Saga Mansion poster

Ghost of Saga Mansion

JA · 19537.7

Actor

A Geisha poster

A Geisha

JA · 19537.6

as Okimi

Six Men Mustered in Great Edo poster

Six Men Mustered in Great Edo

JA · 1953Not rated

Actor

Zoku Tange Sazen poster

Zoku Tange Sazen

JA · 195310.0

Actor

Asama no karasu poster

Asama no karasu

JA · 1953Not rated

Actor

Yōsei wa hana no nioi gasuru poster

Yōsei wa hana no nioi gasuru

JA · 1953Not rated

Actor

関の弥太ッぺ

1953

Seki no yatappe

JA · 1953Not rated

Actor

Tsukigata Hanpeita poster

Tsukigata Hanpeita

JA · 19527.0

Actor

紺屋高尾 poster

紺屋高尾

JA · 1952Not rated

Actor

Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo poster

Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo

JA · 1952Not rated

as Midori, the mother

Violence poster

Violence

JA · 19528.0

Actor

Taki no Shiraito poster

Taki no Shiraito

JA · 1952Not rated

as Midori