About

Known credits:
138
Birthday:
1907-11-19
Place of birth:
Tondabayashi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Website:
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Chieko Naniwa

Overview

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
1972 Lullaby for a Tough Guy Actor N/A
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1968 The Woman Gambler's Supplication Actor N/A
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1968 Three Rogues Actor N/A
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1968 Woman Gambler Is Coming Actor N/A
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1968 Devil in My Flesh Actor N/A
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1967 Shogun and His Mistress 2 Actor 58
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1967 The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka Actor 58
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1966 The River Yokobori Actor Kin N/A
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1966 A Circus Girl Actor N/A
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1965 True Osaka Grit Actor N/A
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1965 Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro Actor Osugi 59
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1965 Three Yakuza Actor 58
Average
1965 My Wife Actor N/A
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1965 Snow Country Actor Blind masseuse 59
Average
1965 President's Ninja Trick Book Part II Actor Sen (Proprietress, restaurant "Manman") N/A
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1965 Nami kage Actor N/A
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1965 Taikouki Actor Naka N/A
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1964 Ai, sono kiseki Actor N/A
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1964 I'm a Bodyguard Actor N/A
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1964 An Impudent Man Actor N/A
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1964 Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple Actor Osugi 58
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1963 We Are Salarymen Actor Oshige N/A
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1963 18 Roughs Actor Seichii's Mother 58
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1963 Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style Actor Osugi 59
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1963 The Third Will Actor Yoshiko 58
Average
1963 次郎長社長と石松社員 安来ぶし道中 Actor N/A
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1963 Uogashi no senpū musume Actor N/A
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1963 Yushu Heiya Actor N/A
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1963 Twin Sisters of Kyoto Actor Madam 58
Average
1962 The Paper Crane Actor N/A
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1962 Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights Actor Osugi 59
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1962 The Body Actor 58
Average
1962 The Fencing Master Actor Old woman 58
Average
1962 Shin kitsune to tanuki Actor N/A
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1962 Yakuza Official Actor N/A
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1962 Ame no Kudan-zaka Actor N/A
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1962 Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo Actor N/A
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1962 Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi Actor N/A
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1962 Till Tomorow Comes Actor N/A
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1962 Good Rascals Actor Omon 59
Average
1962 This Year's Love Actor 59
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1962 In Search of Mother Actor Obah 59
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1962 次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々 Actor N/A
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1961 Bad Reputation Returns Actor Ito Aso 58
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1961 京化粧 Actor N/A
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1961 The End of Summer Actor Sasaki Tsune 61
Fair
1961 Girls of the Night Actor Kumeju 58
Average
1961 Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō Actor N/A
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1961 Fine Man Actor N/A
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1961 Miyamoto Musashi Actor Osugi 59
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1961 Moonlight in the Rain Actor N/A
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1961 Osaka Tough Actor N/A
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1961 続々々番頭はんと丁稚どん チャンポン旅行 Actor N/A
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1961 The Harbor Lights Actor 58
Average
1961 The Preacher of Love Actor N/A
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1961 The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4 Actor Otoshi N/A
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1961 べらんめぇ藝者罷り通る Actor N/A
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1961 Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon Actor N/A
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1960 Sazae And Aunt Apron Actor N/A
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1960 Zoku bantōhan to detchidon Actor N/A
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1960 The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3 Actor N/A
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1960 New Third Class Executive: Husband Education Actor Tsuruko Miyaguchi N/A
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1960 Shinran Actor N/A
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1960 Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success Actor Chiyo N/A
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1960 Bantōhan to detchidon Actor N/A
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1960 New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller Actor Tsuruko Miyaguchi N/A
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1960 The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2 Actor N/A
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1960 続べらんめぇ芸者 Actor N/A
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1960 Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes Actor Natsukawa Chiyo N/A
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1960 The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo Actor N/A
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1960 New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking Actor Tsuruko Miyaguchi (Widow of founder) N/A
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1959 Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife Actor N/A
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1959 Evil Man of Edo Actor N/A
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1959 Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka Actor Oen 58
Average
1959 New Third-Class Executive Actor Tsuruko Miyaguchi N/A
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1959 Gentle Breeze Actor 59
Average
1959 Room for Let Actor O-Mino 59
Average
1959 Hawk of the North Actor 58
Average
1959 Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki Actor Oharu N/A
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1959 The Story of Iron Arm Inao Actor Kameno Inao N/A
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1959 Denshichi Torimonochō onna hada jigoku Actor N/A
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1959 Flower Shop Curtain Actor N/A
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1959 Temptation on Glamour Island Actor Shige Sasaki 58
Average
1959 Sazae-san's Marriage Actor N/A
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1958 Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki Actor N/A
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1958 Equinox Flower Actor Hatsu Sasaki 62
Fair
1958 Kunisada Chuji Actor 58
Average
1958 Sazae's Engagement Trip Actor N/A
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1958 Tainted Flowers Actor N/A
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1958 The Shop Curtain Actor 58
Average
1958 Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki Actor Sueno N/A
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1958 Her Son Came Back Actor N/A
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1958 City of Love Actor Umeko Yoshii N/A
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1958 Chance Meeting Actor Yone N/A
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1957 Geisha in the Old City Actor Ohatsu N/A
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1957 Hadaka no Machi Actor N/A
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1957 The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood Actor N/A
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1957 On Wings of Love Actor Umeko Yoshioka N/A
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1957 Snow Country Actor Otatsu 58
Average
1957 Evening Calm Actor N/A
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1957 Price of Beauty Actor Natsu Morishita N/A
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1957 An Osaka Story Actor 59
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1957 Throne of Blood Actor Old Ghost Woman 71
Good
1956 Sound in the Mist Actor Chieko Naniwa N/A
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1956 Shozo, a Cat and Two Women Actor Orin 58
Average
1956 Women in Prison Actor Mitsuko Kaneoka, prisoner 58
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1956 The Swamp Actor Otoki N/A
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1956 Sisters of Gion Actor N/A
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1956 Zangiku monogatari Actor Omoto 59
Average
1956 The Sentimental Idiot Actor N/A
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1956 The Maiden Courtesan Actor N/A
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1955 So Young, So Bright Actor 58
Average
1955 Marital Relations Actor 59
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1955 Otōsan wa Ohitoyoshi Actor N/A
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1955 The Rookie Managers Actor N/A
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1955 八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線 Actor お金 N/A
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1954 浮かれ狐千本櫻 Actor Otsuji N/A
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1954 The Crucified Lovers Actor Okô 62
Fair
1954 Twenty-Four Eyes Actor Meshiya no Kamisan 61
Fair
1954 The Woman in the Rumor Actor Osaki 59
Average
1954 快盗三人吉三 Actor 小紫の局 N/A
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1954 Sansho the Bailiff Actor Ubatake 68
Fair
1954 The Garden of Women Actor 58
Average
1954 Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki Actor 59
Average
1954 Beautiful Gonpati Actor およし N/A
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1954 Maiko monogatari Actor N/A
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1954 お役者変化 Actor 母そよ N/A
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1953 Six Men Mustered in Great Edo Actor N/A
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1953 Ghost of Saga Mansion Actor 59
Average
1953 Zoku Tange Sazen Actor N/A
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1953 A Geisha Actor Okimi 60
Fair
1953 Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy Marriage Actor Omoto N/A
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1953 お役者小僧 Actor お幸 N/A
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1952 紺屋高尾 Actor N/A
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1952 Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo Actor Midori, the mother N/A
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1952 Violence Actor N/A
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1952 Tsukigata Hanpeita Actor 58
Average
The Gion Tempest Actor Orin N/A
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