Chieko Naniwa

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1907-11-19 (66 years old)

Deathday

1973-12-22

Place of Birth

Tondabayashi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Chieko Naniwa

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 .

Acting

1961

The End of Summer

as Sasaki Tsune

1958

Equinox Flower

as Hatsu Sasaki

1961

1963

18 Roughs

as Seichii's Mother

1953

1954

お役者変化

as 母そよ

1954

快盗三人吉三

as 小紫の局

1954

Beautiful Gonpati

as およし

1957

Throne of Blood

as Old Ghost Woman

1954

1952

1962

The Fencing Master

as Old woman

1965

Snow Country

as Blind masseuse

1956

The Swamp

as Otoki

1957

Snow Country

as Otatsu

1959

Room for Let

as O-Mino

1962

1958

1957

Price of Beauty

as Natsu Morishita

1958

City of Love

as Umeko Yoshii

1959

1954

Twenty-Four Eyes

as Meshiya no Kamisan

1956

Women in Prison

as Mitsuko Kaneoka, prisoner

1963

The Third Will

as Yoshiko

1961

1953

A Geisha

as Okimi

1957

On Wings of Love

as Umeko Yoshioka

1956

Sound in the Mist

as Chieko Naniwa

1959

1956

1959

New Third-Class Executive

as Tsuruko Miyaguchi

1960

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking

as Tsuruko Miyaguchi (Widow of founder)

1965

President's Ninja Trick Book Part II

as Sen (Proprietress, restaurant "Manman")

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