Chieko Naniwa
Born: 1907-11-19
• Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan
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 .
Filmography
Lullaby for a Tough Guy
The Woman Gambler's Supplication
Three Rogues
Woman Gambler Is Coming
Devil in My Flesh
Shogun and His Mistress 2
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
The River Yokobori
A Circus Girl
True Osaka Grit
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Three Yakuza
My Wife
Snow Country
Nami kage
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
Ai, sono kiseki
続・図々しい奴
I'm a Bodyguard
An Impudent Man
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
We Are Salarymen
18 Roughs
Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
The Third Will
Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５
Uogashi no senpū musume
Yushu Heiya
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
The Paper Crane
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
The Body
The Fencing Master
Shin kitsune to tanuki
Yakuza Official
Ame no Kudan-zaka
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
As Long as There's Tomorrow
In Search of Mother
Good Rascals
This Year's Love
次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
Bad Reputation Returns
京化粧
The End of Summer
Girls of the Night
Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō
Fine Man
Miyamoto Musashi
Moonlight in the Rain
Osaka Tough
続々々番頭はんと丁稚どん チャンポン旅行
The Harbor Lights
The Preacher of Love
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon
Sazae And Aunt Apron
Zoku bantōhan to detchidon
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
Shinran
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
Bantōhan to detchidon
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
No Image
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
続べらんめぇ芸者
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
Evil Man of Edo
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
New Third-Class Executive
Gentle Breeze
Room for Let
Hawk of the North
No Image
Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
Denshichi Torimonochō onna hada jigoku
Flower Shop Curtain
Temptation on Glamour Island
Sazae-san's Marriage
Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki
Equinox Flower
Kunisada Chuji
Sazae's Engagement Trip
Tainted Flowers
The Shop Curtain
Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
Her Son Came Back
The Capital of Love
Chance Meeting
The Blue Mountains Part 2
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
The Blue Mountains
Geisha in the Old City
Hadaka no Machi
On Wings of Love
The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood