Chieko Naniwa
Acting
Born: 1907-11-19 in Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan
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 .
Known For
Throne of Blood
Old Ghost Woman
Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō
A Circus Girl
Equinox Flower
Hatsu Sasaki
Hana no nagadosu
Shin kitsune to tanuki
Sansho the Bailiff
Ubatake
Yoidore nitōryū
Taikouki
Naka
Beautiful Gonpati
およし
The River Yokobori
Kin
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Oen
An Impudent Man
Shogun and His Mistress 2
次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki
Lullaby for a Tough Guy
Yome to yobarete mada mitsuki
The End of Summer
Sasaki Tsune
Evil Man of Edo
The Gion Tempest
Orin
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Madam
New Marital Relations
Asama no karasu
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Okô
Tekka bugyō
続々々番頭はんと丁稚どん チャンポン旅行
快盗三人吉三
小紫の局
浮かれ狐千本櫻
Otsuji
The Bride Is Waiting
The Third Will
Yoshiko
Girls of the Night
Kumeju
Temptation on Glamour Island
Shige Sasaki
In Search of Mother
Obah
Father is a Soft-Hearted Person: There are Five Men and Seven Women in the Family
Father is a Soft-Hearted Person: The Night Before His Daughter's Wedding Day
The More-You-Fall-In-Love Story
Sound in the Mist
Chieko Naniwa
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
Twenty-Four Eyes
Meshiya no Kamisan