Cast & creator
Chieko Naniwa
Best known for Taikouki, Throne of Blood, The End of Summer
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 .
Also known as: Тиэко Нанива, چیکو نانیوا
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1952–1972 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (183)
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Taikouki
Naka
1965
Throne of Blood
Old Ghost Woman
1957
The End of Summer
Sasaki Tsune
1961
Twenty-Four Eyes
Meshiya no Kamisan
1954
Sansho the Bailiff
Ubatake
1954
Otōsan wa ohitoyoshi: Yūtō rakudaisei
1956Otōsan wa ohitoyoshi: Mayoigo hiroi ko
1956
Kaette kita yūrei
1955
Ninjutsu senshuken jiai
1956
Equinox Flower
Hatsu Sasaki
1958
Ninjutsu musha shūgyō
1956
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Okô
1954Otōsan wa ohitoyoshi: Kakushigo sōdō
1956
Ichiya no hyakuman chōja
1957
Haha shirayuki
1956
Three Yakuza
1965
Yōsei wa hana no nioi gasuru
1953Otōsan wa ohitoyoshi: Sanji museigen
1956
Hana no nagadosu
1954
Yoidore nitōryū
1954
Hana no sando gasa
1954
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
The More-You-Fall-In-Love Story
1956
Scops-Owl Sermon
1958
Marital Relations
1955
Asama no karasu
1953
The Five Jolly Thieves
1960
Tekka bugyō
1954Seki no yatappe
1953
Shogun and His Mistress 2
1967
New Marital Relations
1963
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Kae's Wet Nurse
1967
The Bride Is Waiting
1957
Father is a Soft-Hearted Person: The Night Before His Daughter's Wedding Day
1958
Miyamoto Musashi
Osugi
1961
The Men of Toho-ku
Oei
1957
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Madam
1963
A Geisha
Okimi
1953
Father is a Soft-Hearted Person: There are Five Men and Seven Women in the Family
1958
First Love Waltz
1955
The River Yokobori
Kin
1966
Girls of the Night
Kumeju
1961
My Lover
1964
An Osaka Story
1957
Snow Country
Otatsu
1957
Yome to yobarete mada mitsuki
1954
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Osugi
1964
Maiko sanjūshi
1955
The Garden of Women
1954
Women in Prison
Mitsuko Kaneoka, prisoner
1956
The Woman in the Rumor
Osaki
1954
Temptation on Glamour Island
Shige Sasaki
1959
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Osugi
1965Ōtotsu gankutsuō
1957
Kunisada Chuji
1958
True Osaka Grit
1965
All Sold Out
1956
Sazae's Engagement Trip
Chie Nishino
1958
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Orin
1956
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Oen
1959
Love at Forty
1955
The Fencing Master
Old woman
1962
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
1960
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Osugi
1962
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962
Detour to Love
Yasu
1955
Hadaka no Machi
1957
Taki no Shiraito
Midori
1952
Room for Let
O-Mino
1959
Geisha in the Old City
Ohatsu
1957
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
Osugi
1963
The Third Will
Yoshiko
1963
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
Sen (Proprietress, restaurant "Manman")
1965
Maiko-han
1963
This Year's Love
1962
So Deep in My Heart
1955
New Third-Class Executive
Tsuruko Miyaguchi
1959
The Sentimental Idiot
1956
次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
1962
Sisters of Gion
1956
Madame Aki
Setsuko
1963
Hawk of the North
1959
The Preacher of Love
1961
Fine Man
1961
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Tsuruko Miyaguchi (Widow of founder)
1960
The Maiden Courtesan
1956
Till Tomorrow Is
1962
Tainted Flowers
1958
Violence
1952
A Circus Girl
1966
Evil Man of Edo
1959
The Harbor Lights
1961
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
Tsuruko Miyaguchi
1960Evening Calm
1957
Snow Country
Blind masseuse
1965
Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５
Ume Shimizu
1963
お役者小僧
お幸
1953
Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki
1954
The Body
1962
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
Tsuruko Miyaguchi
1960
An Impudent Man
1964
18 Roughs
Seichii's Mother
1963
The Blue Mountains
Mistress of Tamayaya
1957
Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
Chiyoyo Nishino (Sazae's aunt)
1959
お役者変化
母そよ
1954
Lullaby for a Tough Guy
1972
The Woman Gambler's Supplication
1968
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
Chiyo
1960
In Search of Mother
Obah
1962
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953
Dobuike
Tadae Horikawa
1963
An Impudent Man 2
1964
Money Is Most Important
1964
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
The Ladder of Success
1958
Shinran
1960
Sound in the Mist
Chieko Naniwa
1956
Unmarried
1959
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
Kameno Inao
1959
The Gion Tempest
Orin
1958
Nami kage
1965
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
Natsukawa Chiyo
1960
We Are Salarymen
Oshige
1963
Zangiku monogatari
Omoto
1956
Tsukigata Hanpeita
1952
Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki
1958
So Young, So Bright
Oshin
1955
Uogashi no senpū musume
1963
Sazae And Aunt Apron
Chie
1960
My Wife
1965
Bad Reputation Returns
Ito Aso
1961Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy Marriage
Omoto
1953
京化粧
1961
Price of Beauty
Natsu Morishita
1957
Flower Shop Curtain
1959
Good Rascals
Omon
1962
Three Rogues
1968
Sazae-san's Marriage
Chie Nishino
1959
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
Otoshi
1961
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
1960
Yakuza Official
1962
Osaka Tough
1961
The Capital of Love
Umeko Yoshii
1958
Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō
1961
Devil in My Flesh
1968
Hana to hatō
1954
Six Men Mustered in Great Edo
1953
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
Matsumura Sei
1957
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
The Blue Mountains Part 2
Proprietress of Takara-ya
1957
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
1960
Gentle Breeze
1959
The Shop Curtain
1958
浮かれ狐千本櫻
Otsuji
1954
The Paper Crane
1962
Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
Sueno
1958
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
Matsumura Sei
1957
The Rookie Managers
1955
Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
1962
Woman Gambler Is Coming
1968
Ghost of Saga Mansion
1953Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki
Oharu
1959
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
お金
1955
続べらんめぇ芸者
1960
Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo
Midori, the mother
1952
紺屋高尾
1952
Chance Meeting
Yone
1958
Moonlight in the Rain
1961
The Swamp
Otoki
1956
The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood
1957
Otōsan wa Ohitoyoshi
1955
Bantōhan to detchidon
1960
On Wings of Love
Umeko Yoshioka
1957
Zoku bantōhan to detchidon
1960
Beautiful Gonpati
およし
1954
Maiko monogatari
1954
Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon
1961
Her Son Came Back
1958
快盗三人吉三
小紫の局
1954
Denshichi Torimonochō onna hada jigoku
1959
Ame no Kudan-zaka
1962
Ai, sono kiseki
1964