Chieko Naniwa

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 .

Cast

Shogun and His Mistress 2

The Shop Curtain

次郎長社長と石松社員威風堂々

The End of Summer

Chikamatsu Monogatari

As Long as There's Tomorrow

Sazae-san's Marriage

Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife

Sazae's Engagement Trip

Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo

Sazae And Aunt Apron

The Woman in the Rumor

Hawk of the North

Tsukigata Hanpeita

The River Yokobori

Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi

Miyamoto Musashi

Flower Shop Curtain

Ame no Kudan-zaka

Yakuza Official

The Garden of Women

Seichii's Mother

お役者小僧

お役者変化

快盗三人吉三

Beautiful Gonpati

八州遊侠伝白鷺三味線

Sisters of Gion

Shin kitsune to tanuki

Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５

Hadaka no Machi

The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo

Throne of Blood

Old Ghost Woman

Sansho the Bailiff

Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro

Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple

Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2

The Paper Crane

Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki

Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki

Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki

Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy Marriage

Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo

Midori, the mother

Geisha in the Old City

Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka

Otōsan wa Ohitoyoshi

The Fencing Master

Devil in My Flesh

Shozo, a Cat and Two Women

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4

The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3

Woman Gambler Is Coming

The Woman Gambler's Supplication

In Search of Mother

浮かれ狐千本櫻

The Maiden Courtesan

An Impudent Man

Price of Beauty

Natsu Morishita

Lullaby for a Tough Guy

True Osaka Grit

Evil Man of Edo

Her Son Came Back

The Harbor Lights

The Story of Iron Arm Inao

This Year's Love

Twenty-Four Eyes

Meshiya no Kamisan

Ghost of Saga Mansion

Women in Prison

Mitsuko Kaneoka, prisoner

Girls of the Night

Tainted Flowers

On Wings of Love

Sound in the Mist

Temptation on Glamour Island

Bad Reputation Returns

The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

Marital Relations

Twin Sisters of Kyoto

Zangiku monogatari

The Sentimental Idiot

I'm a Bodyguard

Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon

The Preacher of Love

Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō

Six Men Mustered in Great Edo

Uogashi no senpū musume

The Rookie Managers

続べらんめぇ芸者

So Young, So Bright

Maiko monogatari

続々々番頭はんと丁稚どんチャンポン旅行

Moonlight in the Rain

The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood

Ai, sono kiseki

New Third-Class Executive

Tsuruko Miyaguchi

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking

Tsuruko Miyaguchi (Widow of founder)

Denshichi Torimonochō onna hada jigoku

New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller

Tsuruko Miyaguchi

New Third Class Executive: Husband Education

Tsuruko Miyaguchi

President's Ninja Trick Book Part II

Sen (Proprietress, restaurant "Manman")

Bantōhan to detchidon

The Gion Tempest

Zoku bantōhan to detchidon

Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes

Natsukawa Chiyo

Zoku Tange Sazen

Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success

We Are Salarymen

Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2

続・図々しい奴

Diary of a Successful Salaryman

The Blue Mountains

Mistress of Tamayaya

The Blue Mountains Part 2

Proprietress of Takara-ya