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Chieko Naniwa
Chieko Naniwa

Chieko Naniwa

ActingBorn November 19, 1907Died December 22, 1973 (age 66)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 .

Filmography

1968Movie
1966Movie
1966Movie
1965Movie
1965Movie
1965
Snow Country

as Blind masseuse

Movie
1965Movie
1965
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II

as Sen (Proprietress, restaurant "Manman")

Movie
1965
Taikouki

as Naka

TV
1963Movie
1963
Dobuike

as Tadae Horikawa

Movie
1963
18 Roughs

as Seichii's Mother

Movie
1963
The Third Will

as Yoshiko

Movie
1963Movie
1963Movie
1963Movie
1962Movie
1962
The Fencing Master

as Old woman

Movie
1962Movie
1962Movie
1961Movie
1961Movie
1961
The End of Summer

as Sasaki Tsune

Movie
1961Movie
1961Movie
1961Movie
1961Movie
1960Movie
1960Movie
1960
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking

as Tsuruko Miyaguchi (Widow of founder)

Movie
1959
New Third-Class Executive

as Tsuruko Miyaguchi

Movie
1959Movie
1959
Room for Let

as O-Mino

Movie
1959Movie
1959Movie
1959Movie
1958
Equinox Flower

as Hatsu Sasaki

Movie
1958
The Capital of Love

as Umeko Yoshii

Movie
1958Movie
1957
The Blue Mountains Part 2

as Proprietress of Takara-ya

Movie
1957
The Blue Mountains

as Mistress of Tamayaya

Movie
1957Movie
1957Movie
1957
On Wings of Love

as Umeko Yoshioka

Movie
1957Movie
1957
Snow Country

as Otatsu

Movie
1957Movie
1957
Price of Beauty

as Natsu Morishita

Movie
1957
Throne of Blood

as Old Ghost Woman

Movie
1956
Sound in the Mist

as Chieko Naniwa

Movie
1956
Women in Prison

as Mitsuko Kaneoka, prisoner

Movie
1956
The Swamp

as Otoki

Movie
1956Movie
1956Movie
1955Movie
1954Movie
1954Movie
1954
Twenty-Four Eyes

as Meshiya no Kamisan

Movie
1954Movie
1954
快盗三人吉三

as 小紫の局

Movie
1954Movie
1954
Beautiful Gonpati

as およし

Movie
1954
お役者変化

as 母そよ

Movie
1953
A Geisha

as Okimi

Movie
1953Movie
1952Movie
1952Movie
1952Movie
1952Movie
Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayNovember 19, 1907
Day of DeathDecember 22, 1973
Place of BirthTondabayashi, Osaka, Japan
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