Chieko Naniwa
November 19, 1907 (118 years old) in 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 .
Known For
Credits
- 1972 · Lullaby for a Tough Guy as
- 1968 · The Woman Gambler's Supplication as
- 1968 · Three Rogues as
- 1968 · Woman Gambler Is Coming as
- 1968 · Devil in My Flesh as
- 1966 · A Circus Girl as
- 1965 · My Wife as
- 1964 · 続・図々しい奴 as
- 1963 · 18 Roughs as Seichii's Mother
- 1963 · Madame Aki as
- 1962 · Shin kitsune to tanuki as
- 1962 · Yakuza Official as
- 1962 · Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi as
- 1961 · Bad Reputation Returns as Ito Aso
- 1961 · Osaka Tough as
- 1961 · The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4 as Otoshi
- 1961 · Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon as
- 1960 · Sazae And Aunt Apron as
- 1960 · Zoku bantōhan to detchidon as
- 1960 · The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3 as
- 1960 · The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2 as
- 1960 · Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes as Natsukawa Chiyo
- 1959 · Hawk of the North as
- 1959 · Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki as Oharu
- 1959 · Denshichi Torimonochō onna hada jigoku as
- 1958 · Kunisada Chuji as
- 1958 · The Shop Curtain as
- 1958 · Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki as Sueno
- 1957 · Geisha in the Old City as Ohatsu
- 1957 · On Wings of Love as Umeko Yoshioka
- 1957 · Evening Calm as
- 1957 · An Osaka Story as
- 1955 · Marital Relations as
- 1955 · The Rookie Managers as
- 1955 · 八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線 as お金
- 1954 · 快盗三人吉三 as 小紫の局
- 1953 · Six Men Mustered in Great Edo as
- 1952 · Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo as Midori, the mother
- 1952 · Violence as
- Future · The Gion Tempest as Orin
- 1967 · Shogun and His Mistress 2 as
- 1967 · The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka as
- 1966 · The River Yokobori as Kin
- 1965 · True Osaka Grit as
- 1965 · Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro as Osugi
- 1965 · Three Yakuza as
- 1965 · Snow Country as Blind masseuse
- 1965 · President's Ninja Trick Book Part II as Sen (Proprietress, restaurant "Manman")
- 1965 · Nami kage as
- 1965 · Taikouki as Naka
- 1964 · Ai, sono kiseki as
- 1964 · Money Is Most Important as
- 1964 · I'm a Bodyguard as
- 1964 · An Impudent Man as
- 1964 · Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple as Osugi
- 1963 · We Are Salarymen as Oshige
- 1963 · Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style as Osugi
- 1963 · The Third Will as Yoshiko
- 1963 · Uogashi no senpū musume as
- 1963 · Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５ as Ume Shimizu
- 1963 · Twin Sisters of Kyoto as Madam
- 1962 · The Paper Crane as
- 1962 · Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights as Osugi
- 1962 · The Body as
- 1962 · The Fencing Master as Old woman
- 1962 · Ame no Kudan-zaka as
- 1962 · Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo as
- 1962 · Till Tomorrow Is as
- 1962 · This Year's Love as
- 1962 · Good Rascals as Omon
- 1962 · In Search of Mother as Obah
- 1962 · 次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々 as
- 1961 · 京化粧 as
- 1961 · The End of Summer as Sasaki Tsune
- 1961 · Girls of the Night as Kumeju
- 1961 · Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō as
- 1961 · Fine Man as
- 1961 · Miyamoto Musashi as Osugi
- 1961 · Moonlight in the Rain as
- 1961 · 続々々番頭はんと丁稚どん チャンポン旅行 as
- 1961 · The Harbor Lights as
- 1961 · The Preacher of Love as
- 1960 · New Third Class Executive: Husband Education as Tsuruko Miyaguchi
- 1960 · Shinran as
- 1960 · Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success as Chiyo
- 1960 · Bantōhan to detchidon as
- 1960 · New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller as Tsuruko Miyaguchi
- 1960 · 続べらんめぇ芸者 as
- 1960 · The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo as
- 1960 · New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking as Tsuruko Miyaguchi (Widow of founder)
- 1959 · Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife as
- 1959 · Evil Man of Edo as
- 1959 · Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka as Oen
- 1959 · New Third-Class Executive as Tsuruko Miyaguchi
- 1959 · Gentle Breeze as
- 1959 · Room for Let as O-Mino
- 1959 · The Story of Iron Arm Inao as Kameno Inao
- 1959 · Flower Shop Curtain as
- 1959 · Temptation on Glamour Island as Shige Sasaki
- 1959 · Sazae-san's Marriage as
- 1958 · Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki as
- 1958 · Equinox Flower as Hatsu Sasaki
- 1958 · Sazae's Engagement Trip as
- 1958 · Tainted Flowers as
- 1958 · Her Son Came Back as
- 1958 · The Capital of Love as Umeko Yoshii
- 1958 · Chance Meeting as Yone
- 1957 · The Blue Mountains Part 2 as Proprietress of Takara-ya
- 1957 · Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2 as Matsumura Sei
- 1957 · The Blue Mountains as Mistress of Tamayaya
- 1957 · The Men of Toho-ku as Oei
- 1957 · Hadaka no Machi as
- 1957 · The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood as
- 1957 · Diary of a Successful Salaryman as Matsumura Sei
- 1957 · Snow Country as Otatsu
- 1957 · Price of Beauty as Natsu Morishita
- 1957 · Throne of Blood as Old Ghost Woman
- 1956 · Sound in the Mist as Chieko Naniwa
- 1956 · Shozo, a Cat and Two Women as Orin
- 1956 · Women in Prison as Mitsuko Kaneoka, prisoner
- 1956 · The Swamp as Otoki
- 1956 · Sisters of Gion as
- 1956 · Zangiku monogatari as Omoto
- 1956 · The Sentimental Idiot as
- 1956 · The Maiden Courtesan as
- 1955 · So Young, So Bright as
- 1955 · Otōsan wa Ohitoyoshi as
- 1954 · 浮かれ狐千本櫻 as Otsuji
- 1954 · Chikamatsu Monogatari as Okô
- 1954 · Twenty-Four Eyes as Meshiya no Kamisan
- 1954 · The Woman in the Rumor as Osaki
- 1954 · Sansho the Bailiff as Ubatake
- 1954 · The Garden of Women as
- 1954 · Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki as
- 1954 · Beautiful Gonpati as およし
- 1954 · Maiko monogatari as
- 1954 · お役者変化 as 母そよ
- 1953 · Ghost of Saga Mansion as
- 1953 · Zoku Tange Sazen as
- 1953 · A Geisha as Okimi
- 1953 · Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy Marriage as Omoto
- 1953 · お役者小僧 as お幸
- 1952 · 紺屋高尾 as
- 1952 · 滝の白糸 as
- 1952 · Tsukigata Hanpeita as