Chieko Naniwa
November 19, 1907 (117 years old) in Tondabayashi, Osaka Prefecture, 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 · Devil in My Flesh as
- 1966 · The River Yokobori as Kin
- 1966 · A Circus Girl as
- 1965 · True Osaka Grit as
- 1965 · Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro as Osugi
- 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 · I'm a Bodyguard as
- 1964 · An Impudent Man as
- 1964 · Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple as Osugi
- 1963 · We Are Salarymen as Oshige
- 1963 · Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style as Osugi
- 1963 · 次郎長社長と石松社員 安来ぶし道中 as
- 1963 · Uogashi no senpū musume as
- 1963 · Yushu Heiya as
- 1962 · The Fencing Master as Old woman
- 1962 · Ame no Kudan-zaka as
- 1962 · Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi as
- 1962 · 次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々 as
- 1961 · The End of Summer as Sasaki Tsune
- 1961 · Osaka Tough 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 · べらんめぇ藝者罷り通る 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 · New Third Class Executive: Husband Education as Tsuruko Miyaguchi
- 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 · Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes as Natsukawa Chiyo
- 1960 · New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking as Tsuruko Miyaguchi (Widow of founder)
- 1959 · Evil Man of Edo as
- 1959 · Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka as Oen
- 1959 · New Third-Class Executive as Tsuruko Miyaguchi
- 1959 · Hawk of the North as
- 1959 · The Story of Iron Arm Inao as Kameno Inao
- 1959 · Denshichi Torimonochō onna hada jigoku as
- 1959 · Flower Shop Curtain as
- 1959 · Temptation on Glamour Island as Shige Sasaki
- 1959 · Sazae-san's Marriage as
- 1958 · Kunisada Chuji as
- 1958 · Sazae's Engagement Trip as
- 1958 · Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki as Sueno
- 1957 · On Wings of Love as Umeko Yoshioka
- 1957 · Snow Country as Otatsu
- 1957 · Price of Beauty as Natsu Morishita
- 1957 · Throne of Blood as Old Ghost Woman
- 1956 · The Swamp as Otoki
- 1956 · Zangiku monogatari as Omoto
- 1955 · So Young, So Bright as
- 1955 · The Rookie Managers as
- 1954 · The Crucified Lovers as Okô
- 1954 · Sansho the Bailiff as Ubatake
- Future · The Gion Tempest as Orin
- 1968 · Woman Gambler Is Coming as
- 1967 · Shogun and His Mistress 2 as
- 1967 · The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka as
- 1965 · Three Yakuza as
- 1965 · My Wife as
- 1965 · Snow Country as Blind masseuse
- 1963 · 18 Roughs as Seichii's Mother
- 1963 · The Third Will as Yoshiko
- 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 · Shin kitsune to tanuki as
- 1962 · Yakuza Official as
- 1962 · Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo as
- 1962 · As Long as There's Tomorrow as
- 1962 · Good Rascals as Omon
- 1962 · This Year's Love as
- 1962 · In Search of Mother as Obah
- 1961 · Bad Reputation Returns as Ito Aso
- 1961 · 京化粧 as
- 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 · The Preacher of Love as
- 1960 · The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3 as
- 1960 · Shinran as
- 1960 · The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2 as
- 1960 · 続べらんめぇ芸者 as
- 1960 · The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo as
- 1959 · Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife as
- 1959 · Gentle Breeze as
- 1959 · Room for Let as O-Mino
- 1959 · Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki as Oharu
- 1958 · Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki as
- 1958 · Equinox Flower as Hatsu Sasaki
- 1958 · Tainted Flowers as
- 1958 · The Shop Curtain as
- 1958 · Her Son Came Back as
- 1958 · City of Love as Umeko Yoshii
- 1958 · Chance Meeting as Yone
- 1957 · Geisha in the Old City as Ohatsu
- 1957 · Hadaka no Machi as
- 1957 · The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood as
- 1957 · Evening Calm as
- 1957 · An Osaka Story as
- 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 · Sisters of Gion as
- 1956 · The Sentimental Idiot as
- 1956 · The Maiden Courtesan as
- 1955 · Marital Relations as
- 1955 · Otōsan wa Ohitoyoshi as
- 1955 · 八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線 as お金
- 1954 · 浮かれ狐千本櫻 as Otsuji
- 1954 · Twenty-Four Eyes as Meshiya no Kamisan
- 1954 · The Woman in the Rumor as Osaki
- 1954 · 快盗三人吉三 as 小紫の局
- 1954 · The Garden of Women as
- 1954 · Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki as
- 1954 · Maiko monogatari as
- 1954 · Beautiful Gonpati as およし
- 1954 · お役者変化 as 母そよ
- 1953 · Six Men Mustered in Great Edo as
- 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 · Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo as Midori, the mother
- 1952 · Violence as
- 1952 · Tsukigata Hanpeita as