Chieko Naniwa

Chieko Naniwa

1907-11-19 – 1973-12-22 (age 66) Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan
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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 .

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Known For

Throne of Blood
Throne of Blood

1957

as Old Ghost Woman

Sansho the Bailiff
Sansho the Bailiff

1954

as Ubatake

Chikamatsu Monogatari
A Geisha
A Geisha

1953

as Okimi

True Osaka Grit
The End of Summer
The End of Summer

1961

as Sasaki Tsune

Equinox Flower
Equinox Flower

1958

as Hatsu Sasaki

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking

1960

as Tsuruko Miyaguchi (Widow of founder)

Twenty-Four Eyes
Twenty-Four Eyes

1954

as Meshiya no Kamisan

Snow Country
Snow Country

1965

as Blind masseuse

Girls of the Night
Girls of the Night

1961

as Kumeju

The Woman in the Rumor
Room for Let
Room for Let

1959

as O-Mino

Women in Prison
Women in Prison

1956

as Mitsuko Kaneoka, prisoner

The Harbor Lights
The Capital of Love
The Capital of Love

1958

as Umeko Yoshii

Temptation on Glamour Island
Temptation on Glamour Island

1959

as Shige Sasaki