Acting · Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan · Born November 19, 1907
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 .
MovieLullaby for a Tough Guy
1972
MovieThe Woman Gambler's Supplication
1968
MovieThree Rogues
1968
MovieWoman Gambler Is Coming
1968
MovieDevil in My Flesh
1968
MovieShogun and His Mistress 2
1967
MovieThe Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
MovieThe River Yokobori
1966
as Kin
MovieA Circus Girl
1966
MovieTrue Osaka Grit
1965
MovieMiyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965
as Osugi
MovieThree Yakuza
1965
MovieMy Wife
1965
MovieSnow Country
1965
as Blind masseuse
MovieNami kage
1965
MoviePresident's Ninja Trick Book Part II
1965
as Sen (Proprietress, restaurant "Manman")
TVTaikouki
1965
as Naka
MovieAi, sono kiseki
1964
MovieMoney Is Most Important
1964
MovieAn Impudent Man 2
1964
MovieI'm a Bodyguard
1964
MovieAn Impudent Man
1964
MovieMiyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964
as Osugi
MovieWe Are Salarymen
1963
as Oshige
MovieDobuike
1963
as Tadae Horikawa
Movie18 Roughs
1963
as Seichii's Mother
MovieMiyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
1963
as Osugi
MovieThe Third Will
1963
as Yoshiko
MovieTale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５
1963
as Ume Shimizu
MovieUogashi no senpū musume
1963
MovieMadame Aki
1963
MovieTwin Sisters of Kyoto
1963
as Madam
MovieThe Paper Crane
1962
MovieMiyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1962
as Osugi
MovieThe Body
1962
MovieThe Fencing Master
1962
as Old woman
MovieShin kitsune to tanuki
1962
MovieYakuza Official
1962
MovieAme no Kudan-zaka
1962
MovieNakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
1962
MovieJun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
1962
MovieTill Tomorrow Is
1962
MovieIn Search of Mother
1962
as Obah
MovieGood Rascals
1962
as Omon
MovieThis Year's Love
1962
Movie次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
1962
MovieBad Reputation Returns
1961
as Ito Aso
Movie京化粧
1961
MovieThe End of Summer
1961
as Sasaki Tsune
MovieGirls of the Night
1961
as Kumeju
MovieKawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō
1961
MovieFine Man
1961
MovieMiyamoto Musashi
1961
as Osugi
MovieMoonlight in the Rain
1961
MovieOsaka Tough
1961
Movie続々々番頭はんと丁稚どん チャンポン旅行
1961
MovieThe Harbor Lights
1961
MovieThe Preacher of Love
1961
MovieThe Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1961
as Otoshi
MovieZokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon
1961
MovieSazae And Aunt Apron
1960
MovieZoku bantōhan to detchidon
1960
MovieThe Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
1960
MovieNew Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960
as Tsuruko Miyaguchi
MovieShinran
1960
MovieSalaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
1960
as Chiyo
MovieBantōhan to detchidon
1960
MovieNew Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
1960
as Tsuruko Miyaguchi
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
1960
Movie続べらんめぇ芸者
1960
MovieSalaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
1960
as Natsukawa Chiyo
MovieThe Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
1960
MovieNew Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
as Tsuruko Miyaguchi (Widow of founder)
MovieSazae-san, the Wayward Wife
1959
MovieEvil Man of Edo
1959
MovieChikamatsu's Love in Osaka
1959
as Oen
MovieNew Third-Class Executive
1959
as Tsuruko Miyaguchi
MovieGentle Breeze
1959
MovieRoom for Let
1959
as O-Mino
MovieHawk of the North
1959
Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki
1959
as Oharu
MovieThe Story of Iron Arm Inao
1959
as Kameno Inao
MovieUnmarried
1959
MovieDenshichi Torimonochō onna hada jigoku
1959
MovieFlower Shop Curtain
1959
MovieTemptation on Glamour Island
1959
as Shige Sasaki
MovieSazae-san's Marriage
1959
MovieNitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki
1958
MovieEquinox Flower
1958
as Hatsu Sasaki
MovieKunisada Chuji
1958
MovieSazae's Engagement Trip
1958
MovieTainted Flowers
1958
MovieThe Shop Curtain
1958
MovieNitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
1958
as Sueno
MovieHer Son Came Back
1958
MovieThe Capital of Love
1958
as Umeko Yoshii
MovieChance Meeting
1958
as Yone
MovieThe Blue Mountains Part 2
1957
as Proprietress of Takara-ya
MovieDiary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
1957
as Matsumura Sei
MovieThe Blue Mountains
1957
as Mistress of Tamayaya
MovieGeisha in the Old City
1957
as Ohatsu
MovieThe Men of Toho-ku
1957
as Oei
MovieHadaka no Machi
1957
MovieOn Wings of Love
1957
as Umeko Yoshioka
MovieThe Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood
1957
MovieDiary of a Successful Salaryman
1957
as Matsumura Sei
MovieSnow Country
1957
as Otatsu
Evening Calm
1957
MoviePrice of Beauty
1957
as Natsu Morishita
MovieAn Osaka Story
1957
MovieThrone of Blood
1957
as Old Ghost Woman
MovieThe Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
MovieSound in the Mist
1956
as Chieko Naniwa
MovieShozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956
as Orin
MovieWomen in Prison
1956
as Mitsuko Kaneoka, prisoner
MovieThe Swamp
1956
as Otoki
MovieSisters of Gion
1956
MovieZangiku monogatari
1956
as Omoto
MovieThe Sentimental Idiot
1956
MovieThe Maiden Courtesan
1956
MovieAll Sold Out
1956
MovieSo Young, So Bright
1955
as Oshin
MovieDetour to Love
1955
as Yasu
MovieSo Deep in My Heart
1955
MovieMarital Relations
1955
MovieOtōsan wa Ohitoyoshi
1955
MovieThe Rookie Managers
1955
MovieMaiko sanjūshi
1955
Movie八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
1955
as お金
Movie浮かれ狐千本櫻
1954
as Otsuji
MovieChikamatsu Monogatari
1954
as Okô
MovieTwenty-Four Eyes
1954
as Meshiya no Kamisan
MovieThe Woman in the Rumor
1954
as Osaki
Movie快盗三人吉三
1954
as 小紫の局
MovieSansho the Bailiff
1954
as Ubatake
MovieThe Garden of Women
1954
MovieTerrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki
1954
MovieBeautiful Gonpati
1954
as およし
MovieMaiko monogatari
1954
MovieHana to hatō
1954
Movieお役者変化
1954
as 母そよ
MovieSix Men Mustered in Great Edo
1953
MovieGhost of Saga Mansion
1953
MovieZoku Tange Sazen
1953
MovieA Geisha
1953
as Okimi
Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy Marriage
1953
as Omoto
Movieお役者小僧
1953
as お幸
Movie紺屋高尾
1952
MovieAchako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo
1952
as Midori, the mother
MovieViolence
1952
MovieTaki no Shiraito
1952
as Midori
MovieTsukigata Hanpeita
1952
MovieThe Gion Tempest
as Orin
