Chieko Naniwa
Actor
Born Nov 19, 1907 · Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan
Active 1952–1973 · Awards: Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actress
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.
Filmography
The Gion Tempest — OrinThrone of Blood (1957) — Old Ghost WomanSansho the Bailiff (1954) — UbatakeChikamatsu Monogatari (1954) — OkôEquinox Flower (1958) — Hatsu SasakiThe End of Summer (1961) — Sasaki TsuneTwenty-Four Eyes (1954) — Meshiya no KamisanA Geisha (1953) — OkimiThe Woman in the Rumor (1954) — OsakiSazae And Aunt Apron (1960)Shinran (1960)Flower Shop Curtain (1959)Geisha in the Old City (1957) — OhatsuDevil in My Flesh (1968)The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4 (1961) — OtoshiThe Woman Gambler's Supplication (1968)Chance Meeting (1958) — YonePrice of Beauty (1957) — Natsu MorishitaLullaby for a Tough Guy (1972)Tainted Flowers (1958)Zoku Tange Sazen (1953)Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights (1962) — OsugiGirls of the Night (1961) — KumejuOn Wings of Love (1957) — Umeko Yoshioka