Actor
Chieko Naniwa
Birthday: November 19, 1907
Born 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 .
Movie Credits
- Lullaby for a Tough Guy (1972)
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- Three Rogues (1968)
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- Woman Gambler Is Coming (1968)
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- Devil in My Flesh (1968)
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- Shogun and His Mistress 2 (1967)
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- The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka (1967)
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- A Circus Girl (1966)
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- True Osaka Grit (1965)
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- Three Yakuza (1965)
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- My Wife (1965)
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- Nami kage (1965)
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- Ai, sono kiseki (1964)
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- 続・図々しい奴 (1964)
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- I'm a Bodyguard (1964)
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- An Impudent Man (1964)
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- Uogashi no senpū musume (1963)
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- Yushu Heiya (1963)
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- The Paper Crane (1962)
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- The Body (1962)
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- Shin kitsune to tanuki (1962)
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- Yakuza Official (1962)
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- Ame no Kudan-zaka (1962)
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- Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi (1962)
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- As Long as There's Tomorrow (1962)
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- This Year's Love (1962)
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- 次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々 (1962)
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- 京化粧 (1961)
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- Fine Man (1961)
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- Moonlight in the Rain (1961)
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- Osaka Tough (1961)
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- 続々々番頭はんと丁稚どん チャンポン旅行 (1961)
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- The Harbor Lights (1961)
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- The Preacher of Love (1961)
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- Sazae And Aunt Apron (1960)
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- Zoku bantōhan to detchidon (1960)
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- Shinran (1960)
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- Bantōhan to detchidon (1960)
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- 続べらんめぇ芸者 (1960)
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- New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking (1960) as Tsuruko Miyaguchi (Widow of founder)
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- Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife (1959)
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- Evil Man of Edo (1959)
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- Gentle Breeze (1959)
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- Hawk of the North (1959)
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- Flower Shop Curtain (1959)
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- Sazae-san's Marriage (1959)
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- Kunisada Chuji (1958)
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- Sazae's Engagement Trip (1958)
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- Tainted Flowers (1958)
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- The Shop Curtain (1958)
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- Her Son Came Back (1958)
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- Hadaka no Machi (1957)
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- Evening Calm (1957)
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- An Osaka Story (1957)
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- Sisters of Gion (1956)
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- The Sentimental Idiot (1956)
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- The Maiden Courtesan (1956)
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- So Young, So Bright (1955)
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- Marital Relations (1955)
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- Otōsan wa Ohitoyoshi (1955)
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- The Rookie Managers (1955)
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- The Garden of Women (1954)
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- Maiko monogatari (1954)
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- Ghost of Saga Mansion (1953)
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- Zoku Tange Sazen (1953)
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- 紺屋高尾 (1952)
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- Violence (1952)
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- Tsukigata Hanpeita (1952)
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