Acting
Chieko Naniwa
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 .
Titles
Taikouki
1965
Throne of Blood
1957
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954
The End of Summer
1961
Sansho the Bailiff
1954
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954
Equinox Flower
1958
Otōsan wa ohitoyoshi: Yūtō rakudaisei
1956
Girls of the Night
1961
Snow Country
1965
A Geisha
1953
The River Yokobori
1966
Ichiya no hyakuman chōja
1957
Maiko sanjūshi
1955
Yome to yobarete mada mitsuki
1954
Kaette kita yūrei
1955
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963
Geisha in the Old City
1957
All Sold Out
1956
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1961
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964
Father is a Soft-Hearted Person: There are Five Men and Seven Women in the Family
1958
Miyamoto Musashi
1961
The Woman in the Rumor
1954
Hana no nagadosu
1954
Marital Relations
1955
Father is a Soft-Hearted Person: The Night Before His Daughter's Wedding Day
1958
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
1963
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
1959
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965
True Osaka Grit
1965
Hana no sando gasa
1954
Haha shirayuki
1956
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956
New Third-Class Executive
1959