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
Sansho the Bailiff
1954
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954
The End of Summer
1961
The River Yokobori
1966
Miyamoto Musashi
1961
Yōsei wa hana no nioi gasuru
1953
Equinox Flower
1958
True Osaka Grit
1965
Girls of the Night
1961
A Geisha
1953
Twenty-Four Eyes
1954
Tainted Flowers
1958
In Search of Mother
1962
The Woman in the Rumor
1954
Hadaka no Machi
1957
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963
Asama no karasu
1953
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
Sazae's Engagement Trip
1958
Marital Relations
1955
Three Yakuza
1965
Room for Let
1959
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
1955
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
The Harbor Lights
1961
Snow Country
1957
Till Tomorrow Is
1962
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956
The Fencing Master
1962
続べらんめぇ芸者
1960
The Third Will
1963