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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 19, 1907
Died
December 22, 1973
Place of Birth
Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan
Also Known As
- Тиэко Нанива
- چیکو نانیوا
Chieko Naniwa
1.3 Popularity
Biography
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 .
Known For
Credits
Lullaby for a Tough Guy
1972
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The Woman Gambler's Supplication
1968
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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
3.0
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
6.2
The River Yokobori
as Kin
1966
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A Circus Girl
1966
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True Osaka Grit
1965
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Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
as Osugi
1965
7.3
Three Yakuza
1965
7.8
My Wife
1965
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Snow Country
as Blind masseuse
1965
4.0
Nami kage
1965
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President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
as Sen (Proprietress, restaurant "Manman")
1965
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Taikouki
as Naka
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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Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
as Osugi
1964
7.0
We Are Salarymen
as Oshige
1963
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18 Roughs
as Seichii's Mother
1963
6.6
Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
as Osugi
1963
7.0
The Third Will
as Yoshiko
1963
8.0
Uogashi no senpū musume
1963
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Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５
as Ume Shimizu
1963
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Yushu Heiya
1963
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Twin Sisters of Kyoto
as Madam
1963
6.5
The Paper Crane
1962
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Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
as Osugi
1962
7.4
The Body
1962
6.5
The Fencing Master
as Old woman
1962
5.5
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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Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
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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In Search of Mother
as Obah
1962
6.0
Good Rascals
as Omon
1962
6.0
This Year's Love
1962
6.3
次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
1962
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Bad Reputation Returns
as Ito Aso
1961
2.5
京化粧
1961
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The End of Summer
as Sasaki Tsune
1961
7.5
Girls of the Night
as Kumeju
1961
6.4
Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō
1961
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Fine Man
1961
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Miyamoto Musashi
as Osugi
1961
7.3
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
5.0
The Preacher of Love
1961
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
as Otoshi
1961
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Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon
1961
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Sazae And Aunt Apron
1960
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Zoku bantōhan to detchidon
1960
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
1960
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New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
as Tsuruko Miyaguchi
1960
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Shinran
1960
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Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
as Chiyo
1960
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Bantōhan to detchidon
1960
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New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
as Tsuruko Miyaguchi
1960
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
1960
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続べらんめぇ芸者
1960
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Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
as Natsukawa Chiyo
1960
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The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
1960
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New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
as Tsuruko Miyaguchi (Widow of founder)
1960
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Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
1959
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Evil Man of Edo
1959
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Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
as Oen
1959
5.0
New Third-Class Executive
as Tsuruko Miyaguchi
1959
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Gentle Breeze
1959
5.0
Room for Let
as O-Mino
1959
6.0
Hawk of the North
1959
5.3
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Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki
as Oharu
1959
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The Story of Iron Arm Inao
as Kameno Inao
1959
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Denshichi Torimonochō onna hada jigoku
1959
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Flower Shop Curtain
1959
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Temptation on Glamour Island
as Shige Sasaki
1959
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Sazae-san's Marriage
1959
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Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki
1958
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Equinox Flower
as Hatsu Sasaki
1958
7.4
Kunisada Chuji
1958
5.2
Sazae's Engagement Trip
1958
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Tainted Flowers
1958
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The Shop Curtain
1958
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Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
as Sueno
1958
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Her Son Came Back
1958
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City of Love
as Umeko Yoshii
1958
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Chance Meeting
as Yone
1958
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The Blue Mountains Part 2
as Proprietress of Takara-ya
1957
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Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
as Matsumura Sei
1957
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The Blue Mountains
as Mistress of Tamayaya
1957
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Geisha in the Old City
as Ohatsu
1957
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Hadaka no Machi
1957
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On Wings of Love
as Umeko Yoshioka
1957
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The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood
1957
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Diary of a Successful Salaryman
as Matsumura Sei
1957
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Snow Country
as Otatsu
1957
6.7
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Evening Calm
1957
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Price of Beauty
as Natsu Morishita
1957
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An Osaka Story
1957
5.4
Throne of Blood
as Old Ghost Woman
1957
7.9
Sound in the Mist
as Chieko Naniwa
1956
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Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
as Orin
1956
6.7
Women in Prison
as Mitsuko Kaneoka, prisoner
1956
1.0
The Swamp
as Otoki
1956
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Sisters of Gion
1956
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Zangiku monogatari
as Omoto
1956
7.0
The Sentimental Idiot
1956
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The Maiden Courtesan
1956
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So Young, So Bright
1955
6.3
Marital Relations
1955
5.2
Otōsan wa Ohitoyoshi
1955
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The Rookie Managers
1955
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八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
as お金
1955
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浮かれ狐千本櫻
as Otsuji
1954
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Chikamatsu Monogatari
as Okô
1954
7.7
Twenty-Four Eyes
as Meshiya no Kamisan
1954
7.7
The Woman in the Rumor
as Osaki
1954
7.2
快盗三人吉三
as 小紫の局
1954
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Sansho the Bailiff
as Ubatake
1954
8.1
The Garden of Women
1954
6.6
Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki
1954
8.0
Beautiful Gonpati
as およし
1954
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Maiko monogatari
1954
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お役者変化
as 母そよ
1954
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Six Men Mustered in Great Edo
1953
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Ghost of Saga Mansion
1953
7.5
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953
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A Geisha
as Okimi
1953
7.5
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Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy Marriage
as Omoto
1953
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お役者小僧
as お幸
1953
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紺屋高尾
1952
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Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo
as Midori, the mother
1952
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Violence
1952
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Tsukigata Hanpeita
1952
7.0
The Gion Tempest
as Orin
N/A
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