
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 .

as Ubatake

as Old Ghost Woman
1957

as Naka
1965

as Ubatake
1954

1965

as Blind masseuse
1965

as Meshiya no Kamisan
1954

as Sasaki Tsune
1961

as Okô
1954

1961

1958

as O-Mino
1959

as Hatsu Sasaki
1958
1968

1972

1968

1968

1968

1968

1967

1967

as Kin
1966

1966

1965

as Osugi
1965

1965

1965

as Blind masseuse
1965

1965

as Sen (Proprietress, restaurant "Manman")
1965

1964

1964

1964

1964

1964

as Osugi
1964

as Oshige
1963

as Tadae Horikawa
1963