Where to watch Chieko Naniwa in the UK
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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…
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- Taikouki (1965) as Naka
- Throne of Blood (1957) as Old Ghost Woman
- Sansho the Bailiff (1954) as Ubatake
- Girls of the Night (1961) as Kumeju
- Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954) as Okô
- Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights (1962) as Osugi
- The End of Summer (1961) as Sasaki Tsune
- True Osaka Grit (1965) Cast
- Miyamoto Musashi (1961) as Osugi
- The Woman in the Rumor (1954) as Osaki
- Shin kitsune to tanuki (1962) Cast
- Three Yakuza (1965) Cast
- Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style (1963) as Osugi
- Shozo, a Cat and Two Women (1956) as Orin
- Equinox Flower (1958) as Hatsu Sasaki
- Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple (1964) as Osugi
- The Body (1962) Cast
- Snow Country (1957) as Otatsu
- Twin Sisters of Kyoto (1963) as Madam
- The Fencing Master (1962) as Old woman
- Snow Country (1965) as Blind masseuse
- New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller (1960) as Tsuruko Miyaguchi
- Twenty-Four Eyes (1954) as Meshiya no Kamisan
- The Third Will (1963) as Yoshiko
- Marital Relations (1955) Cast
- New Third Class Executive: Husband Education (1960) as Tsuruko Miyaguchi
- Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro (1965) as Osugi
- Good Rascals (1962) as Omon
- New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking (1960) as Tsuruko Miyaguchi (Widow of founder)
- Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka (1959) as Oen
- A Circus Girl (1966) Cast
- The Paper Crane (1962) Cast
- I'm a Bodyguard (1964) Cast
- Till Tomorrow Is (1962) Cast
- Zangiku monogatari (1956) as Omoto
- Beautiful Gonpati (1954) as およし
- President's Ninja Trick Book Part II (1965) as Sen (Proprietress, restaurant "Manman")
- Sazae-san's Marriage (1959) Cast
- The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka (1967) Cast
- Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo (1962) Cast
- The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3 (1960) Cast
- A Geisha (1953) as Okimi
- The Preacher of Love (1961) Cast
- Lullaby for a Tough Guy (1972) Cast
- Violence (1952) Cast
- Flower Shop Curtain (1959) Cast
- Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife (1959) Cast
- Temptation on Glamour Island (1959) as Shige Sasaki
- The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4 (1961) as Otoshi
- Sound in the Mist (1956) as Chieko Naniwa
- Sisters of Gion (1956) Cast
- The Swamp (1956) as Otoki
- Price of Beauty (1957) as Natsu Morishita
- Bad Reputation Returns (1961) as Ito Aso
- On Wings of Love (1957) as Umeko Yoshioka
- Chance Meeting (1958) as Yone
- Sazae And Aunt Apron (1960) Cast
- New Third-Class Executive (1959) as Tsuruko Miyaguchi
- Uogashi no senpū musume (1963) Cast
- The Capital of Love (1958) as Umeko Yoshii
- Nami kage (1965) Cast
- Shinran (1960) Cast
- The Woman Gambler's Supplication (1968) Cast
- Moonlight in the Rain (1961) Cast
- The River Yokobori (1966) as Kin
- Zokuzoku bantōhan to detchidon (1961) Cast
- This Year's Love (1962) Cast
- 快盗三人吉三 (1954) as 小紫の局
- Geisha in the Old City (1957) as Ohatsu
- An Impudent Man (1964) Cast
- The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood (1957) Cast
- Osaka Tough (1961) Cast
- The Story of Iron Arm Inao (1959) as Kameno Inao
- お役者変化 (1954) as 母そよ
- Ghost of Saga Mansion (1953) Cast
- 18 Roughs (1963) as Seichii's Mother
- My Wife (1965) Cast
- Gentle Breeze (1959) Cast
- Women in Prison (1956) as Mitsuko Kaneoka, prisoner
- The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo (1960) Cast
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Most-watched Chieko Naniwa films currently: Throne of Blood (1957), Sansho the Bailiff (1954), Girls of the Night (1961), Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954), Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights (1962).
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Selected TV credits: Taikouki (1965).
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