Chieko Naniwa

Career timeline

1. 1907 · Born

   Born in Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan

2. 1952 · Screen debut

   Taki no Shiraito (Movie)

3. 1954 · Breakthrough

   Sansho the Bailiff (Movie)

4. 1972 · Latest release

   Lullaby for a Tough Guy (Movie)

5. 1973 · Died

   December 22, 1973

Career in numbers

44 1950s

38 1960s

1 1970s

• Drama51
• Comedy21
• History9
• Romance9
• Action8
• Crime3

Highest-rated title Sansho the Bailiff 1954 8.1 Most popular title Throne of Blood 1957 7.9

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Chieko Naniwa in our catalogue.

Michiyo Tamaki

6 titles together

Daisuke Katō

6 titles together

Isao Kimura

4 titles together

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

4 titles together

Achako Hanabishi

4 titles together

Keiju Kobayashi

4 titles together

Wakaba Irie

4 titles together

Tomu Uchida

4 titles together

Kazuo Hasegawa

4 titles together

Satomi Oka

4 titles together

1. 1972 Lullaby for a Tough Guy Movie
2. 1968 The Woman Gambler's Supplication Movie
3. 1968 Three Rogues Movie
4. 1967 Shogun and His Mistress 2 Movie
5. 1967 The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka as Kae's Wet Nurse Movie
6. 1966 The River Yokobori as Kin Movie
7. 1966 A Circus Girl Movie
8. 1965 Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro as Osugi Movie
9. 1965 Three Yakuza Movie
10. 1965 Snow Country as Blind masseuse Movie
11. 1965 President's Ninja Trick Book Part II as Sen (Proprietress, restaurant "Manman") Movie
12. 1965 Nami kage Movie
13. 1965 Taikouki as Naka TV
14. 1964 An Impudent Man Movie
15. 1964 Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple as Osugi Movie
16. 1963 New Marital Relations Movie
17. 1963 Dobuike as Tadae Horikawa Movie
18. 1963 18 Roughs as Seichii's Mother Movie
19. 1963 Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style as Osugi Movie
20. 1963 The Third Will as Yoshiko Movie
21. 1963 Twin Sisters of Kyoto as Madam Movie
22. 1962 Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights as Osugi Movie
23. 1962 The Body Movie
24. 1962 The Fencing Master as Old woman Movie
25. 1962 Till Tomorrow Is Movie
26. 1962 In Search of Mother as Obah Movie
27. 1962 This Year's Love Movie
28. 1962 Good Rascals as Omon Movie
29. 1961 Bad Reputation Returns as Ito Aso Movie
30. 1961 The End of Summer as Sasaki Tsune 7.5 Movie
31. 1961 Girls of the Night as Kumeju 7.1 Movie
32. 1961 Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō Movie
33. 1961 Miyamoto Musashi as Osugi Movie
34. 1961 The Harbor Lights Movie
35. 1961 The Preacher of Love Movie
36. 1960 The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3 Movie
37. 1960 The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2 Movie
38. 1960 Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes as Natsukawa Chiyo Movie
39. 1960 The Five Jolly Thieves Movie
40. 1959 Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife as Chiyoyo Nishino (Sazae's aunt) Movie
41. 1959 Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka as Oen Movie
42. 1959 New Third-Class Executive as Tsuruko Miyaguchi Movie
43. 1959 Room for Let as O-Mino Movie
44. 1959 Hawk of the North Movie
45. 1959 Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki as Oharu Movie
46. 1959 The Story of Iron Arm Inao as Kameno Inao Movie
47. 1959 Sazae-san's Marriage as Chie Nishino Movie
48. 1958 Equinox Flower as Hatsu Sasaki 7.4 Movie
49. 1958 Kunisada Chuji Movie
50. 1958 Sazae's Engagement Trip as Chie Nishino Movie
51. 1958 Father is a Soft-Hearted Person: The Night Before His Daughter's Wedding Day Movie
52. 1958 Father is a Soft-Hearted Person: There are Five Men and Seven Women in the Family Movie
53. 1958 Chance Meeting as Yone Movie
54. 1957 Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2 as Matsumura Sei Movie
55. 1957 The Bride Is Waiting Movie
56. 1957 The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood Movie
57. 1957 Snow Country as Otatsu Movie
58. 1957 Evening Calm Movie
59. 1957 An Osaka Story Movie
60. 1957 Throne of Blood as Old Ghost Woman 7.9 Movie
61. 1957 Ichiya no hyakuman chōja Movie
62. 1956 Sound in the Mist as Chieko Naniwa Movie
63. 1956 Shozo, a Cat and Two Women as Orin Movie
64. 1956 Women in Prison as Mitsuko Kaneoka, prisoner Movie
65. 1956 The More-You-Fall-In-Love Story Movie
66. 1956 Zangiku monogatari as Omoto Movie
67. 1955 Kaette kita yūrei Movie
68. 1955 So Young, So Bright as Oshin Movie
69. 1955 So Deep in My Heart Movie
70. 1955 Marital Relations Movie
71. 1955 八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線 as お金 Movie
72. 1954 Chikamatsu Monogatari as Okô 7.8 Movie
73. 1954 Twenty-Four Eyes as Meshiya no Kamisan 7.7 Movie
74. 1954 Tekka bugyō Movie
75. 1954 Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki Movie
76. 1954 The Woman in the Rumor as Osaki 7.3 Movie
77. 1954 Hana no nagadosu Movie
78. 1954 Sansho the Bailiff as Ubatake 8.1 Movie
79. 1954 The Garden of Women Movie
80. 1954 Beautiful Gonpati as およし Movie
81. 1953 A Geisha as Okimi 7.6 Movie
82. 1952 紺屋高尾 Movie
83. 1952 Taki no Shiraito as Midori Movie

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