Chieko Naniwa
Japanese actress · Japan · On the map · Actors · Lived 1907 to 1973 · aged 66
Chieko Naniwa was a Japanese actress who was active from the 1920s to the 1970s. She is best known for playing geisha in several films, such as Kenji Mizoguchi's A Geisha, and the Forest Spirit in Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood. Her birth name was Kikuno Nanko.
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1973Died22 December 19731967
Shogun and His Mistress 2Film1965
TaikoukiSeries, Naka
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs KojiroFilm, 1965Osugi1964
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji TempleFilm, Osugi1963
18 RoughsFilm, Seichii's Mother1962
Good RascalsFilm, Omon1961
Girls of the NightFilm, Kumeju1959
Chikamatsu's Love in OsakaFilm, Oen1958
Equinox FlowerFilm, Hatsu Sasaki1957
An Osaka StoryFilm1956
Shozo, a Cat and Two WomenFilm, Orin1955
Marital RelationsFilm1954Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting ActressAward
Chikamatsu MonogatariFilm, 1954Okô1953
A GeishaFilm, Okimi
Ghost of Saga MansionFilm, 19531907Born19 November 1907
Shogun and His Mistress 2Film1965TaikoukiSeries, NakaMiyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs KojiroFilm, 1965Osugi1964Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji TempleFilm, Osugi196318 RoughsFilm, Seichii's Mother1962Good RascalsFilm, Omon1961Girls of the NightFilm, Kumeju1959Chikamatsu's Love in OsakaFilm, Oen1958Equinox FlowerFilm, Hatsu Sasaki1957An Osaka StoryFilm1956Shozo, a Cat and Two WomenFilm, Orin1955Marital RelationsFilm1954Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting ActressAwardChikamatsu MonogatariFilm, 1954Okô1953A GeishaFilm, OkimiGhost of Saga MansionFilm, 19531907Born19 November 1907Known for
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Sansho the Bailiff 1954
Throne of Blood 1957
Chikamatsu Monogatari 1954
Twenty-Four Eyes 1954
A Geisha 1953
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Isao Kimura Also in Miyamoto Musashi : Ganryūjima no kettō (1965)
Tomu Uchida Directed Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka (1959)
Yorozuya Kinnosuke Also in Miyamoto Musashi : Ganryūjima no kettō (1965)
Michiyo Kogure Also in Miyamoto Musashi : Ganryūjima no kettō (1965)
Haruo Tanaka Also in A Geisha and Chikamatsu Monogatari
Kinuyo Tanaka Also in Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Kyōko Kagawa Also in Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954)
Keisuke Kinoshita Directed The Garden of Women (1954)
Rentarō Mikuni Also in Miyamoto Musashi : Ganryūjima no kettō (1965)
Yoshikata Yoda Wrote A Geisha and Chikamatsu Monogatari
Wakaba Irie Also in Miyamoto Musashi (1961)
Kenji Mizoguchi Directed A Geisha and Chikamatsu Monogatari
Ken Takakura Also in Miyamoto Musashi : Ganryūjima no kettō (1965)
Shirō Toyoda Directed Yushu Heiya (1963)
Seiji Miyaguchi Also in Throne of Blood and Miyamoto Musashi
Saburō Date Also in A Geisha and Chikamatsu Monogatari
Eitarō Shindō Also in A Geisha and Chikamatsu Monogatari
Yasujirō Ozu Directed The End of Summer (1961)
Chishū Ryū Also in Twenty-Four Eyes and Equinox Flower
Yoshiko Kuga Also in The Garden of Women (1954)
Daisuke Katō Also in The End of Summer (1962)
Chieko Higashiyama Also in The Garden of Women and This Year's Love
Noriko Sengoku Also in Women in Prison and Snow Country
Yū Fujiki Also in Throne of Blood and Room for Let
Also in Français
Filmography 40
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Country
Japan
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1907 to 1973 · aged 66
