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.
Photos 1
Filmography 40
Throne of Blood
Sansho the Bailiff
Equinox Flower
Chikamatsu Monogatari
The End of Summer
Twenty-Four Eyes
A Geisha
The Woman in the Rumor
Girls of the Night
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
Snow Country
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Miyamoto Musashi
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
The Garden of Women
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Marital Relations
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
18 Roughs
Kunisada Chuji
An Osaka Story
Three Yakuza
In Search of Mother
So Young, So Bright
This Year's Love
The Fencing Master
Snow Country
The Body
The Harbor Lights
Shogun and His Mistress 2
The Third Will
Ghost of Saga Mansion
Women in Prison
Room for Let
Temptation on Glamour Island
Hawk of the North
Bad Reputation Returns152 credits on file
Television 1
TaikoukiAwards 1
Connected to Chieko 6
About this person
Country
JapanCategory
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1907 to 1973 · aged 66
Written about in
7 languages
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