
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 Kae's Wet Nurse

as Kin

as Blind masseuse

as Sen (Proprietress, restaurant "Manman")

as Oshige

as Tadae Horikawa

as Seichii's Mother

as Yoshiko

as Ume Shimizu

as Setsuko

as Madam

as Old woman

as Obah

as Omon

as Ito Aso

as Sasaki Tsune

as Kumeju

as Osugi

as Otoshi

as Chie

as Tsuruko Miyaguchi

as Tsuruko Miyaguchi

as Natsukawa Chiyo

as Tsuruko Miyaguchi (Widow of founder)

as Chiyoyo Nishino (Sazae's aunt)

as Tsuruko Miyaguchi

as O-Mino

as Kameno Inao

as Shige Sasaki

as Chie Nishino

as Hatsu Sasaki

as Chie Nishino

as Orin

as Umeko Yoshii

as Yone

as Proprietress of Takara-ya

as Matsumura Sei

as Mistress of Tamayaya

as Ohatsu

as Oei

as Umeko Yoshioka

as Matsumura Sei

as Otatsu

as Natsu Morishita

as Old Ghost Woman

as Chieko Naniwa

as Orin

as Mitsuko Kaneoka, prisoner

as Otoki

as Omoto

as Oshin

as Yasu

as お金

as Otsuji

as Okô

as Meshiya no Kamisan

as Osaki

as 小紫の局

as Ubatake

as およし

as 母そよ

as Okimi

as お幸

as Midori, the mother

as Midori