Chieko Naniwa
Japanese actress.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 5.653 |
| Birthday | 1907-11-19 |
| Place of Birth | Tondabayashi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan |
| Also Known As | 浪花千栄子, Тиэко Нанива, |
1958
Equinox Flower
7.468/140
Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a musician and is adaman...
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Equinox Flower
1961
The End of Summer
7.529/87
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mis...
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The End of Summer
1954
The Crucified Lovers
7.7/128
When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find them...
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The Crucified Lovers
1954
The Woman in the Rumor
7.397/34
Yukiko's fiance learns her mother runs a geisha house and ends their engagement. She despises what her mother does until one of her clients shows inte...
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The Woman in the Rumor
1961
Miyamoto Musashi
7.3/11
In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man of legend. His beginning are not exactly auspicio...
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Miyamoto Musashi
1962
The Fencing Master
5.5/3
The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Danpei Ichikawa lives fo...
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The Fencing Master
1963
18 Roughs
6.6/5
Experienced shipyard worker Shimazaki gets an offer of free lodging from his employer in the company seaside rest house if he agrees to see to its run...
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18 Roughs
1957
Throne of Blood
7.932/808
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spi...
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Throne of Blood
1954
Sansho the Bailiff
8.094/355
In medieval Japan, a woman and his children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years before.
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Sansho the Bailiff
1962
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
7.4/11
The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Miyamoto Musashi, emerges from the Himeji Castle aft...
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Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1963
Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
7/11
In the third installment of Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the end of battle, where Miyamoto continues on a mission o...
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Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
1964
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
7/11
In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the oddest and most coincidental moments. A...
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Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
1965
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
7.3/11
The fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamoto Musashi. With all the familiar characters maki...
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Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1960
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
0/0
Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
1954
Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki
8/1
The Lord of Okazaki is killed by his brother-in-law. Although the Lord's widow bears a child, she is also killed. Then, a ghost cat begins stalking in...
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Terrible Ghost Cat of Okazaki
1958
Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
0/0
Fourth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
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Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
1958
Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki
0/0
Fifth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
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Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki
1959
Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki
0/0
Sixth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
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Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki
1962
The Paper Crane
0/0
A wandering vagrant, Hantaro, risks his life to save a beautiful blind girl and her father from con artists.
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The Paper Crane
1953
Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy Marriage
0/0
Fourth installment in the "Achako's Notebook of Youth" series.
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Achako's Notebook of Youth 4: Happy Marriage
1952
Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo
0/0
Japanese comedy film.
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Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo
1959
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
5.7/6
The adopted son of an Osaka courier falls in love with a prostitute and, discovering that she is about to be purchased by a client, steals money from...
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Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
1956
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
6.2/8
Shozo is plagued by the needs of his ex-wife and his current one, but prefers the company of his cat.
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Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1968
Devil in My Flesh
0/0
Modern sex and thrill film about tattooed prostitute.
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Devil in My Flesh
1965
Snow Country
4/1
This movie is based on an immortal literary work "The Snow Country," a story about a life of geisha Komako who lives in a region with heavy snowfalls.
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Snow Country
1956
The Swamp
0/0
A man’s wife dies in a swamp. Her ghost returns to haunt him.
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The Swamp
1961
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
0/0
A comedy of a high-spirited geisha, Koharu, who is at risk of being trapped in a conspiracy to take over a lucrative diamond mine business.
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
1960
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
0/0
Popular geisha Koharu suspects that Yusaku, a handsome stranger she falls in love with, is involved in a robbery of precious diamond.
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 3
1957
An Osaka Story
5.4/5
A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it and...
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An Osaka Story
1957
Snow Country
6.7/10
It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous t...
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Snow Country
1968
Woman Gambler Is Coming
0/0
Sixth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
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Woman Gambler Is Coming
1968
The Woman Gambler's Supplication
0/0
Eleventh film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
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The Woman Gambler's Supplication
1961
Fine Man
0/0
A young son of a master of the Kuwana clan gets disowned for his rebellious behavior. After he goes from the mountains to the ocean defeating the evil...
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Fine Man
1959
Room for Let
6/1
When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion overlooking Osaka, she finds a bizarre collection...
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Room for Let
1962
In Search of Mother
6/4
Period piece about a young man who, because of his hard life alone in the world, has become a yakuza. When he hears that his mother may be living in E...
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In Search of Mother
1965
My Wife
0/0
Japanese comedy film.
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My Wife
1954
浮かれ狐千本櫻
0/0
Japanese comedy film.
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浮かれ狐千本櫻
1959
Gentle Breeze
0/0
A young, feisty woman named Osome searches for her true love in the midst of a family crisis.
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Gentle Breeze
1956
The Maiden Courtesan
0/0
Period romantic drama.
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The Maiden Courtesan
1964
An Impudent Man
0/0
Naomasa, the former lord of Okayama Castle and the head of the Iseda family, takes a strange boy, Kirihito, under his wing. However, Naomasa is sent t...
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An Impudent Man
1962
Good Rascals
6/2
A group of men living a low life in Edo help each other to make the best out of their lives.
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Good Rascals
1966
A Circus Girl
0/0
Japanese drama film.
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A Circus Girl
1958
Chance Meeting
0/0
Aya successfully stages a fashion show in Osaka and in the train on her way home to Tokyo accidentally treads on a man's foot. The man whose name is R...
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Chance Meeting
1957
Price of Beauty
0/0
Melodrama about a young factory girl who "chooses riches over chastity".
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Price of Beauty
1972
Lullaby for a Tough Guy
0/0
A ruffian joins the ranks of the emperor’s guards.
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Lullaby for a Tough Guy
1965
True Osaka Grit
0/0
Based on a novel by Kôen Hasegawa
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True Osaka Grit
1959
Evil Man of Edo
0/0
A classic battle between good and evil pits an unscrupulous fortuneteller who has been preying on the good citizens of Edo against a master-less samur...
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Evil Man of Edo
1958
Her Son Came Back
0/0
Kind hearted yakuza Hanjiro of Asama risks his life in saving his henchman Genjiro and his family.
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Her Son Came Back
1958
City of Love
0/0
Aiko, a bar hostess, falls for the son of a company president who also keeps a mistress, and whose family disapproves of his relationship with the bar...
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City of Love
1961
The Harbor Lights
5/3
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The Harbor Lights
1959
The Story of Iron Arm Inao
0/0
An Ishiro Honda film.
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The Story of Iron Arm Inao
1962
This Year's Love
6.3/3
Hikaru and Ichiro are close friends in high school. Hikaru's elder brother Tadashi fell in love with Ichiro's elder sister, Mikako at first sight. Alt...
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This Year's Love
1954
Twenty-Four Eyes
7.7/80
From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village are profoundly affected by historical events and p...
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Twenty-Four Eyes
1956
Women in Prison
1/1
The woman prison has a cast all with a story of their own and with no dull or routine day. There is an employee who is divorced after her husband had...
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Women in Prison
1963
The Third Will
8/2
A story about a wealthy family and the greed and selfishness of three daughters and relatives, after the passing of their old father
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The Third Will
1953
Ghost of Saga Mansion
7.5/2
A woman loses her son through an evil conspiracy and commits suicide. Shortly afterwards a ghost cat begins haunting the conspirators. This is Takako...
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Ghost of Saga Mansion
1961
Girls of the Night
6.846/13
In the late 1950's prostitution was banned in Japan and if a woman was found exercising this profession they were sent to a reformatory. This is the s...
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Girls of the Night
1953
A Geisha
7.53/50
Eiko seeks out Miyoharu, a geisha, and asks to be her apprentice. When she is ready to receive clients, both women want the right to refuse certain me...
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A Geisha
1958
Tainted Flowers
0/0
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Tainted Flowers
1957
On Wings of Love
0/0
On Wings of Love is a 1957 Japanese romantic musical film directed by Toshio Sugie. It was Toho's highest-grossing film of the year and the first film...
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On Wings of Love
1956
Sound in the Mist
0/0
In the heart of the Japanese Alps, in Kamikochi, Nagano Prefecture, botany professor Kazuhiko Onuma spends time with Tsuruko, his lover. One night, Ka...
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Sound in the Mist
1959
Temptation on Glamour Island
6/1
Comedy about three soldiers, two female reporters, six prostitutes, and the wife of an officer, all stranded on a South Seas island at the end of Worl...
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Temptation on Glamour Island
1961
Bad Reputation Returns
2.5/1
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Bad Reputation Returns
1955
Marital Relations
5.2/6
The story of a couple, a spoiled son and a down-to-earth girl, in Osaka in the early Showa era. The film won the prestigious Blue Ribbon awards for be...
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Marital Relations
1967
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
6.5/6
The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and the women in his life who are both so determined t...
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The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1963
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
6.5/10
In this Japanese drama, a dry goods merchant's daughter is surprised to discover that she has a twin sister. In rural Japan it was thought that twins...
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Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1956
Zangiku monogatari
7/1
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Zangiku monogatari
1956
The Sentimental Idiot
0/0
A young man steals money for a cabaret singer.
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The Sentimental Idiot
1967
Shogun and His Mistress 2
3.5/2
In the year 1786, Shogun Ieharu Tokugawa selected beautiful Ochisa to be his concubine. It causes other concubines to become very jealous and mean. Wh...
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Shogun and His Mistress 2
1962
仲良し音頭・日本一だよ
0/0
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仲良し音頭・日本一だよ
1952
Tsukigata Hanpeita
7/1
During the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the rest with his ideas of how to overthrow the corrupt gove...
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Tsukigata Hanpeita
1966
The River Yokobori
0/0
Taka, the daughter of Naniwa-ya, a longtime Osaka store owner, married Kichisaburo Kawashima-ya, the son of a kimono wholesaler. Her husband just trie...
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The River Yokobori
1961
Osaka Tough
0/0
The film takes place in a dark area of the giant city of Osaka and tells about a group of people who find themselves at the bottom of society, and abo...
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Osaka Tough
1965
Three Yakuza
7.8/4
A tale of three Yakuza gamblers who traveled Japan during the samurai era living by their wits and sword skills. Told in 3 separate vignettes, each pa...
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Three Yakuza
1959
Flower Shop Curtain
0/0
The movie depicts the strength and resilience of a woman who spent her entire life as a merchant in Semba, Osaka.
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Flower Shop Curtain
1962
Yakuza Official
0/0
Bunkichi disguises himself as a yakuza to solve a mysterious death.
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Yakuza Official
1965
Nami kage
0/0
Ayako Wakao won the Blue Ribbon and the Kinema Jumpo for this film.
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Nami kage
1957
Evening Calm
0/0
A girl rebels against her mother, who runs a brothel in Yokohama, and attempts to find freedom on her own.
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Evening Calm
1956
Sisters of Gion
0/0
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Sisters of Gion
1952
紺屋高尾
0/0
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紺屋高尾
1958
Kunisada Chuji
5.2/6
Kunisada Chuji is a common folk hero who looks out for poor people in the country who are at the mercy of corrupt officials. Intent on fulfilling a dy...
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Kunisada Chuji
1957
Hadaka no Machi
0/0
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Hadaka no Machi
1960
The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
0/0
Jidaigeki by Tai Kato
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The Chivalrous Youth of Great Edo
1958
The Shop Curtain
0/1
Based on the novel by Toyoko Yamazaki.
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The Shop Curtain
1962
次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
1962
Till Tomorow Comes
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Till Tomorow Comes
1959
Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
0/0
Masuo and Sazae are enjoying their newlywed life in their new house, even though they are in company housing. Masuo's colleague is invited to thank hi...
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Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife
1959
Sazae-san's Marriage
0/0
Sazae finally gets married, but right after that, Masuo is transferred to Osaka. A heartbroken Sazae sends her parents on a silver wedding trip, and e...
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Sazae-san's Marriage
1958
Sazae's Engagement Trip
0/0
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in TohoScope.
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Sazae's Engagement Trip
1960
Sazae And Aunt Apron
0/0
An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip
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Sazae And Aunt Apron
1960
Shinran
0/0
A biographical movie about Shinran
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Shinran
1959
Hawk of the North
5.3/3
During the latter part of the 16th Century, Japan's Warring States era was coming to a close. After crushing almost all of his enemies, Date Masamune...
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Hawk of the North
1962
Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi
1962
The Body
7/1
The sexual experiences of the passionate Sakiko, from her fling with her boss in her first job to her ending up as a prostitute.
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The Body
1962
Ame no Kudan-zaka
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Ame no Kudan-zaka
1954
The Garden of Women
6.6/8
A student at a woman's university takes a controversial action against the school's old-fashioned doctrines.
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The Garden of Women
1953
お役者小僧
0/0
The phantom thief, known as the "Actor Kid", who was creating a stir in the Daimyo's mansion, especially in the inner chambers, was called Inaba Gouta...
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お役者小僧
1954
お役者変化
0/0
During the Genroku era, Azusa Gennosuke, renowned in Nara as a top swordsman and a scholar, crossed swords with the Magistrate Kurobane Yatayu, who tr...
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お役者変化
1954
濡れ髪権八
0/0
A foot soldier from Tottori domain named Shirai Gonpachi showcased exceptional swordsmanship that even surpassed the domain's champion Honjo Sukehichi...
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濡れ髪権八
1954
快盗三人吉三
0/0
On March 11 in the seventh year of Tenpo (1836), a monk named Bennō, who fell in love with a geisha named Oshima, was publicly exposed at Nihonbashi f...
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快盗三人吉三
1955
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
0/0
Hatamoto Ooka Gentaro was deeply committed to a future with a beautiful girl named Omachi, a relationship facilitated by his love of the shamisen. Oma...
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八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
1968
Three Rogues
0/0
Two lone wolf yakuza (Hideki Takahashi and Kunie Tanaka) rob a gambling den, then split up when pursued by the angry gang. They eventually meet again...
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Three Rogues
1962
Shin kitsune to tanuki
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Shin kitsune to tanuki
1963
次郎長社長と石松社員 安来ぶし道中
0/0
Shimizu Jirocho, the president, manages two businesses: Izumo Kanko-sha and the group inn "Daikokuya." There is a system where customers from Izumo Ka...
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次郎長社長と石松社員 安来ぶし道中
1957
Geisha in the Old City
0/0
Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, the drama, set in the brothels of Shimabara in post-war Kyoto, is a moving look at the lives of women of tenacity and res...
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