Cast
Chieko Naniwa
1907 – 1973
- Active years (films on this site)
- 1954–1961
- Schools and movements
- Japanese Golden Age
Directors worked with
Biography
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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Awards and honours
National / local
- Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actress 1954
3 films on this site
- Sansho the Bailiff 1954 · Kenji Mizoguchi · IMDb 8.3 · Cast
- Equinox Flower 1958 · Yasujiro Ozu · IMDb 7.8 · Cast
- The End of Summer 1961 · Yasujiro Ozu · IMDb 7.7 · Cast