Chieko Naniwa
Actor · 106 credits · 11 in highly-rated films
Best known for Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Frequent collaborators: Kyū Sazanka, Achako Hanabishi, Kyōko Kagawa, Keiju Kobayashi, Hisaya Morishige
Best Chieko Naniwa movies by genre
Movies (106 total, ranked by score)
1Sansho the Bailiff
1954 · ★ 8.1 (428 votes)
Drama
2Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954 · ★ 7.8 (153 votes)
Drama, Romance
3Twenty-Four Eyes
1954 · ★ 7.7 (89 votes)
Drama
4The End of Summer
1961 · ★ 7.5 (109 votes)
Drama
5Equinox Flower
1958 · ★ 7.4 (166 votes)
Comedy, Drama
6The Woman in the Rumor
1954 · ★ 7.3 (45 votes)
Drama
7Lullaby for a Tough Guy
1972
Drama
8Sound in the Mist
1956
Drama, Romance
9True Osaka Grit
1965
Comedy
10Kunisada Chuji
1958 · ★ 5.2 (6 votes)
Adventure, Drama
11Miyamoto Musashi
1961 · ★ 7.3 (12 votes)
History, Action, Drama
12Girls of the Night
1961 · ★ 6.5 (25 votes)
Drama
13Three Yakuza
1965 · ★ 7.8 (4 votes)
Action, Adventure
14Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965 · ★ 7.3 (12 votes)
Action, Drama, History
15Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
1963 · ★ 7.0 (11 votes)
Action, Drama, History
16The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967 · ★ 6.3 (10 votes)
Drama
1718 Roughs
1963 · ★ 6.6 (5 votes)
Drama
18Hawk of the North
1959 · ★ 5.3 (3 votes)
Action, History
19A Circus Girl
1966
Drama, Romance
20The Capital of Love
1958
Romance, Drama
21This Year's Love
1962 · ★ 6.3 (3 votes)
Drama, Romance
22The Men of Toho-ku
1957 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)
Drama, Comedy
23Madame Aki
1963 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)
Drama
24The Fencing Master
1962 · ★ 5.9 (4 votes)
Drama, History
25In Search of Mother
1962 · ★ 6.0 (4 votes)
Drama
26An Osaka Story
1957 · ★ 6.0 (6 votes)
Comedy, Drama
27The Shop Curtain
1958 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)
28Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956 · ★ 6.7 (9 votes)
Comedy, Drama
29Ghost of Saga Mansion
1953 · ★ 7.7 (3 votes)
Horror
30Tsukigata Hanpeita
1952 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)
Drama, History
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.