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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

Movies (106 total, ranked by score)

  1. Zangiku monogatari

    1956 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    31

  2. Bad Reputation Returns

    1961 · ★ 4.8 (2 votes)

    Drama

    32

  3. Shogun and His Mistress 2

    1967 · ★ 4.5 (4 votes)

    Drama

    33

  4. Woman Gambler Is Coming

    1968

    Crime, Drama, History

    34

  5. Snow Country

    1965 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    Drama

    35

  6. The Sentimental Idiot

    1956

    Drama

    36

  7. The Third Will

    1963 · ★ 7.7 (3 votes)

    Drama

    37

  8. The Story of Iron Arm Inao

    1959

    Comedy

    38

  9. Zoku Tange Sazen

    1953

    39

  10. Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka

    1959 · ★ 5.2 (8 votes)

    Romance

    40

  11. Women in Prison

    1956 · ★ 1.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    41

  12. Her Son Came Back

    1958

    42

  13. Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo

    1962

    43

  14. Denshichi Torimonochō onna hada jigoku

    1959

    44

  15. Moonlight in the Rain

    1961

    Family, Drama

    45

  16. New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller

    1960

    Comedy, Drama

    46

  17. Ame no Kudan-zaka

    1962

    47

  18. An Impudent Man

    1964

    Comedy

    48

  19. 次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々

    1962

    49

  20. Sazae's Engagement Trip

    1958

    Comedy, Drama

    50

  21. 浮かれ狐千本櫻

    1954

    Comedy, History

    51

  22. Sazae-san's Marriage

    1959

    Comedy, Family

    52

  23. Hadaka no Machi

    1957

    53

  24. The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4

    1961

    Comedy

    54

  25. 紺屋高尾

    1952

    55

  26. Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki

    1959

    Comedy

    56

  27. My Wife

    1965

    Comedy

    57

  28. Taki no Shiraito

    1952

    58

  29. Sazae-san, the Wayward Wife

    1959

    Comedy, Family

    59

  30. Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes

    1960

    Comedy, Romance

    60

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.