FrameThrower · Actors · Chieko Nakakita
Chieko Nakakita
3 films · 137 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1947–1949
Born 21 May 1926 · Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan · died 13 September 2005
Chieko Nakakita was a Japanese actress known for her roles in the films of Akira Kurosawa and Mikio Naruse. She was married to Toho producer Tomoyuki Tanaka.
She later appeared in Mikio Naruse's films such as Meal, Floating Clouds, and Flowong. She was mainly active as a supporting actor.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 137 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1947–1949
- Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actress1953
How their films are shot
Measured across 137 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Chieko takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 56% of their frames are night, 56% low key — the look of the work Chieko takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 137 frames from Chieko Nakakita's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.