During the 1948 strike at Toho, Nakakita, like actresses Yoshiko Kuga and Setsuko Wakayama, sided with the unionists.

Other directors Nakakita worked with include Yasujirō Ozu, Shirō Toyoda and Masaki Kobayashi.

After 1970, she turned completely to television work, except for her final film, the 1983 Tora-san's Song of Love.

[1][2][6] Nakakita was married to Toho film producer Tomoyuki Tanaka,[3] who was sixteen years her senior.

[9] Chieko Nakakita received the 1952 Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress for Lightning and Oka wa hanazakari[10] and the 1952 Mainichi Film Concours For Best Supporting Actress for Lightning, Mother and Oka wa hanazakari.