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Kinuyo Tanaka
Born · November 28, 1909
Died · March 21, 1977 (67 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
Bio
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kinuyo Tanaka (田中 絹代 Tanaka Kinuyo, 29 November 1909 – 21 March 1977) was a Japanese actress and director. Tanaka was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. She became a leading actress at an early age, appearing in Yasujirō Ozu's I Graduated, But... in 1929. The following year she played the lead in Aiyoku no ki, and in 1931 she appeared in Japan's first talkie, The Neighbor's Wife and Mine, directed by Heinosuke Gosho. She had a close working relationship with director Kenji Mizoguchi, having parts in 15 of his films, including leading roles in The Life of Oharu (1952), Ugetsu (1953) and Sansho the Bailiff (1954). Their working relationship ended when Mizoguchi countered a recommendation from the Directors Guild of Japan for the Nikkatsu studio to hire her as a director. Despite this, the production of her second film as director went ahead, but Tanaka never forgave Mizoguchi, and the reasons for his behaviour are unclear. She also played Noboru Yasumoto's mother in Akira Kurosawa's Red Beard (1965). For her portrayal in Kei Kumai's Sandakan N° 8 she won the Best Actress Award at the 25th Berlin International Film Festival in 1975.[2] Her last screen appearance was in 1976 in Kei Kumai's Kita No Misaki. Tanaka was the second Japanese woman who worked as a film director, after Sakane Tazuko (1904‐1975). Her first directing job was on the film Love Letter in 1953, and she made five further films in that role. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kinuyo Tanaka, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About
self (archive footage)
0.0
2022
The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka
Self (archive footage)
4.0
2009
Lullaby of the Earth
6.5
1976
Cape of the North
Old Nun
0.0
1976
Let's Go, Grandma!
Kiku Sasaki
0.0
1975
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
6.8
1975
Sandakan No. 8
Old Osaki
7.7
1974
Sanbaba
0.0
1974
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
the old family mistress
7.6
1972
Mominoki wa Nokotta
Tsuta · (52 episodes)
0.0
1970
Red Beard
Madame Yasumoto
8.1
1965
Kono sora no aru kagiri
0.0
1964
The Scent of Incense
Tsuna
7.2
1964
Bright Sea
Nobuko Yazaki
0.0
1963
Alone Across the Pacific
Youth's Mother
6.9
1963
A Legend, or Was It?
Shizuko Sonobe
6.5
1963
Double Wedding
0.0
1963
Mama, I Need You!
0.0
1962
The Fencing Master
Oharu
5.5
1962
A Wanderer's Notebook
Kishi, Fumiko's mother
7.2
1962
Wakarete ikiru toki mo
Michi's Mother
0.0
1961
Her Brother
Mother
6.9
1960
The Three Treasures
Princess Yamato
5.4
1959
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Myokan
5.7
1959
Hahakogusa
Shige Ozawa
0.0
1959
The Eternal Rainbow
Fumi
6.3
1958
Equinox Flower
Kiyoko Hirayama
7.4
1958
The Ballad of Narayama
Orin
7.5
1958
Sorrow Is Only for Women
0.0
1958
On This Earth
Omitsu, Heiichiro's mother
0.0
1957
Geisha in the Old City
Oei
0.0
1957
Stepbrothers
Rie
7.0
1957
Yellow Crow
Yukiko Matsumoto
5.8
1957
Flowing
Rika Yamanaka / Oharu
7.1
1956
The Storm
9.0
1956
Women in Prison
Prison Warden
1.0
1956
How Sorrowful
0.0
1956
Confession
0.0
1956
Forever a Woman
Neighbor's wife
7.5
1955
Tsukiyo no kasa
0.0
1955
少年死刑囚
0.0
1955
(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
Oshige
0.0
1955
The Moon Has Risen
Yoneya
6.8
1955
The Woman in the Rumor
Hatsuko Mabuchi
7.4
1954
Five Sisters
10.0
1954
Sansho the Bailiff
Tamaki
8.1
1954
Love Letter
Landlady
6.8
1953
An Heir's Place
Hisa Hosho
0.0
1953
Ugetsu
Miyagi
8.0
1953
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Hiroko Ogata
6.4
1953
Sincere Heart
Kuniko
6.3
1953
Mother
Masako Fukuhara
6.9
1952
The Ataka Family
Kuniko Ataka
5.5
1952
The Life of Oharu
Oharu
7.8
1952
Sisters of Nishijin
8.0
1952
Story of Lightning
0.0
1951
The Lady of Musashino
Michiko Akiyama
6.4
1951
Miss Oyu
Oyû Kayukawa
7.2
1951
Ginza Cosmetics
Yukiko Tsuji
5.8
1951
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
Onaka
0.0
1951
The Munekata Sisters
Setsuko Munekata
7.0
1950
Wedding Ring
Noriko Kuki
6.6
1950
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
Oiwa / Osode
6.7
1949
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
Oiwa / Osode
6.7
1949
Flame of My Love
Eiko Hirayama
5.6
1949
A Hen in the Wind
Tokiko Amamiya
7.0
1948
Women of the Night
Fusako Owada
7.2
1948
Phoenix
Sayoko Aihara
6.0
1947
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Sumako Matsui
6.8
1947
Marriage
Fumie Matsukawa
7.0
1947
Utamaro and His Five Women
Okita
7.1
1946
Victory of Women
Hiroko Hosokawa
6.5
1946
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
Okinu
5.8
1945
Victory Song
Woman who sings lullaby
5.2
1945
Miyamoto Musashi
Shinobu Nonomiya
6.1
1944
Army
Waka
7.2
1944
The Man Who Has Returned
0.0
1944
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
0.0
1943
Kaisen no Zenya
0.0
1943
A Certain Woman
0.0
1942
Record of a Woman Doctor
6.0
1941
Ornamental Hairpin
Emi
6.5
1941
Flower
0.0
1941
Let's Go in Good Spirits
0.0
1941
Okinu and Banto
0.0
1940
Osaka Woman
0.0
1940
Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru
Chiyo
0.0
1940
Kinuyo's First Love
6.0
1940
Weeds with flowers
0.0
1939
Zoku aizen katsura
0.0
1939
Spring Thunder
0.0
1939
Okayo's Preparedness
Okayo
7.0
1939
The Tree of Love
Katsue Takaishi
6.5
1938
Mother and Child
Chieko
0.0
1938
Banchō sarayashiki
0.0
1937
A Man's Recompense: Part 2
0.0
1937
A Man's Recompense: Part 1
0.0
1937
Lady Doctor Kinuyo
Kinuyo Yamaoka
4.6
1937
Song of the Flower Basket
Yoko
0.0
1937
The New Road: Ryota
8.0
1936
The New Road: Akemi
7.0
1936
Men vs. Women
0.0
1936
Burden of Life
Itsuko Kuriyama
6.4
1935
Okoto and Sasuke
Okoto
6.7
1935
An Innocent Maid
Oshige
0.0
1935
My Elder Brother
Sumako
6.0
1934
That Night's Woman
0.0
1934
Osayo koisugata
Osayo
0.0
1934
The Genealogy of Women
Otsuta
0.0
1934
Sôbô
0.0
1933
Dragnet Girl
Tokiko
6.8
1933
Woman of Tokyo
Harue
6.8
1933
The Dancing Girl of Izu
Kaoru, a dancer
6.5
1933
The Bride Talks in Her Sleep
Haruko, bride
0.0
1933
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
Oshige
6.5
1932
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Yae
0.0
1932
ABC Lifeline
6.1
1931
The Neighbour's Wife and Mine
Wife of the playwright
6.5
1931
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
0.0
1931
Young Lady
Kinuko
0.0
1930
Youth, Why Do You Cry?
0.0
1930
I Flunked, But...
Cafe's waitress
6.1
1930
Marching On
0.0
1930
I Graduated, But...
Machiko Nomoto
5.7
1929
The Life of Workers in the Big City
0.0
1929
The Blacksmith of the Forest
Omitsu
0.0
1929
Riku no ôja
0.0
1928
The Age of Emotion
0.0
1928
The Village Bride
0.0
1928
Karabotan
0.0
1926