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person_profile-Kinuyo Tanaka

Kinuyo Tanaka Died at age: 67

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Kinuyo Tanaka

Date of Birth:

Nov 28, 1909

Country of birth:

Japan

Died:

Mar 21, 1977

Biography of

Kinuyo Tanaka

    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.

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Filmography of

Kinuyo Tanaka

Found 116 Movies in total

Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About

self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2022

... 1976

Cape of the North

Old Nun ( Actor )

... 1976

Let's Go, Grandma!

Kiku Sasaki ( Actor )

... 1975

Sandakan No. 8

Old Osaki ( Actor )

... 1974

Sanbaba

Actor

... 1974

Tora-san's Dream-Come-True

the old family mistress ( Actor )

... 1972

Arupusu no wakadaishô

Shinjiro Ishiyama / Aodaisyô ( Actor )

... 1966

Red Beard

Madame Yasumoto ( Actor )

... 1965

The Scent of Incense

Tsuna ( Actor )

... 1964

Bright Sea

Nobuko Yazaki ( Actor )

... 1963

Alone Across the Pacific

Youth's Mother ( Actor )

... 1963

A Legend, or Was It?

Shizuko Sonobe ( Actor )

... 1963

... 1963

... 1962

The Fencing Master

Oharu ( Actor )

... 1962

A Wanderer's Notebook

Kishi, Fumiko's mother ( Actor )

... 1962

Wakarete ikiru toki mo

Michi's Mother ( Actor )

... 1961

Her Brother

Mother ( Actor )

... 1960

The Three Treasures

Princess Yamato ( Actor )

... 1959

... 1959

Hahakogusa

Shige Ozawa ( Actor )

... 1959

The Eternal Rainbow

Fumi ( Actor )

... 1958

Equinox Flower

Kiyoko Hirayama ( Actor )

... 1958

... 1958

On This Earth

Omitsu, Heiichiro's mother ( Actor )

... 1957

Stepbrothers

Rie ( Actor )

... 1957

Yellow Crow

Yukiko Matsumoto ( Actor )

... 1957

Flowing

Rika Yamanaka / Oharu ( Actor )

... 1956

... 1956

Women in Prison

Prison Warden ( Actor )

... 1956

... 1956

Forever a Woman

Neighbor's wife ( Actor )

Director

... 1955

... 1955

... 1955

The Moon Has Risen

Yoneya ( Actor )

Director

... 1955

The Woman in the Rumor

Hatsuko Mabuchi ( Actor )

... 1954

... 1954

Sansho the Bailiff

Tamaki ( Actor )

... 1954

Love Letter

Landlady ( Actor )

Director

... 1953

An Heir's Place

Hisa Hosho ( Actor )

... 1953

Ugetsu

Miyagi ( Actor )

... 1953

Where Chimneys Are Seen

Hiroko Ogata ( Actor )

... 1953

Sincere Heart

Kuniko ( Actor )

... 1953

Mother

Masako Fukuhara ( Actor )

... 1952

The Ataka Family

Kuniko Ataka ( Actor )

... 1952

... 1952

The Life of Oharu

Oharu ( Actor )

... 1952

... 1951

The Lady of Musashino

Michiko Akiyama ( Actor )

... 1951

Miss Oyu

Oyû Kayukawa ( Actor )

... 1951

Ginza Cosmetics

Yukiko Tsuji ( Actor )

... 1951

... 1951

The Munekata Sisters

Setsuko Munekata ( Actor )

... 1950

Wedding Ring

Noriko Kuki ( Actor )

... 1950

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

Oiwa / Osode ( Actor )

... 1949

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

Oiwa / Osode ( Actor )

... 1949

Flame of My Love

Eiko Hirayama ( Actor )

... 1949

A Hen in the Wind

Tokiko Amamiya ( Actor )

... 1948

Women of the Night

Fusako Owada ( Actor )

... 1948

Phoenix

Sayoko Aihara ( Actor )

... 1947

The Love of the Actress Sumako

Sumako Matsui ( Actor )

... 1947

Marriage

Fumie Matsukawa ( Actor )

... 1947

... 1946

Victory of Women

Hiroko Hosokawa ( Actor )

... 1946

Victory Song

Woman who sings lullaby ( Actor )

... 1945

Miyamoto Musashi

Shinobu Nonomiya ( Actor )

... 1944

Army

Waka ( Actor )

... 1944

... 1943

... 1942

Ornamental Hairpin

Emi ( Actor )

... 1941

Flower

Actor

... 1941

... 1940

... 1940

... 1940

... 1939

... 1939

... 1939

Okayo's Preparedness

Okayo ( Actor )

... 1939

The Tree of Love

Katsue Takaishi ( Actor )

... 1938

Mother and Child

Chieko ( Actor )

... 1938

Lady Doctor Kinuyo

Kinuyo Yamaoka ( Actor )

... 1937

... 1937

... 1936

... 1936

... 1936

Burden of Life

Itsuko Kuriyama ( Actor )

... 1935

Okoto and Sasuke

Okoto ( Actor )

... 1935

An Innocent Maid

Oshige ( Actor )

... 1935

My Elder Brother

Сумако ( Actor )

... 1934

Osayo koisugata

Osayo ( Actor )

... 1934

The Genealogy of Women

Otsuta ( Actor )

... 1934

Dragnet Girl

Tokiko ( Actor )

... 1933

Woman of Tokyo

Harue ( Actor )

... 1933

The Dancing Girl of Izu

Kaoru, a dancer ( Actor )

... 1933

The Bride Talks in Her Sleep

Haruko, bride ( Actor )

... 1933

... 1932

The Loyal 47 Ronin

Yae ( Actor )

... 1932

The Neighbour's Wife and Mine

Wife of the playwright ( Actor )

... 1931

Young Lady

Kinuko ( Actor )

... 1930

I Flunked, But...

Cafe's waitress ( Actor )

... 1930

... 1930

... 1929