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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.
Movie | The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka | Self (archive footage) | 2009-10-17 |
Movie | Cape of the North | Old Nun | 1976-04-03 |
Movie | Lullaby of the Earth | 1976-06-12 | |
Movie | Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director | 1975-05-24 | |
Movie | Let's Go, Grandma! | Kiku Sasaki | 1975-07-12 |
Movie | Sanbaba | 1974-06-01 | |
Movie | Sandakan No. 8 | Old Osaki | 1974-11-02 |
Movie | Tora-san's Dream-Come-True | the old family mistress | 1972-12-29 |
Movie | Red Beard | Madame Yasumoto | 1965-04-03 |
Movie | The Scent of Incense | Tsuna | 1964-05-24 |
Movie | Double Wedding | 1963-07-13 | |
Movie | A Legend, or Was It? | Shizuko Sonobe | 1963-08-11 |
Movie | Alone Across the Pacific | Youth's Mother | 1963-10-27 |
Movie | Bright Sea | Nobuko Yazaki | 1963-12-26 |
Movie | A Wanderer's Notebook | Kishi, Fumiko's mother | 1962-09-29 |
Movie | The Fencing Master | Oharu | 1962-09-30 |
Movie | Her Brother | Mother | 1960-11-01 |
Movie | Hahakogusa | Shige Ozawa | 1959-04-22 |
Movie | Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka | Myokan | 1959-09-13 |
Movie | The Three Treasures | Princess Yamato | 1959-11-01 |
Movie | The Ballad of Narayama | Orin | 1958-06-01 |
Movie | Equinox Flower | Kiyoko Hirayama | 1958-09-07 |
Movie | The Eternal Rainbow | Fumi | 1958-10-28 |
Movie | Yellow Crow | Yukiko Matsumoto | 1957-02-27 |
Movie | Stepbrothers | Rie | 1957-06-25 |
Movie | On This Earth | Omitsu, Heiichiro's mother | 1957-11-22 |
Movie | Confession | 1956-03-21 | |
Movie | How Sorrowful | 1956-09-07 | |
Movie | Women in Prison | Prison Warden | 1956-09-11 |
Movie | Flowing | Rika Yamanaka / Oharu | 1956-11-20 |
Movie | The Storm | 1956-10-24 | |
Movie | The Moon Has Risen | Yoneya | 1955-01-08 |
Movie | Forever a Woman | Neighbor's wife | 1955-11-23 |
Movie | The Woman in the Rumor | Hatsuko Mabuchi | 1954-06-20 |
Movie | Sansho the Bailiff | Tamaki | 1954-03-31 |
Movie | Five Sisters | 1954-06-08 | |
Movie | Sincere Heart | Kuniko | 1953-01-29 |
Movie | Where Chimneys Are Seen | Hiroko Ogata | 1953-03-05 |
Movie | An Heir's Place | Hisa Hosho | 1953-06-03 |
Movie | Ugetsu | Miyagi | 1953-03-26 |
Movie | Love Letter | Landlady | 1953-12-13 |
Movie | The Life of Oharu | Oharu | 1952-04-17 |
Movie | Sisters of Nishijin | 1952-04-17 | |
Movie | The Ataka Family | Kuniko Ataka | 1952-05-15 |
Movie | Mother | Masako Fukuhara | 1952-06-12 |
Movie | Miss Oyu | Oyû Kayukawa | 1951-06-22 |
Movie | Ginza Cosmetics | Yukiko Tsuji | 1951-04-14 |
Movie | The Lady of Musashino | Michiko Akiyama | 1951-09-14 |
Movie | Story of Lightning | 1951-12-30 | |
Movie | Wedding Ring | Noriko Kuki | 1950-07-01 |
Movie | The Munekata Sisters | Setsuko Munekata | 1950-08-08 |
Movie | Flame of My Love | Eiko Hirayama | 1949-02-13 |
Movie | Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 | Oiwa / Osode | 1949-07-05 |
Movie | Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 | Oiwa / Osode | 1949-07-16 |
Movie | Women of the Night | Fusako Owada | 1948-05-26 |
Movie | A Hen in the Wind | Tokiko Amamiya | 1948-09-17 |
Movie | Marriage | Fumie Matsukawa | 1947-03-18 |
Movie | The Love of the Actress Sumako | Sumako Matsui | 1947-08-16 |
Movie | Phoenix | Sayoko Aihara | 1947-12-11 |
Movie | Victory of Women | Hiroko Hosokawa | 1946-04-18 |
Movie | Utamaro and His Five Women | Okita | 1946-12-17 |
Movie | Victory Song | Woman who sings lullaby | 1945-02-22 |
Movie | A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo | Okinu | 1945-06-28 |
Movie | The Man Who Has Returned | 1944-07-20 | |
Movie | Army | Waka | 1944-12-07 |
Movie | Miyamoto Musashi | Shinobu Nonomiya | 1944-12-29 |
Movie | Air Raid of the Enemy Plane | 1943-04-01 | |
Movie | A Certain Woman | 1942-10-29 | |
Movie | Record of a Woman Doctor | 1941-11-23 | |
Movie | Ornamental Hairpin | Emi | 1941-08-26 |
Movie | Kinuyo's First Love | 1940-03-31 | |
Movie | Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru | Chiyo | 1940-04-17 |
Movie | Okayo's Preparedness | Okayo | 1939-04-01 |
Movie | Spring Thunder | 1939-04-13 | |
Movie | The Tree of Love | Katsue Takaishi | 1938-09-15 |
Movie | Joi Kinuyo sensei | Kinuyo Yamaoka | 1937-04-29 |
Movie | Song of the Flower Basket | Yoko | 1937-01-14 |
Movie | Men vs. Women | 1936-08-29 | |
Movie | The New Road: Akemi | 1936-11-30 | |
Movie | An Innocent Maid | Oshige | 1935-01-20 |
Movie | Burden of Life | Itsuko Kuriyama | 1935-12-10 |
Movie | Okoto and Sasuke | Okoto | 1935-06-15 |
Movie | Osayo koisugata | Osayo | 1934-09-14 |
Movie | My Elder Brother | Сумако | 1934-12-13 |
Movie | The Bride Talks in Her Sleep | Haruko, bride | 1933-01-14 |
Movie | The Dancing Girl of Izu | Kaoru, a dancer | 1933-02-01 |
Movie | Dragnet Girl | Tokiko | 1933-04-27 |
Movie | Woman of Tokyo | Harue | 1933-02-09 |
Movie | The Loyal 47 Ronin | Yae | 1932-03-01 |
Movie | Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? | Oshige | 1932-10-13 |
Movie | The Neighbour's Wife and Mine | Wife of the playwright | 1931-08-01 |
Movie | ABC Lifeline | 1931-12-12 | |
Movie | Marching On | 1930-03-07 | |
Movie | Young Lady | Kinuko | 1930-12-12 |
Movie | I Flunked, But... | Cafe's waitress | 1930-04-11 |
Movie | The Life of Workers in the Big City | 1929-05-18 | |
Movie | I Graduated, But... | Machiko Nomoto | 1929-09-06 |
Movie | The Age of Emotion | 1928-03-01 | |
Movie | Karabotan | 1926-08-30 |