From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kinuyo Tanaka (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 | Herself (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 | Sandakan No. 8 | Osaki as old woman | 1974-11-02 |
Movie | Red Beard | Madame Yasumoto | 1965-04-03 |
Movie | The Scent of Incense | 1964-05-24 | |
Movie | A Legend, or Was It? | Shizuko Sonobe | 1963-08-11 |
Movie | Alone Across the Pacific | Youth's Mother | 1963-10-27 |
Movie | A Wanderer's Notebook | Kishi, Fumiko's mother | 1962-09-29 |
Movie | The Fencing Master | 1962-09-30 | |
Movie | Her Brother | Mother | 1960-11-01 |
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 | 1957-02-27 | |
Movie | On This Earth | Omitsu, Heiichiro's mother | 1957-11-22 |
Movie | How Sorrowful | 1956-09-07 | |
Movie | Flowing | Rika Yamanaka / Oharu | 1956-11-20 |
Movie | The Storm | 1956-10-24 | |
Movie | The Moon Has Risen | The Maid | 1955-01-08 |
Movie | Forever a Woman | Neighbor's wife | 1955-11-23 |
Movie | Sansho the Bailiff | Tamaki | 1954-03-31 |
Movie | Five Sisters | 1954-06-08 | |
Movie | The Woman in the Rumor | Hatsuko Mabuchi | 1954-06-20 |
Movie | Sincere Heart | Kuniko Ariga | 1953-01-29 |
Movie | Where Chimneys Are Seen | Hiroko Ogata | 1953-03-05 |
Movie | Love Letter | 1953-12-13 | |
Movie | Ugetsu | Miyagi | 1953-03-26 |
Movie | The Life of Oharu | Oharu | 1952-04-17 |
Movie | Sisters of Nishijin | 1952-04-17 | |
Movie | Mother | Masako Fukuhara | 1952-06-12 |
Movie | Ginza Cosmetics | Yukiko Tsuji | 1951-04-14 |
Movie | The Lady of Musashino | Michiko Akiyama | 1951-09-14 |
Movie | Miss Oyu | Oyû Kayukawa | 1951-06-22 |
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 | 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 | A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo | Okinu | 1945-06-28 |
Movie | Victory Song | Woman who sings lullaby | 1945-02-22 |
Movie | Army | Waka | 1944-12-07 |
Movie | The Man Who Has Returned | 1944-07-20 | |
Movie | Miyamoto Musashi | Shinobu Nonomiya | 1944-12-29 |
Movie | Ornamental Hairpin | Emi | 1941-08-26 |
Movie | Okayo's Preparedness | Okayo | 1939-04-01 |
Movie | The Tree of Love | Katsue Takaishi | 1938-09-15 |
Movie | Song of the Flower Basket | Yoko Mori | 1937-01-14 |
Movie | Lady Doctor Kinuyo | Kinuyo Yamaoka | 1937-04-29 |
Movie | Men vs. Women | 1936-08-29 | |
Movie | The New Road: Akemi | 1936-11-30 | |
Movie | Okoto and Sasuke | Okoto | 1935-06-15 |
Movie | Burden of Life | Itsuko Kuriyama | 1935-12-10 |
Movie | Osayo koisugata | Osayo | 1934-09-14 |
Movie | My Elder Brother | Sumako | 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 | Woman of Tokyo | Harue | 1933-02-09 |
Movie | Dragnet Girl | Tokiko | 1933-04-27 |
Movie | The Loyal 47 Ronin | 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 | I Flunked, But... | Cafe's waitress | 1930-04-11 |
Movie | Marching On | 1930-03-07 | |
Movie | I Graduated, But... | Machiko Nomoto | 1929-09-06 |
Movie | The Age of Emotion | 1928-03-01 |
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