
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 | Kinuyo Tanaka's New Departure | Herself (archive footage) | 2009-10-17 |
Movie | Lullaby of the Earth | 1976-06-12 | |
Movie | Cape of the North | Old Nun | 1976-04-03 |
Movie | Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director | 1975-05-24 | |
Movie | Sandakan No. 8 | Osaki as old woman | 1974-11-02 |
Movie | Sanbaba | 1974-06-01 | |
Movie | Red Beard | Madame Yasumoto | 1965-04-03 |
Movie | The Scent of Incense | 1964-05-24 | |
Movie | Legend of a Duel to the Death | Shizuko Sonobe | 1963-08-10 |
Movie | Alone on the Pacific | Youth's Mother | 1963-10-27 |
Movie | The Fencing Master | Oharu | 1962-09-30 |
Movie | A Wanderer's Notebook | Kishi, Fumiko's mother | 1962-09-29 |
Movie | Younger Brother | Mother | 1960-11-01 |
Movie | The Three Treasures | Princess Yamato | 1959-11-01 |
Movie | Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka | Myokan | 1959-09-13 |
Movie | The Eternal Rainbow | Fumi | 1958-10-28 |
Movie | Equinox Flower | Kiyoko Hirayama | 1958-09-07 |
Movie | The Ballad of Narayama | Orin | 1958-06-01 |
Movie | Yellow Crow | 1957-02-27 | |
Movie | On This Earth | Omitsu, Heiichiro's mother | 1957-11-22 |
Movie | Stepbrothers | 1957-06-25 | |
Movie | Flowing | Rika Yamanaka / Oharu | 1956-11-20 |
Movie | The Storm | 1956-10-24 | |
Movie | How Sorrowful | 1956-09-07 | |
Movie | The Eternal Breasts | Neighbor's wife | 1955-11-23 |
Movie | The Moon Has Risen | The Maid | 1955-01-08 |
Movie | The Woman in the Rumor | Hatsuko Mabuchi | 1954-06-20 |
Movie | Onna no koyomi | 1954-06-08 | |
Movie | Sansho the Bailiff | Tamaki | 1954-03-31 |
Movie | Sincere Heart | Kuniko Ariga | 1953-01-29 |
Movie | Love Letter | 1953-12-13 | |
Movie | Where Chimneys Are Seen | Hiroko Ogata | 1953-03-05 |
Movie | Ugetsu | Miyagi | 1953-03-26 |
Movie | Mother | Masako Fukuhara | 1952-06-12 |
Movie | The Ataka Family | Kuniko Ataka | 1952-05-15 |
Movie | Sisters of Nishijin | 1952-04-17 | |
Movie | The Life of Oharu | Oharu | 1952-01-01 |
Movie | The Lady of Musashino | Michiko Akiyama | 1951-09-14 |
Movie | Miss Oyu | Oyû Kayukawa | 1951-06-22 |
Movie | Ginza Cosmetics | Yukiko Tsuji | 1951-04-14 |
Movie | Wedding Ring | Noriko Kuki | 1950-07-01 |
Movie | The Munekata Sisters | Setsuko Munekata | 1950-08-08 |
Movie | Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 | Oiwa / Osode | 1949-07-16 |
Movie | Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 | Oiwa / Osode | 1949-07-05 |
Movie | Flame of My Love | Eiko Hirayama | 1949-02-13 |
Movie | A Hen in the Wind | Tokiko Amamiya | 1948-09-17 |
Movie | Women of the Night | Fusako Owada | 1948-05-26 |
Movie | Phoenix | Sayoko Aihara | 1947-12-11 |
Movie | The Love of the Actress Sumako | Sumako Matsui | 1947-08-16 |
Movie | Marriage | Fumie Matsukawa | 1947-03-18 |
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 | 1945-06-29 |
Movie | Victory Song | Woman who sings lullaby | 1945-02-22 |
Movie | Miyamoto Musashi | Shinobu Nonomiya | 1944-12-29 |
Movie | Army | Waka | 1944-12-07 |
Movie | The Man Who Has Returned | 1944-07-20 | |
Movie | Ornamental Hairpin | Emi | 1941-08-26 |
Movie | Record of a Woman Doctor | 1941-01-01 | |
Movie | 征戦愛馬譜 暁に祈る | Chiyo | 1940-04-17 |
Movie | Okayo's Preparedness | Okayo | 1939-04-01 |
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 Mori | 1937-01-14 |
Movie | The New Road | 1936-11-30 | |
Movie | Men vs. Women | 1936-08-29 | |
Movie | Burden of Life | Itsuko Kuriyama | 1935-12-10 |
Movie | Okoto and Sasuke | Okoto | 1935-04-01 |
Movie | My Elder Brother | Sumako | 1934-12-13 |
Movie | Osayo koisugata | Osayo | 1934-09-14 |
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 | Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? | Oshige | 1932-10-13 |
Movie | The Loyal 47 Ronin | 1932-03-01 | |
Movie | The Neighbor's Wife and Mine | Wife of the playwright | 1931-08-01 |
Movie | Seikatsu-sen ABC | 1931-01-02 | |
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 | 1928-01-03 |