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Kinuyo Tanaka‌

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Birthday

calendar1909-11-28

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Kinuyo Tanaka

Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

Kinuyo Tanaka

Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1909-11-28

Popularity

star3.3

Biography

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 Credits

Cape of the North

Cape of the North‌
star0.0
calendar 1976

Sansho the Bailiff

Sansho the Bailiff‌
star8.1
calendar 1954

Sandakan No. 8

Sandakan No. 8‌
star7.6
calendar 1974

Equinox Flower

Equinox Flower‌
star7.5
calendar 1958

Kaisen no Zenya

Kaisen no Zenya‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

Mother

Mother‌
star6.8
calendar 1952

The Life of Oharu

The Life of Oharu‌
star7.8
calendar 1952

The Love of the Actress Sumako

The Love of the Actress Sumako‌
star6.8
calendar 1947

Miss Oyu

Miss Oyu‌
star7.2
calendar 1951

The Woman in the Rumor

The Woman in the Rumor‌
star7.4
calendar 1954

Flowing

Flowing‌
star7.1
calendar 1956

Kono sora no aru kagiri

Kono sora no aru kagiri‌
star0.0
calendar 1964

The Munekata Sisters

The Munekata Sisters‌
star6.9
calendar 1950

Zoku aizen katsura

Zoku aizen katsura‌
star0.0
calendar 1939

Alone Across the Pacific

Alone Across the Pacific‌
star6.9
calendar 1963

Women of the Night

Women of the Night‌
star7.2
calendar 1948

Miyamoto Musashi

Miyamoto Musashi‌
star6.1
calendar 1944

Utamaro and His Five Women

Utamaro and His Five Women‌
star7.1
calendar 1946

Her Brother

Her Brother‌
star7.0
calendar 1960

Flame of My Love

Flame of My Love‌
star5.6
calendar 1949

Woman of Tokyo

Woman of Tokyo‌
star6.8
calendar 1933

Phoenix

Phoenix‌
star6.0
calendar 1947

Bright Sea

Bright Sea‌
star0.0
calendar 1963

Ornamental Hairpin

Ornamental Hairpin‌
star6.4
calendar 1941

Sincere Heart

Sincere Heart‌
star6.2
calendar 1953

The Village Bride

The Village Bride‌
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calendar 1928

Riku no ôja

Riku no ôja‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo

A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo‌
star5.8
calendar 1945

Karabotan

Karabotan‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

The Life of Workers in the Big City

The Life of Workers in the Big City‌
star0.0
calendar 1929

The Ballad of Narayama

The Ballad of Narayama‌
star7.4
calendar 1958

A Wanderer's Notebook

A Wanderer's Notebook‌
star7.2
calendar 1962

The Neighbour's Wife and Mine

The Neighbour's Wife and Mine‌
star6.5
calendar 1931

The Dancing Girl of Izu

The Dancing Girl of Izu‌
star6.5
calendar 1933

A Legend, or Was It?

A Legend, or Was It?‌
star6.4
calendar 1963

Burden of Life

Burden of Life‌
star6.4
calendar 1935

Army

Army‌
star7.2
calendar 1944

Youth, Why Do You Cry?

Youth, Why Do You Cry?‌
star0.0
calendar 1930

The Three Treasures

The Three Treasures‌
star5.4
calendar 1959

The Eternal Rainbow

The Eternal Rainbow‌
star6.3
calendar 1958

Banchô sarayashiki

Banchô sarayashiki‌
star0.0
calendar 1937

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2‌
star0.0
calendar 1931

Wedding Ring

Wedding Ring‌
star6.6
calendar 1950

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1‌
star6.7
calendar 1949

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2‌
star6.7
calendar 1949

A Man's Recompense: Part 1

A Man's Recompense: Part 1‌
star0.0
calendar 1937

A Man's Recompense: Part 2

A Man's Recompense: Part 2‌
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calendar 1937

Flower

Flower‌
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calendar 1941

A Certain Woman

A Certain Woman‌
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calendar 1942

The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka

The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka‌
star4.0
calendar 2009

Forever a Woman

Forever a Woman‌
star7.4
calendar 1955

The Moon Has Risen

The Moon Has Risen‌
star6.8
calendar 1955

Record of a Woman Doctor

Record of a Woman Doctor‌
star6.0
calendar 1941

Okoto and Sasuke

Okoto and Sasuke‌
star6.7
calendar 1935

An Heir's Place

An Heir's Place‌
star0.0
calendar 1953

Victory of Women

Victory of Women‌
star6.5
calendar 1946

Five Sisters

Five Sisters‌
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calendar 1954

Yellow Crow

Yellow Crow‌
star5.8
calendar 1957

I Graduated, But...

I Graduated, But...‌
star5.7
calendar 1929

The Scent of Incense

The Scent of Incense‌
star7.2
calendar 1964

ABC Lifeline

ABC Lifeline‌
star6.1
calendar 1931

The New Road: Akemi

The New Road: Akemi‌
star7.0
calendar 1936

Wakarete ikiru toki mo

Wakarete ikiru toki mo‌
star0.0
calendar 1961

Hahakogusa

Hahakogusa‌
star0.0
calendar 1959

The Storm

The Storm‌
star9.0
calendar 1956

Where Chimneys Are Seen

Where Chimneys Are Seen‌
star6.4
calendar 1953

Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About

Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About‌
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calendar 2022

Marching On

Marching On‌
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calendar 1930

The Man Who Has Returned

The Man Who Has Returned‌
star0.0
calendar 1944

I Flunked, But...

I Flunked, But...‌
star6.1
calendar 1930

Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?

Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?‌
star6.4
calendar 1932

Dragnet Girl

Dragnet Girl‌
star6.7
calendar 1933

Okayo's Preparedness

Okayo's Preparedness‌
star7.0
calendar 1939

Red Beard

Red Beard‌
star8.1
calendar 1965

Mama, I Need You!

Mama, I Need You!‌
star0.0
calendar 1962

(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home

(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home‌
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calendar 1955

Osayo koisugata

Osayo koisugata‌
star0.0
calendar 1934

The Bride Talks in Her Sleep

The Bride Talks in Her Sleep‌
star0.0
calendar 1933

Lullaby of the Earth

Lullaby of the Earth‌
star6.5
calendar 1976

The Loyal 47 Ronin

The Loyal 47 Ronin‌
star0.0
calendar 1932

Ginza Cosmetics

Ginza Cosmetics‌
star5.8
calendar 1951

The Inner Palace Conspiracy

The Inner Palace Conspiracy‌
star0.0
calendar 1951

The Tree of Love

The Tree of Love‌
star6.5
calendar 1938

Tsukiyo no kasa

Tsukiyo no kasa‌
star0.0
calendar 1955

The Lady of Musashino

The Lady of Musashino‌
star6.4
calendar 1951

Marriage

Marriage‌
star7.0
calendar 1947

Sôbô

Sôbô‌
star0.0
calendar 1933

Geisha in the Old City

Geisha in the Old City‌
star0.0
calendar 1957

Love Letter

Love Letter‌
star6.8
calendar 1953

How Sorrowful

How Sorrowful‌
star0.0
calendar 1956

The Ataka Family

The Ataka Family‌
star5.5
calendar 1952

The Fencing Master

The Fencing Master‌
star5.5
calendar 1962

The Genealogy of Women

The Genealogy of Women‌
star0.0
calendar 1934

Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka

Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka‌
star5.7
calendar 1959

The Age of Emotion

The Age of Emotion‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

Victory Song

Victory Song‌
star5.2
calendar 1945

My Elder Brother

My Elder Brother‌
star6.0
calendar 1934

On This Earth

On This Earth‌
star0.0
calendar 1957

Lady Doctor Kinuyo

Lady Doctor Kinuyo‌
star4.6
calendar 1937

Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru

Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

Song of the Flower Basket

Song of the Flower Basket‌
star0.0
calendar 1937

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director‌
star6.8
calendar 1975

Men vs. Women

Men vs. Women‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

Sisters of Nishijin

Sisters of Nishijin‌
star8.0
calendar 1952

Sanbaba

Sanbaba‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

Stepbrothers

Stepbrothers‌
star7.0
calendar 1957

An Innocent Maid

An Innocent Maid‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

Young Lady

Young Lady‌
star0.0
calendar 1930

A Hen in the Wind

A Hen in the Wind‌
star6.9
calendar 1948

Women in Prison

Women in Prison‌
star1.0
calendar 1956

Ugetsu

Ugetsu‌
star8.0
calendar 1953

Double Wedding

Double Wedding‌
star0.0
calendar 1963

Sorrow Is Only for Women

Sorrow Is Only for Women‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

Tora-san's Dream-Come-True

Tora-san's Dream-Come-True‌
star7.6
calendar 1972

Air Raid of the Enemy Plane

Air Raid of the Enemy Plane‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

Spring Thunder

Spring Thunder‌
star0.0
calendar 1939

Confession

Confession‌
star0.0
calendar 1956

The New Road: Ryota

The New Road: Ryota‌
star8.0
calendar 1936

The Blacksmith of the Forest

The Blacksmith of the Forest‌
star0.0
calendar 1929

Let's Go in Good Spirits

Let's Go in Good Spirits‌
star0.0
calendar 1941

Let's Go, Grandma!

Let's Go, Grandma!‌
star0.0
calendar 1975

Mother and Child

Mother and Child‌
star0.0
calendar 1938

Kinuyo's First Love

Kinuyo's First Love‌
star6.0
calendar 1940

Osaka Woman

Osaka Woman‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

Weeds with flowers

Weeds with flowers‌
star0.0
calendar 1939

Okinu and Banto

Okinu and Banto‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

That Night's Woman

That Night's Woman‌
star0.0
calendar 1934

Story of Lightning

Story of Lightning‌
star0.0
calendar 1951

Tv Credits

Mominoki wa Nokotta

Mominoki wa Nokotta‌
star0.0
calendar 1970