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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kinuyo Tanaka, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2022 · Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About as self (archive footage)
- 2009 · The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka as Self (archive footage)
- 1976 · Lullaby of the Earth as
- 1976 · Cape of the North as Old Nun
- 1975 · Let's Go, Grandma! as Kiku Sasaki
- 1975 · Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director as
- 1974 · Sandakan No. 8 as Old Osaki
- 1974 · Sanbaba as
- 1972 · Tora-san's Dream-Come-True as the old family mistress
- 1970 · Mominoki wa Nokotta as Tsuta
- 1965 · Red Beard as Madame Yasumoto
- 1964 · Kono sora no aru kagiri as
- 1964 · The Scent of Incense as Tsuna
- 1963 · Bright Sea as Nobuko Yazaki
- 1963 · Alone Across the Pacific as Youth's Mother
- 1963 · A Legend, or Was It? as Shizuko Sonobe
- 1963 · Double Wedding as
- 1962 · Mama, I Need You! as
- 1962 · The Fencing Master as Oharu
- 1962 · A Wanderer's Notebook as Kishi, Fumiko's mother
- 1961 · Wakarete ikiru toki mo as Michi's Mother
- 1960 · Her Brother as Mother
- 1959 · The Three Treasures as Princess Yamato
- 1959 · Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka as Myokan
- 1959 · Hahakogusa as Shige Ozawa
- 1958 · The Eternal Rainbow as Fumi
- 1958 · Equinox Flower as Kiyoko Hirayama
- 1958 · The Ballad of Narayama as Orin
- 1958 · Sorrow Is Only for Women as
- 1957 · On This Earth as Omitsu, Heiichiro's mother
- 1957 · Geisha in the Old City as Oei
- 1957 · Stepbrothers as Rie
- 1957 · Yellow Crow as Yukiko Matsumoto
- 1956 · Flowing as Rika Yamanaka / Oharu
- 1956 · The Storm as
- 1956 · Women in Prison as Prison Warden
- 1956 · How Sorrowful as
- 1956 · Confession as
- 1955 · Forever a Woman as Neighbor's wife
- 1955 · Tsukiyo no kasa as
- 1955 · (Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home as Oshige
- 1955 · The Moon Has Risen as Yoneya
- 1954 · The Woman in the Rumor as Hatsuko Mabuchi
- 1954 · Five Sisters as
- 1954 · Sansho the Bailiff as Tamaki
- 1953 · Love Letter as Landlady
- 1953 · An Heir's Place as Hisa Hosho
- 1953 · Ugetsu as Miyagi
- 1953 · Where Chimneys Are Seen as Hiroko Ogata
- 1953 · Sincere Heart as Kuniko
- 1952 · Mother as Masako Fukuhara
- 1952 · The Ataka Family as Kuniko Ataka
- 1952 · The Life of Oharu as Oharu
- 1952 · Sisters of Nishijin as
- 1951 · Story of Lightning as
- 1951 · The Lady of Musashino as Michiko Akiyama
- 1951 · Miss Oyu as Oyû Kayukawa
- 1951 · Ginza Cosmetics as Yukiko Tsuji
- 1951 · The Inner Palace Conspiracy as Onaka
- 1950 · The Munekata Sisters as Setsuko Munekata
- 1950 · Wedding Ring as Noriko Kuki
- 1949 · Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 as Oiwa / Osode
- 1949 · Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 as Oiwa / Osode
- 1949 · Flame of My Love as Eiko Hirayama
- 1948 · A Hen in the Wind as Tokiko Amamiya
- 1948 · Women of the Night as Fusako Owada
- 1947 · Phoenix as Sayoko Aihara
- 1947 · The Love of the Actress Sumako as Sumako Matsui
- 1947 · Marriage as Fumie Matsukawa
- 1946 · Utamaro and His Five Women as Okita
- 1946 · Victory of Women as Hiroko Hosokawa
- 1945 · A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo as Okinu
- 1945 · Victory Song as Woman who sings lullaby
- 1944 · Miyamoto Musashi as Shinobu Nonomiya
- 1944 · Army as Waka
- 1944 · The Man Who Has Returned as
- 1943 · Air Raid of the Enemy Plane as
- 1943 · Kaisen no Zenya as
- 1942 · A Certain Woman as
- 1941 · Record of a Woman Doctor as
- 1941 · Ornamental Hairpin as Emi
- 1941 · Flower as
- 1941 · Let's Go in Good Spirits as
- 1940 · Okinu and Banto as
- 1940 · Osaka Woman as
- 1940 · Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru as Chiyo
- 1940 · Kinuyo's First Love as
- 1939 · Weeds with flowers as
- 1939 · Zoku aizen katsura as
- 1939 · Spring Thunder as
- 1939 · Okayo's Preparedness as Okayo
- 1938 · The Tree of Love as Katsue Takaishi
- 1938 · Mother and Child as Chieko
- 1937 · Banchô sarayashiki as
- 1937 · A Man's Recompense: Part 2 as
- 1937 · A Man's Recompense: Part 1 as
- 1937 · Lady Doctor Kinuyo as Kinuyo Yamaoka
- 1937 · Song of the Flower Basket as Yoko
- 1936 · The New Road: Ryota as
- 1936 · The New Road: Akemi as
- 1936 · Men vs. Women as
- 1935 · Burden of Life as Itsuko Kuriyama
- 1935 · Okoto and Sasuke as Okoto
- 1935 · An Innocent Maid as Oshige
- 1934 · My Elder Brother as Сумако
- 1934 · That Night's Woman as
- 1934 · Osayo koisugata as Osayo
- 1934 · The Genealogy of Women as Otsuta
- 1933 · Sôbô as
- 1933 · Dragnet Girl as Tokiko
- 1933 · Woman of Tokyo as Harue
- 1933 · The Dancing Girl of Izu as Kaoru, a dancer
- 1933 · The Bride Talks in Her Sleep as Haruko, bride
- 1932 · Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? as Oshige
- 1932 · The Loyal 47 Ronin as Yae
- 1931 · ABC Lifeline as
- 1931 · The Neighbour's Wife and Mine as Wife of the playwright
- 1931 · Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2 as
- 1930 · Young Lady as Kinuko
- 1930 · Youth, Why Do You Cry? as
- 1930 · I Flunked, But... as Cafe's waitress
- 1930 · Marching On as
- 1929 · I Graduated, But... as Machiko Nomoto
- 1929 · The Life of Workers in the Big City as
- 1929 · The Blacksmith of the Forest as Omitsu
- 1928 · Riku no ôja as
- 1928 · The Age of Emotion as
- 1928 · The Village Bride as
- 1926 · Karabotan as