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