Tanie Kitabayashi
Tanie Kitabayashi (北林谷栄, Kitabayashi Tanie, May 21, 1911 – April 27, 2010) was a Japanese actress and voice actress. Born Reiko Ando in Tokyo, she began as a stage actress. Early in her career, she became well known for portraying older women. Kitabayashi was a founding member of the famed Mingei Theatre, founded in 1950. In 1960, she won best actress awards at the 10th Blue Ribbon Awards and at the Mainichi Film Awards for Kiku to Isamu. She also won the Japan Academy Prize for best actress in Rainbow Kids (1991), a film that also earned her honors from the Mainichi Film Awards and from Kinema Junpo. She died on April 27, 2010, of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital. She was 98.
Acted in
Resurrection
2003
as Saki Naito
Letter from the Mountain
2002
as Oume
Rainbow Kids
1991
as Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa
Rikyu
1989
as Mother
My Neighbor Totoro
1988
as Granny (voice)
Twilight of the Cockroaches
1987
as Torah (voice)
The Burmese Harp
1985
as Old Woman
Love: Starting on a Journey
1985
Haze of Love
1985
Dangerous Women
1985
as Mrs. Kinumura
White Snake Enchantment
1983
as Tane
Our Teacher
1983
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983
Amagi Pass
1983
as Tea house's old woman
Suspicion
1982
as Harue Shirakawa
Station
1981
as Masayo Mikami
Call from Darkness
1981
as Sukeno
Writhing Tongue
1980
as Akira's mother
Gassan
1979
The Three Undelivered Letters
1979
Nomugi Pass
1979
Never Give Up
1978
as Kiyo Matsushita
Proof of the Man
1977
The Wild Daisy
1977
as Tamiko's Grandmother
The Possessed
1976
The Sea of Eden
1976
Kobayashi Takiji
1974
Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte
1972
as Moko's mother
The Golden Bat Shows Up
1972
My Voiceless Friends
1972
Price of Life
1971
as Tome
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 3 - The Mysterious Haunted Mansion
1971
Patience Has An End
1971
A Woman Called En
1971
Mayuko hitori
1971
as 加野のぶ
Pure Land, Poisoned Sea
1970
as Goze / Narrator (voice)
おくさまは18歳
1970
as Asuka's grandmother
The Little Hero
1970
Oh, My Comrade!
1970
as Harumi
Terror in the Streets
1970
as Shino
River Without a Bridge Part 2
1970
Apart from Life
1970
as Matsuko Fukuji
Heat Wave Island
1969
Thousand Cranes
1969
as Toyo
River Without a Bridge
1969
The Human Bullet
1968
The Final Winner?
1968
The Sands of Kurobe
1968
Dorei kōjō
1968
The Greatest Challenge of All
1967
Song of Love
1967
as Orin
Journey to the North
1967
as Hana Kanai
Wrath of Daimajin
1966
as Old Woman Kane
A Windmill, Tulips and Love
1966
Blood and Sea
1965
A Chain of Islands
1965
as Kikuko Sasaki
Tale of Japanese Burglars
1965
as Hayashida's mother
The Start of Life
1965
as Tomi Ishiguro
Gazing at Love and Death
1964
Intentions of Murder
1964
as Kinu Takahashi
A Story from Echigo
1964
The Long Death
1964
Only on Mondays
1964
as Yuka's mother
Welcome, My Baby
1964
as Yuki Nishizaka
The Insect Woman
1963
as Madam
The Third Will
1963
as Kimie
Bad Girl
1963
All My Children
1963
as Fusakichi's mother
Beyond the Green Hills
1963
as Shiraki, Teacher
Children of Izu
1962
Ashita au hito
1962
Asu no hanayome
1962
The Young and Bad
1962
Red Bud and White Flower
1962
Foundry Town
1962
as Ume
Dolls floating down the river
1962
as Fuku
Ningen Gari
1962
Nippon no obaachan
1962
as Kumi
Buddha
1961
as Sumi
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
Enraptured
1961
Blind Devotion
1961
as Saoko
Marriageable Age
1961
The Sun's Burial
1960
as Chika, Batasuke's wife
Bonchi
1960
The Human Wall
1959
Odd Obsession
1959
as Hana
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
1959
as Grandma Shigeko
Musume no boken
1958
Conflagration
1958
as Aki, Goichi's mother
Stakeout
1958
Chance Meeting
1958
as Tetsu Koyanagi
The Flesh Is Weak
1957
as Doctor
Hole in One
1957
as Suga Akabane
Actress
1956
Saigo no sentō-ki
1956
Summer Storm
1956
as Mitsu Asai
The Shadow of Fear
1956
How Sorrowful
1956
Our Town
1956
as Otaka
Shiawase wa doko ni
1956
as Kane
Darkness at Noon
1956
as Satoe Miyazaki
Jigoku no hatoba
1956
Love is Lost
1956
as Nobuyo
The Burmese Harp
1956
The Motherless
1955
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955
The Dawn of Judo
1955
A Hole of My Own Making
1955
The Heart
1955
as Hioki's mother
The Wolves
1955
The Maid's Kid
1955
Ghost Story of Youth
1955
as Nanny at Okumura's
A Billionaire
1954
The Valley Between Love and Death
1954
as Tetsu Ishida
The Street Without Sun
1954
as Aunt of Matsutaro
Tomoshibi
1954
Jūdai no yūwaku
1953
Before Dawn
1953
as Ofuki
A Japanese Tragedy
1953
as Ichizo's wife
Yokubo
1953
Miniature
1953
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
1953
as Ohana
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952
Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to
1952
as Aunt Otora
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
1952
as Fusako Kawai
Beauty and the Thief
1952
as Mrs. Inokuma
Children of Hiroshima
1952
as Otoyo
Farewell to Spring
1952
as Old woman
Become a Mother, Become a Woman
1952
as Hide
The Bitch
1951
as Tami
限りなき情熱
1951
男の哀愁
1951
Koibito
1951
as Mrs. Saeki
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950
White Beast
1950
Scandal
1950
as Yasu Hiruta
Learn from Experience, Part Two
1937