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  • BIRTH 28/11/1909
  • DEATH 21/03/1977
  • Country Japan
  • MOVIES 23
  • DIRECTOR 4

Kinuyo Tanaka

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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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Kinuyo Tanaka

Movies (23)

赤ひげ
赤ひげ
Madame Yasumoto
噂の女
噂の女
Hatsuko Mabuchi
生活線ABC
生活線ABC
放浪記
放浪記
Kishi, Fumiko's mother
花籠の歌
花籠の歌
Yoko
歌麿をめぐる五人の女
歌麿をめぐる五人の女
Okita
雨月物語
雨月物語
Miyagi
宗方姉妹
宗方姉妹
Setsuko Munekata
非常線の女
非常線の女
Tokiko
山椒大夫
山椒大夫
Tamaki
女優須磨子の恋
女優須磨子の恋
Sumako Matsui
西鶴一代女
西鶴一代女
Oharu
宮本武蔵
宮本武蔵
Shinobu Nonomiya
日本誕生
日本誕生
Princess Yamato
お遊さま
お遊さま
Oyû Kayukawa
夜の女たち
夜の女たち
Fusako Owada
流れる
流れる
Rika Yamanaka / Oharu
彼岸花
彼岸花
Kiyoko Hirayama
風の中の牝鶏
風の中の牝鶏
Tokiko Amamiya
楢山節考
楢山節考
Orin
武蔵野夫人
武蔵野夫人
Michiko Akiyama
わが恋は燃えぬ
わが恋は燃えぬ
Eiko Hirayama
乳房よ永遠なれ
乳房よ永遠なれ
Neighbor's wife

Director (4)

お吟さま
お吟さま
女ばかりの夜
女ばかりの夜
流転の王妃
流転の王妃
乳房よ永遠なれ
乳房よ永遠なれ