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Kinuyo Tanaka

Kinuyo Tanaka

Actor · Born 1909-11-28 · Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan

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Biography

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 seventeen years old, appearing in Heinosuke Gosho's An Embarrassing Dream in 1927. She proceeded to take leading parts in, among others, Yasujirō Ozu's I Graduated, But... in 1929, Gosho's Aiyoku no ki in 1930, and in 1931, Japan's first talkie, The Neighbor's Wife and Mine, directed by 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…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Ugetsu (1953) — Miyagi
  2. Sansho the Bailiff (1954) — Tamaki
  3. Red Beard (1965) — Madame Yasumoto
  4. The Life of Oharu (1952) — Oharu
  5. Equinox Flower (1958) — Kiyoko Hirayama
  6. The Ballad of Narayama (1958) — Orin
  7. Miss Oyu (1951) — Oyû Kayukawa
  8. A Hen in the Wind (1948) — Tokiko Amamiya
  9. The Woman in the Rumor (1954) — Hatsuko Mabuchi
  10. The Munekata Sisters (1950) — Setsuko Munekata
  11. Woman of Tokyo (1933) — Harue
  12. Flowing (1956) — Rika Yamanaka / Oharu
  13. Utamaro and His Five Women (1946) — Okita
  14. Forever a Woman (1955) — Neighbor's Wife
  15. Women of the Night (1948) — Fusako Owada
  16. Love Letter (1953) — Landlady
  17. Dragnet Girl (1933) — Tokiko
  18. I Graduated, But... (1929) — Machiko Nomoto
  19. The Moon Has Risen (1955) — Yoneya
  20. Ornamental Hairpin (1941) — Emi
  21. Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? (1932) — Oshige
  22. Mother (1952) — Masako Fukuhara
  23. The Lady of Musashino (1951) — Michiko Akiyama
  24. Sandakan No. 8 (1974) — Old Osaki
  25. Her Brother (1960) — Mother
  26. Army (1944) — Waka
  27. The Neighbour's Wife and Mine (1931) — Wife of the Playwright
  28. A Legend or Was It? (1963) — Shizuko Sonobe
  29. Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 (1949) — Oiwa / Osode
  30. I Flunked, But... (1930) — Cafe's Waitress
  31. Lullaby of the Earth (1976)
  32. Ginza Cosmetics (1951) — Yukiko Tsuji
  33. The Three Treasures (1959) — Princess Yamato
  34. Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 (1949) — Oiwa / Osode
  35. Where Chimneys Are Seen (1953) — Hiroko Ogata
  36. Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975) — Self
  37. Alone Across the Pacific (1963) — Youth's Mother
  38. A Wanderer's Notebook (1962) — Kishi, Fumiko's Mother
  39. Wedding Ring (1950) — Noriko Kuki
  40. Miyamoto Musashi (1944) — Shinobu Nonomiya

Directed

  1. Forever a Woman (1955) — Director
  2. Love Letter (1953) — Director
  3. Girls of the Night (1961) — Director
  4. The Moon Has Risen (1955) — Director
  5. Love Under the Crucifix (1962) — Director
  6. The Wandering Princess (1960) — Director