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