People
Kinuyo Tanaka
- Name: Kinuyo Tanaka
- Birthday: 1909-11-28
- Also known as: 다나카 키누요,کینو تاناکا
- Place of birth: Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
- Popularity: 0.101
Biography:
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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... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About as self (archive footage) | 2022-10-18 |
| The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka as Self (archive footage) | 2009-10-17 |
| Lullaby of the Earth | 1976-06-12 |
| Cape of the North as Old Nun | 1976-04-03 |
| Let's Go, Grandma! as Kiku Sasaki | 1975-07-12 |
| Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director | 1975-05-24 |
| Sandakan No. 8 as Old Osaki | 1974-11-02 |
| Sanbaba | 1974-06-01 |
| Tora-san's Dream-Come-True as the old family mistress | 1972-12-29 |
| Red Beard as Madame Yasumoto | 1965-04-03 |
| Kono sora no aru kagiri | 1964-11-14 |
| The Scent of Incense as Tsuna | 1964-05-24 |
| Bright Sea as Nobuko Yazaki | 1963-12-26 |
| Alone Across the Pacific as Youth's Mother | 1963-10-27 |
| A Legend, or Was It? as Shizuko Sonobe | 1963-08-11 |
| Double Wedding | 1963-07-13 |
| Mama, I Need You! | 1962-10-13 |
| The Fencing Master as Oharu | 1962-09-30 |
| A Wanderer's Notebook as Kishi, Fumiko's mother | 1962-09-29 |
| Wakarete ikiru toki mo as Michi's Mother | 1961-04-04 |
| Her Brother as Mother | 1960-11-01 |
| The Three Treasures as Princess Yamato | 1959-11-01 |
| Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka as Myokan | 1959-09-13 |
| Hahakogusa as Shige Ozawa | 1959-04-22 |
| The Eternal Rainbow as Fumi | 1958-10-28 |
| Equinox Flower as Kiyoko Hirayama | 1958-09-07 |
| The Ballad of Narayama as Orin | 1958-06-01 |
| Sorrow Is Only for Women | 1958-02-26 |
| On This Earth as Omitsu, Heiichiro's mother | 1957-11-22 |
| Geisha in the Old City as Oei | 1957-10-13 |
| Stepbrothers as Rie | 1957-06-25 |
| Yellow Crow as Yukiko Matsumoto | 1957-02-27 |
| Flowing as Rika Yamanaka / Oharu | 1956-11-20 |
| The Storm | 1956-10-24 |
| Women in Prison as Prison Warden | 1956-09-11 |
| How Sorrowful | 1956-09-07 |
| Confession | 1956-03-21 |
| Forever a Woman as Neighbor's wife | 1955-11-23 |
| Tsukiyo no kasa | 1955-08-21 |
| 少年死刑囚 | 1955-07-03 |
| (Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home as Oshige | 1955-06-21 |
| The Moon Has Risen as Yoneya | 1955-01-08 |
| The Woman in the Rumor as Hatsuko Mabuchi | 1954-06-20 |
| Five Sisters | 1954-06-08 |
| Sansho the Bailiff as Tamaki | 1954-03-31 |
| Love Letter as Landlady | 1953-12-13 |
| An Heir's Place as Hisa Hosho | 1953-06-03 |
| Ugetsu as Miyagi | 1953-03-26 |
| Where Chimneys Are Seen as Hiroko Ogata | 1953-03-05 |
| Sincere Heart as Kuniko | 1953-01-29 |
| Mother as Masako Fukuhara | 1952-06-12 |
| The Ataka Family as Kuniko Ataka | 1952-05-15 |
| The Life of Oharu as Oharu | 1952-04-17 |
| Sisters of Nishijin | 1952-04-17 |
| Story of Lightning | 1951-12-30 |
| The Lady of Musashino as Michiko Akiyama | 1951-09-14 |
| Miss Oyu as Oyû Kayukawa | 1951-06-22 |
| Ginza Cosmetics as Yukiko Tsuji | 1951-04-14 |
| The Inner Palace Conspiracy as Onaka | 1951-01-13 |
| The Munekata Sisters as Setsuko Munekata | 1950-08-08 |
| Wedding Ring as Noriko Kuki | 1950-07-01 |
| Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 as Oiwa / Osode | 1949-07-16 |
| Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 as Oiwa / Osode | 1949-07-05 |
| Flame of My Love as Eiko Hirayama | 1949-02-13 |
| A Hen in the Wind as Tokiko Amamiya | 1948-09-17 |
| Women of the Night as Fusako Owada | 1948-05-26 |
| Phoenix as Sayoko Aihara | 1947-12-11 |
| The Love of the Actress Sumako as Sumako Matsui | 1947-08-16 |
| Marriage as Fumie Matsukawa | 1947-03-18 |
| Utamaro and His Five Women as Okita | 1946-12-17 |
| Victory of Women as Hiroko Hosokawa | 1946-04-18 |
| A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo as Okinu | 1945-06-28 |
| Victory Song as Woman who sings lullaby | 1945-02-22 |
| Miyamoto Musashi as Shinobu Nonomiya | 1944-12-29 |
| Army as Waka | 1944-12-07 |
| The Man Who Has Returned | 1944-07-20 |
| Air Raid of the Enemy Plane | 1943-04-01 |
| Kaisen no Zenya | 1943-01-14 |
| A Certain Woman | 1942-10-29 |
| Record of a Woman Doctor | 1941-11-23 |
| Ornamental Hairpin as Emi | 1941-08-26 |
| Flower | 1941-07-15 |
| Let's Go in Good Spirits | 1941-05-01 |
| Okinu and Banto | 1940-12-31 |
| Osaka Woman | 1940-09-19 |
| Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru as Chiyo | 1940-04-17 |
| Kinuyo's First Love | 1940-03-31 |
| Weeds with flowers | 1939-06-15 |
| Zoku aizen katsura | 1939-05-05 |
| Spring Thunder | 1939-04-13 |
| Okayo's Preparedness as Okayo | 1939-04-01 |
| The Tree of Love as Katsue Takaishi | 1938-09-15 |
| Mother and Child as Chieko | 1938-07-01 |
| Banchō sarayashiki | 1937-11-01 |
| A Man's Recompense: Part 2 | 1937-08-24 |
| A Man's Recompense: Part 1 | 1937-08-13 |
| Lady Doctor Kinuyo as Kinuyo Yamaoka | 1937-04-29 |
| Song of the Flower Basket as Yoko | 1937-01-14 |
| The New Road: Ryota | 1936-12-16 |
| The New Road: Akemi | 1936-11-30 |
| Men vs. Women | 1936-08-29 |
| Burden of Life as Itsuko Kuriyama | 1935-12-10 |
| Okoto and Sasuke as Okoto | 1935-06-15 |
| An Innocent Maid as Oshige | 1935-01-20 |
| My Elder Brother as Sumako | 1934-12-13 |
| That Night's Woman | 1934-10-17 |
| Osayo koisugata as Osayo | 1934-09-14 |
| The Genealogy of Women as Otsuta | 1934-02-22 |
| Sôbô | 1933-12-07 |
| Dragnet Girl as Tokiko | 1933-04-27 |
| Woman of Tokyo as Harue | 1933-02-09 |
| The Dancing Girl of Izu as Kaoru, a dancer | 1933-02-01 |
| The Bride Talks in Her Sleep as Haruko, bride | 1933-01-14 |
| Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? as Oshige | 1932-10-13 |
| The Loyal 47 Ronin as Yae | 1932-03-01 |
| ABC Lifeline | 1931-12-12 |
| The Neighbour's Wife and Mine as Wife of the playwright | 1931-08-01 |
| Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2 | 1931-04-17 |
| Young Lady as Kinuko | 1930-12-12 |
| Youth, Why Do You Cry? | 1930-11-15 |
| I Flunked, But... as Cafe's waitress | 1930-04-11 |
| Marching On | 1930-03-07 |
| I Graduated, But... as Machiko Nomoto | 1929-09-06 |
| The Life of Workers in the Big City | 1929-05-18 |
| The Blacksmith of the Forest as Omitsu | 1929-01-05 |
| Riku no ôja | 1928-11-10 |
| The Age of Emotion | 1928-03-01 |
| The Village Bride | 1928-01-27 |
| Karabotan | 1926-08-30 |
