Kinuyo Tanaka
1909-11-28 ( 115 years old ) in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan

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.

Movies

Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About 2022-10-18
The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka 2009-10-17
Lullaby of the Earth 1976-06-12
Cape of the North 1976-04-03
Let's Go, Grandma! 1975-07-12
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director 1975-05-24
Sandakan No. 8 1974-11-02
Sanbaba 1974-06-01
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True 1972-12-29
Red Beard 1965-04-03
Kono sora no aru kagiri 1964-11-14
The Scent of Incense 1964-05-24
Bright Sea 1963-12-26
Alone Across the Pacific 1963-10-27
A Legend, or Was It? 1963-08-11
Double Wedding 1963-07-13
Mama, I Need You! 1962-10-13
The Fencing Master 1962-09-30
A Wanderer's Notebook 1962-09-29
Wakarete ikiru toki mo 1961-04-04
Her Brother 1960-11-01
The Three Treasures 1959-11-01
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka 1959-09-13
Hahakogusa 1959-04-22
The Eternal Rainbow 1958-10-28
Equinox Flower 1958-09-07
The Ballad of Narayama 1958-06-01
Sorrow Is Only for Women 1958-02-26
On This Earth 1957-11-22
Geisha in the Old City 1957-10-13
Stepbrothers 1957-06-25
Yellow Crow 1957-02-27
Flowing 1956-11-20
The Storm 1956-10-24
Women in Prison 1956-09-11
How Sorrowful 1956-09-07
Confession 1956-03-21
Forever a Woman 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 1955-06-21
The Moon Has Risen 1955-01-08
The Woman in the Rumor 1954-06-20
Five Sisters 1954-06-08
Sansho the Bailiff 1954-03-31
Love Letter 1953-12-13
An Heir's Place 1953-06-03
Ugetsu 1953-03-26
Where Chimneys Are Seen 1953-03-05
Sincere Heart 1953-01-29
Mother 1952-06-12
The Ataka Family 1952-05-15
The Life of Oharu 1952-04-17
Sisters of Nishijin 1952-04-17
Story of Lightning 1951-12-30
The Lady of Musashino 1951-09-14
Miss Oyu 1951-06-22
Ginza Cosmetics 1951-04-14
The Inner Palace Conspiracy 1951-01-13
The Munekata Sisters 1950-08-08
Wedding Ring 1950-07-01
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 1949-07-16
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 1949-07-05
Flame of My Love 1949-02-13
A Hen in the Wind 1948-09-17
Women of the Night 1948-05-26
Phoenix 1947-12-11
The Love of the Actress Sumako 1947-08-16
Marriage 1947-03-18
Utamaro and His Five Women 1946-12-17
Victory of Women 1946-04-18
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo 1945-06-28
Victory Song 1945-02-22
Miyamoto Musashi 1944-12-29
Army 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 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 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 1939-04-01
The Tree of Love 1938-09-15
Mother and Child 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 1937-04-29
Song of the Flower Basket 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 1935-12-10
Okoto and Sasuke 1935-06-15
An Innocent Maid 1935-01-20
My Elder Brother 1934-12-13
That Night's Woman 1934-10-17
Osayo koisugata 1934-09-14
The Genealogy of Women 1934-02-22
Sôbô 1933-12-07
Dragnet Girl 1933-04-27
Woman of Tokyo 1933-02-09
The Dancing Girl of Izu 1933-02-01
The Bride Talks in Her Sleep 1933-01-14
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? 1932-10-13
The Loyal 47 Ronin 1932-03-01
ABC Lifeline 1931-12-12
The Neighbour's Wife and Mine 1931-08-01
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2 1931-04-17
Young Lady 1930-12-12
Youth, Why Do You Cry? 1930-11-15
I Flunked, But... 1930-04-11
Marching On 1930-03-07
I Graduated, But... 1929-09-06
The Life of Workers in the Big City 1929-05-18
The Blacksmith of the Forest 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

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