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Actress:

• 1970s
• 1960s
• 1950s
• 1940s
• 1930s
• 1920s

1. Daichi no komoriuta (1976) .... Farmer
   ... aka Lullaby of the Earth (USA)
2. Kita no misaki - Cap du nord (1976) .... Old Nun
   ... aka Cape of North (USA: alternative transliteration)
3. Oreno yuku michi (1975) .... Kiku Sasaki
   ... aka Let's Go, Grandma! (USA)
4. Sandakan hachibanshokan bohkyo (1974) .... Osaki Yamakawa, as an old woman
   ... aka Brothel 8
   ... aka Brothel No. 8
   ... aka Sandakan 8 (USA)
   ... aka Sandakan House No. 8
   ... aka Sandakan No. 8
5. Sanbaba (1974) .... Taki Takeichi
   ... aka Three Old Ladies (USA)
6. Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro yumemakura (1972) .... Madame from a noble family
   ... aka Tora-san 10
   ... aka Tora-san's Dream-Come-True (USA)
7. "Momi no ki wa nokotta" (1970) TV series
   
   
8. Arupusu no wakadaishô (1966) .... Shinjiro
   ... aka It Started in the Alps
9. Akahige (1965) .... Madame Yasumoto, Noboru's mother
   ... aka Red Beard (International: English title: literal title)
10. Kono sora no aru kagiri (1964) .... Shizue Matsuzaki
11. Koge (1964) .... Tsuna
    ... aka The Scent of Incense (International: English title: informal title)
12. Hikaru umi (1963) .... Nobuko Yazaki
    ... aka Bright Sea
13. Taiheiyo hitori-botchi (1963) .... Youth's Mother
    ... aka Alone Across the Pacific
    ... aka Alone on the Pacific (USA)
    ... aka My Enemy the Sea
    ... aka The Enemy, the Sea (USA: festival title)
14. Shito no densetsu (1963) .... Shizuko Sonobe
    ... aka Legend of a Duel to the Death (International: English title: informal title)
15. Tateshi Danpei (1962) .... Oharu
    ... aka Fencing Master (International: English title)
16. Hourou-ki (1962) .... Kishi, Fumiko's mother
    ... aka A Wanderer's Notebook
    ... aka Drifting (Australia)
    ... aka Lonely Lane
17. Wakarete ikiru toki mo (1961) .... Michi's mother
    ... aka Eternity of Love
18. Otouto (1960) .... Mother
    ... aka Her Brother
    ... aka Younger Brother
    
    
19. Nippon tanjo (1959) .... Princess Yamato
    ... aka Age of the Gods
    ... aka Japan Birth
    ... aka Japan Is Born
    ... aka Nihon tanjô (Japan: alternative transliteration)
    ... aka The Birth of Japan
    ... aka The Three Treasures
20. Naniwa no koi no monogatari (1959) .... Myokan
    ... aka Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka (International: English title)
21. Taiyô ni somuku mono (1959) .... Fumi - Ichikawa's wife
22. Kono ten no niji (1958) .... Fumi
    ... aka The Eternal Rainbow (International: English title: informal title)
    ... aka The Rainbow of This Sky (International: English title: informal title)
23. Higanbana (1958) .... Kiyoko Hirayama
    ... aka Equinox Flower
24. Narayama bushiko (1958) .... Orin
    ... aka Ballad of Narayama (USA)
25. Kanashimi wa onna dakeni (1958) .... Hideyo
26. Chijo (1957) .... Omitsu, Heiichiro's mother
27. Kottaisan yori: Nyotai wa kanashiku (1957) .... Oei
    ... aka A Geisha in the Old City
28. Ibo kyoudai (1957) .... Rie, Kido's second wife
    ... aka Stepbrothers (International: English title)
29. Kiiroi karasu (1957) .... Yukiko Matsumoto
    ... aka Yellow Crow
30. Nagareru (1956) .... Rika Yamanaka / Oharu
    ... aka Flowing
31. Arashi (1956) .... Otoku, housekeeper
    ... aka The Storm
32. Jôshû to tomo ni (1956) .... Takehara, head of prison
    ... aka Women in Prison
33. Chibusa yo eien nare (1955) .... Neighbor's wife
    ... aka The Eternal Breasts
34. Osho ichidai (1955) .... Koharu Sakata
35. Shônen shikeishû (1955) .... Satoko Yamamoto
36. Wataridori itsu kaeru (1955) .... Oshige
    ... aka House of Many Pleasures (USA)
37. Tsuki wa noborinu (1955)
    ... aka The Moon Has Risen
38. Uwasa no onna (1954) .... Hatsuko Mabuchi
    ... aka The Crucified Woman
    ... aka The Woman in the Rumor (USA)
    ... aka The Woman of Rumour
39. Onna no koyomi (1954) .... Michi Saeki
40. Sanshô dayû (1954) .... Tamaki
    ... aka Legend of Bailiff Sansho (USA)
    ... aka Sansho the Bailiff (UK)
    ... aka The Bailiff (USA)
41. Koibumi (1953) .... Landlady
    ... aka Love Letter (International: English title)
42. Shishi no za (1953) .... Hisa Hôshô
    ... aka An Heir's Place (informal literal English title)
43. Ugetsu monogatari (1953) .... Miyagi
    ... aka Tales of Ugetsu (USA: literal English title)
    ... aka Tales of a Pale and Mysterious Moon After the Rain (informal literal English title)
    ... aka Ugetsu (USA: DVD box title)
44. Entotsu no mieru basho (1953) .... Hiroko Ogata
    ... aka The Four Chimneys
    ... aka Where Chimneys Are Seen
45. Magokoro (1953) .... Kuniko Ariga
    ... aka Sincerity
46. Himitsu (1952) .... Miyo Tajima
47. Okaasan (1952) .... Masako Fukuhara
    ... aka Mother (literal English title)
48. Nishijin no shimai (1952) .... Someka
    ... aka Sisters of Nishijin (International: English title)
49. Saikaku ichidai onna (1952) .... Oharu
    ... aka Diary of Oharu
    ... aka Saikaku: Life of a Woman (literal English title)
    ... aka The Life of Oharu
50. Inazuma sôshi (1951) .... Oyuki
51. Musashino fujin (1951) .... Michiko Akiyama
    ... aka Lady Musashino
    ... aka The Lady from Musashino (UK)
    ... aka The Lady of Musashino (UK: DVD title)
52. Oyû-sama (1951) .... Oyû Kayukawa
    ... aka Lady Ôyu (literal English title)
    ... aka Miss Oyu (USA)
53. Ginza gesho (1951) .... Yukiko
    ... aka Ginza Cosmetics (International: English title)
54. Oboro kago (1951)
55. Munekata kyoudai (1950) .... Setsuko Munekata
    ... aka The Munekata Sisters (International: English title)
56. Konyaku yubiwa (1950) .... Noriko Kuki
    ... aka An Engagement Ring (informal literal English title)
    ... aka Engage Ring (informal English title)
    
    
57. Mahiru no embukyoku (1949) .... Tsuruyo Amemiya
58. Yotsuya kaidan, Part II (1949) .... Oiwa / Osode
59. Yotsuya kaidan (1949)
    ... aka Ghost of Yotsuya
    ... aka The Yotsuda Phantom (USA)
    ... aka The Yotsuya Ghost Story
60. Waga koi wa moenu (1949) .... Eiko Hirayama
    ... aka Flame of My Love
    ... aka My Love Burns
    ... aka My Love Has Been Burning
61. Kaze no naka no mendori (1948) .... Tokiko Amamiya
    ... aka A Hen in the Wind
62. Yoru no onnatachi (1948) .... Fusako Owada
    ... aka Women of the Night
63. Fushicho (1947) .... Sayoko Aihara
    ... aka Phoenix (International: English title: informal title)
64. Joyû Sumako no koi (1947) .... Sumako Matsui
    ... aka The Love of Sumako the Actress
65. Kekkon (1947) .... Fumie Matsukawa
    ... aka Marriage (International: English title: informal title)
66. Utamaro o meguru gonin no onna (1946) .... Okita
    ... aka Five Women Around Utamaro
    ... aka Utamaro and His Five Women
67. Josei no shôri (1946) .... Hiroko Hosokawa
    ... aka The Victory of Women
    ... aka Women's Victory
68. Nikoniko taikai uta no hanakago (1946)
69. Sanjuusangen-dou, toushiya monogatari (1945) .... Okinu
    ... aka A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
70. Hisshoka (1945) .... Woman who sings lullaby
    ... aka Victory Song
71. Miyamoto Musashi (1944) .... Shinobu Nonomiya
    ... aka Musashi Miyamoto
    ... aka The Swordsman
72. Rikugun (1944) .... Waka
    ... aka The Army (informal literal English title)
73. Kaette kita otoko (1944) .... Hatsue Kotani
74. Danjuro sandai (1944) .... Okano
    ... aka Three Danjuros
    ... aka Three Generations of Danjuro
75. Aru onna (1942) .... Oshige
76. Kanzashi (1941) .... Emi
    ... aka Ornamental hairpin (International: English title)
77. Hana (1941)
78. Genkide yukôyo (1941)
79. Okinu to bantô (1940)
80. Butai sugata (1940) .... Okinu
81. Naniwa onna (1940) .... Ochika
    ... aka A Woman of Osaka (USA)
82. Kinuyo no hatsukoi (1940) .... Kinuyo Miyoshi
83. Aizen tsubaki (1940)
    
    
84. Aizen katsura - Kanketsu-hen (1939) .... Katsue Takaishi
85. Hana aru zassô (1939) .... Miss Natsuki
86. Zoku aizen katsura (1939) .... Katsue Takaishi
87. Shunrai (1939)
88. Okayo no kakugo (1939) .... Okayo
89. Shinshaku: Tôjin Okichi - Funshin-hen (1938)
90. Aizen katsura (1938) .... Katsue Takaishi
    ... aka The Tree of Love (International: English title)
    ... aka Tree of Promises (International: English title)
91. Joi Kinuyo sensei (1937) .... Kinuyo Yamaoka
92. Hana-kago no uta (1937) .... Yoko Mori
    ... aka Song of the Flower Basket
93. Shindo: Kohen Ryota no maki (1936) .... Akemi
94. Shindo: Zempen Akemi no maki (1936) .... Akemi Munakata
    ... aka New Way
95. Dansei tai josei (1936) .... Tokiko, Fujimura's daughter
96. Jinsei no onimotsu (1935) .... Itsuko Kuriyama
97. Shunkinsho: Okoto to Sasuke (1935) .... Okoto
    ... aka Okoto and Sasuke (International: English title: informal literal title)
98. Hakoiri musume (1935) .... Oshige
    ... aka An Innocent Maid
    ... aka The Young Virgin
99. Watashi no niisan (1934) .... Sumako
100. Sono yo no onna (1934)
     ... aka Woman of That Night (Japan: English title)
101. Osayo koisugata (1934) .... Osayo
102. Chijô no seiza - Kôhen: Seiza-hen (1934)
103. Chijô no seiza - Zempen: Chijô-hen (1934)
104. Sakura ondo (1934/I)
105. Onna keizu (1934) .... Otsuta
106. Sobo (1933) .... Yoshiko Migiwa
     ... aka Two Eyes
107. Seidon (1933) .... Fusako Hara
108. Hijosen no onna (1933) .... Tokiko
     ... aka Dragnet Girl
     ... aka Women on the Firing Line
109. Ôendanchô no koi (1933) .... Omitsu
110. Tokyo no onna (1933) .... Harue
     ... aka Woman of Tokyo
111. Koi no hana saku Izu no odoriko (1933) .... Kaoru, a dancer
     ... aka Izu no odoriko (Japan: short title)
112. Hanayome no negoto (1933) .... Haruko, bride
     ... aka The Bride Talks in Her Sleep
113. Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki (1932) .... Yae
     ... aka Genroku chushingura (Japan: alternative title)
     ... aka The Loyal Forty-Seven Ronin
     ... aka The Vengence of the Forty-Seven Ronin
114. Seishun no yume imaizuko (1932) .... Shigeko, bakery assistant
     ... aka Where Are the Dreams of Youth?
     ... aka Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth
115. Koi no Tokyo (1932)
116. Satsueijo romansu, renai annai (1932)
117. Taiyo wa higashi yori (1932) .... Miyoko
     ... aka The Sun Rise from the East (International: English title)
118. Ginza no yanagi (1932/I)
119. Niisan no baka (1932) .... Sister
120. Dai chûshingura (1932)
121. Seikatsu-sen ABC (1931) .... Fujie
     ... aka ABC Lifeline (International: English title)
122. Madamu to nyobo (1931) .... Wife of the playwright
     ... aka The Neighbor's Wife and Mine
123. Shimai kohen (1931)
     ... aka Sisters (Japan: English title)
124. Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are - Kohen: Beikoku hen (1931)
125. Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are - Zenpen: Nihon hen (1931) .... Mayumi
126. Ojosan (1930) .... Kinuko
     ... aka Young Miss
127. Aiyoku no ki (1930)
128. Kinuyo monogatari (1930)
129. Daitokai: Bakuhatsu-hen (1930)
130. Hohoemu jinsei (1930)
131. Rakudai wa shita keredo (1930) .... Cafe's waitress
     ... aka I Flunked But...
132. Shingun (1930) .... Toshiko Yamamoto
     ... aka The Army Advances (International: English title)
     
     
133. Oyaji to sono ko (1929)
134. Daigaku wa deta keredo (1929) .... Machiko Nomoto
     ... aka I Graduated But...
135. Daitokai: Rôdô-hen (1929) .... Okimi
     ... aka The Life of Workers in the Big City (International: English title)
136. Kare to jinsei (1929)
     ... aka He and Life (International: English title: literal title)
137. Mori no kajiya (1929) .... Omitsu
138. Riku no ôja (1928) .... Namiko
139. Hito no yo no sugata (1928)
140. Kangeki jidai (1928)
     ... aka The Age of Emotion (International: English title: literal title)
141. Mura no hanayome (1928) .... Okinu
142. Moshimo kanojo ga (1928)
143. Kaikokuki (1928) .... Oaki
     ... aka Tales from a Country by the Sea
144. Hazukashii yume (1927)
145. Kanojo (1926)
146. Honryu (1926)
147. Machi no hitobito (1926)
148. Mura no bokujo (1924) .... Oharu
     

Director:

• 1960s
• 1950s

1. Oginsama (1962)
   ... aka Love Under the Crucifix (USA)
2. Onna bakari no yoru (1961)
   ... aka Girl of Dark (International: English title)
   ... aka Girls of the Night (USA: informal title)
3. Ruten no ôhi (1960)
   ... aka The Wandering Princess (International: English title)
   
   
4. Chibusa yo eien nare (1955)
   ... aka The Eternal Breasts
5. Tsuki wa noborinu (1955)
   ... aka The Moon Has Risen
6. Koibumi (1953)
   ... aka Love Letter (International: English title)
   

Self:

• 1970s
• 1950s

1. Aru eiga-kantoku no shogai (1975) .... Herself
   ... aka Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (USA)
   
   
2. Watashi wa josei no. 1 (1950) .... Herself
   

Archive Footage:

1. Tanaka Kinuyo no tabidachi - Senryôka no nichibei shinzen geijutsu shisetsu (2009) (V) .... Herself
2. Kenji Mizoguchi: Beyond the Time (2006) (TV) .... Herself