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Kinuyo Tanaka (1910–1977)

Actress | Director

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Was the first Japanese woman director See more trivia »

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in Yamaguchi, Japan

Died:

(age 66) in Japan
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1976 Lullaby of the Earth
Farmer
 
1976 Kita no misaki - Cap du nord
Old Nun
 
1975 Let's Go, Grandma!
Kiku Sasaki
 
1974 Sandakan 8
Osaki Yamakawa, as an old woman
 
1974 Three Old Ladies
Taki Takeichi
 
1972 Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
Madame from a noble family
 
1970 Momi no ki wa nokotta (TV series)
 
1967 Momotarô-zamurai (TV series)
 
1966 Arupusu no wakadaishô
Shinjiro
 
1965 Red Beard
Madame Yasumoto, Noboru's mother
 
1964 Kono sora no aru kagiri
Shizue Matsuzaki
 
1964 The Scent of Incense
Tsuna
 
1963 Hikaru umi
Nobuko Yazaki
 
1963 Alone on the Pacific
Youth's Mother
 
1963 Legend of a Duel to the Death
Shizuko Sonobe
 
1962 Kaasan nagaiki shitene
 
1962 Fencing Master
Oharu
 
1962 A Wanderer's Notebook
Kishi, Fumiko's mother
 
1961 Wakarete ikiru toki mo
Michi's mother
 
1960 Younger Brother
Mother
 
1959 Nippon tanjô
Princess Yamato
 
1959 Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Myokan
 
1959 Taiyô ni somuku mono
Fumi - Ichikawa's wife
 
1959 Hahakogusa
Shige Ozawa
 
1958 The Eternal Rainbow
Fumi
 
1958 Equinox Flower
Kiyoko Hirayama
 
1958 Ballad of Narayama
Orin
 
1958 Kanashimi wa onna dakeni
Hideyo
 
1957 Chijo
Omitsu, Heiichiro's mother
 
1957 Kottaisan yori: Nyotai wa kanashiku
Oei
 
1957 Stepbrothers
Rie, Kido's second wife
 
1957 Kiiroi karasu
Yukiko Matsumoto
 
1956 Flowing
Rika Yamanaka / Oharu
 
1956 Arashi
Otoku, housekeeper
 
1956 Jôshû to tomo ni
Takehara, head of prison
 
1956 Iro zange
Oyae
 
1955 Chibusa yo eien nare
Neighbor's wife
 
1955 Osho ichidai
Koharu Sakata
 
1955 Tsukiyo no kasa
Ritsuko Kotani
 
1955 Shônen shikeishû
Satoko Yamamoto
 
1955 House of Many Pleasures
Oshige
 
1955 Tsuki wa noborinu
 
1954 The Woman in the Rumor
Hatsuko Mabuchi
 
1954 Onna no koyomi
Michi Saeki
 
1954 Sansho the Bailiff
Tamaki
 
1953 Love Letter
Landlady
 
1953 Shishi no za
Hisa Hôshô
 
1953 Ugetsu
Miyagi
 
1953 Where Chimneys Are Seen
Hiroko Ogata
 
1953 Sincerity
Kuniko Ariga
 
1952 Himitsu
Miyo Tajima
 
1952 Mother
Masako Fukuhara
 
1952 Sisters of Nishijin
Someka
 
1952 The Life of Oharu
Oharu
 
1951 Inazuma sôshi
Oyuki
 
1951 The Lady of Musashino
Michiko Akiyama
 
1951 Miss Oyu
Oyû Kayukawa
 
1951 Ginza Cosmetics
Yukiko Tsuji
 
1951 Oboro kago
 
1950 The Munekata Sisters
Setsuko Munekata
 
1950 An Engagement Ring
Noriko Kuki
 
1949 Mahiru no embukyoku
Tsuruyo Amemiya
 
1949 Yotsuya kaidan, Part II
Oiwa / Osode
 
1949 The Yotsuda Phantom
 
1949 Flame of My Love
Eiko Hirayama
 
1948 A Hen in the Wind
Tokiko Amamiya
 
1948 Women of the Night
Fusako Owada
 
1947 Phoenix
Sayoko Aihara
 
1947 Joyû Sumako no koi
Sumako Matsui
 
1947 Marriage
Fumie Matsukawa
 
1946 Utamaro and His Five Women
Okita
 
1946 Josei no shôri
Hiroko Hosokawa
 
1946 Nikoniko taikai uta no hanakago
 
1945 Sanjûsangen-dô, tôshiya monogatari
Okinu
 
1945 Victory Song
Woman who sings lullaby
 
1944 Miyamoto Musashi
Shinobu Nonomiya
 
1944 The Army
Waka
 
1944 Kaette kita otoko
Hatsue Kotani
 
1944 Danjuro sandai
Okano
 
1942 Aru onna
Oshige
 
1941 Ornamental Hairpin
Emi
 
1941 Hana
 
1941 Genkide yukôyo
 
1940 Okinu to bantô
 
1940 Butai sugata
Okinu
 
1940 A Woman of Osaka
Ochika
 
1940 Kinuyo no hatsukoi
Kinuyo Miyoshi
 
1940 Aizen tsubaki
 
1939 Aizen katsura - Kanketsu-hen
Katsue Takaishi
 
1939 Hana aru zassô
Miss Natsuki
 
1939 Zoku aizen katsura
Katsue Takaishi
 
1939 Shunrai
 
1939 Okayo no kakugo
Okayo
 
1938 Shinshaku: Tôjin Okichi - Funshin-hen
 
1938 Aizen katsura
Katsue Takaishi
 
1937 Joi Kinuyo sensei
Kinuyo Yamaoka
 
1937 Hana-kago no uta
Yoko Mori
 
1936 Shindo: Kohen Ryota no maki
Akemi
 
1936 Shindo: Zempen Akemi no maki
Akemi Munakata
 
1936 Dansei tai josei
Tokiko, Fujimura's daughter
 
1935 Jinsei no onimotsu
Itsuko Kuriyama
 
1935 Eikyû no ai ramûru ekuruneru kohen
 
1935 Eikyû no ai ramûru ekuruneru zenpen
 
1935 Shunkinsho: Okoto to Sasuke
Okoto
 
1935 Hakoiri musume
Oshige
 
1934 Watashi no niisan
Sumako
 
1934 Sono yo no onna
 
1934 Osayo koisugata
Osayo
 
1934 Mâchi no bofu
 
1934/I Chijô no seiza kôhen seizahen
 
1934/II Chijô no seiza kôhen seizahen
 
1934/I Sakura ondo
 
1934 Onna keizu
Otsuta
 
1933 Sobo
Yoshiko Migiwa
 
1933 Seidon
Fusako Hara
 
1933 Hijôsen no onna
Tokiko
 
1933 Ôendanchô no koi
Omitsu
 
1933 Woman of Tokyo
Harue
 
1933 Koi no hana saku Izu no odoriko
Kaoru, a dancer
 
1933 Hanayome no negoto
Haruko, bride
 
1932 Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki
Yae
 
1932 Seishun no yume imaizuko
Shigeko, bakery assistant
 
1932 Koi no Tokyo
 
1932 Satsueijo romansu, renai annai
 
1932 The Sun Rise from the East
Miyoko
 
1932/I Ginza no yanagi
 
1932 Niisan no baka
Sister
 
1932 Shohaî
 
1932 Chûshingura
 
1931 ABC Lifeline
Fujie
 
1931 The Neighbor's Wife and Mine
Wife of the playwright
 
1931 Shimai kohen
 
1931 Shimai zenpen
 
1931 Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are - Kohen: Beikoku hen
 
1931 Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are - Zenpen: Nihon hen
Mayumi
 
1930 Ojosan
Kinuko
 
1930 Desire of Night
 
1930 Story of Kinuyo
 
1930 Daitokai: Bakuhatsu-hen
 
1930 A Smiling Character
 
1930 Kânôjo wa dôkoê iku
 
1930 I Flunked, But...
Cafe's waitress
 
1930 The Army Advances
Toshiko Yamamoto
 
1929 Oyaji to sono ko
 
1929 Daigaku wa detakeredo
Machiko Nomoto
 
1929 Daitokai: Rôdô-hen
Okimi
 
1929 Kare to jinsei
 
1929 Mori no kajiya
Omitsu
 
1928 Riku no ôja
Namiko
 
1928 Man's Worldly Appearance
 
1928 Kangeki jidai
 
1928 The Villiage Bride
Okinu
 
1928 Moshimo kanojo ga (short)
 
1928 Kaikokuki
Oaki
 
1927 Shinju Fujin
 
1927 Intimate Dream
 
1926 Girlfriend
 
1926 Karabotan
 
1926 A Rapid Stream
 
1926 People in Town
 
1924 Village Pasture
Oharu
 
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1975 Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (documentary)
Herself
 
1950 Watashi wa josei no. 1 (short)
Herself
 
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2009 Kinuyo Tanaka's New Departure (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2006 Kenji Mizoguchi: Beyond the Time (TV documentary)
Herself
 
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