People
Kinuyo Tanaka
- Name: Kinuyo Tanaka
- Birthday: 1909-11-28
- Also known as: 다나카 키누요,کینو تاناکا
- Place of birth: Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
- Popularity: 0.9024
Biography:
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 seventeen years old, appearing in Heinosuke Gosho's An Embarrassing Dream in 1927. She proceeded to take leading parts in, among others, Yasujirō Ozu's I Graduated, But... in 1929, Gosho's Aiyoku no ki in 1930, and in 1931, Japan's first talkie, The Neighbor's Wife and Mine, directed by 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... 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 as Self | 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 | 1965-03-04 |
| 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 |
| Eternity of Love 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 |
| Shōnen shikeishū | 1955-07-03 |
| House of Many Pleasures 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 |
| Himitsu | 1952-11-27 |
| Mother as Masako Fukuhara | 1952-06-12 |
| The Ataka Family as Kuniko Ataka | 1952-05-15 |
| Sisters of Nishijin | 1952-04-17 |
| The Life of Oharu as Oharu | 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 |
| Kanojo no hatsugen | 1946-02-07 |
| 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 as Kiyo | 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 Koi Sugata as Osayo | 1934-09-14 |
| Storm in the City | 1934-08-15 |
| Honeymoon | 1934-07-14 |
| Constellations on Earth, Part 2: Constellations | 1934-05-31 |
| Constellations on Earth, Part One: Earth Chapter | 1934-05-17 |
| Sakura Ondo | 1934-04-15 |
| The Genealogy of Women as Otsuta | 1934-02-22 |
| Mother of the East as Taeko | 1934-02-01 |
| Sôbô as Yoshiko Chō | 1933-12-07 |
| Daphne as Tamayō (Geisha) | 1933-11-16 |
| Before the Wedding as Yukiko Takada | 1933-07-13 |
| The Road to Marriage | 1933-06-22 |
| Clear and Cloudy as Fusako Kawahara | 1933-05-04 |
| Dragnet Girl as Tokiko | 1933-04-27 |
| The Cheerleading Captain's Love as Omitsu | 1933-03-01 |
| Woman of Tokyo as Harue | 1933-02-09 |
| The Dancing Girl of Izu as Kaoru, a dancer | 1933-02-02 |
| The Bride Talks in Her Sleep as Haruko, bride | 1933-01-14 |
| Storm Zone | 1932-12-01 |
| The Loyal 47 Ronin as Yae | 1932-12-01 |
| Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? as Oshige | 1932-10-13 |
| Love in Tokyo | 1932-09-30 |
| Shine, Japanese Women as Shigeko | 1932-08-12 |
| Studio Romance: A Guide to Love | 1932-07-15 |
| The Sun Rises from the East as Miyoko | 1932-06-30 |
| The Willows of Ginza | 1932-04-22 |
| My Brother's a Fool | 1932-04-01 |
| Victory or Defeat | 1932-03-18 |
| The Golden Demon as Omiya | 1932-01-14 |
| Woman of Suffering | 1931-12-31 |
| ABC Lifeline | 1931-12-11 |
| ABC Lifeline: Fujieda Chapter | 1931-10-16 |
| The Tramp and His Daughter | 1931-08-08 |
| The Neighbour's Wife and Mine as Wife of the playwright | 1931-08-01 |
| Sisters: Part 1 | 1931-07-04 |
| Sisters: Part 2 | 1931-07-04 |
| Cry Cheerfully! | 1931-05-22 |
| Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2 as Mayumi | 1931-04-17 |
| Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1 as Mayumi | 1931-04-17 |
| Young Lady as Kinuko | 1930-12-12 |
| Youth, Why Do You Cry? as Kozue Uesugi | 1930-11-15 |
| Record of Love and Desire | 1930-11-10 |
| The Tale of Kinuyo as Kinuyo | 1930-10-10 |
| Mother, Don't Tarnish Your Name | 1930-08-15 |
| The Great Ship | 1930-08-01 |
| The Big City: Explosion | 1930-07-13 |
| Where Do Women Go? as Omitsu | 1930-05-24 |
| A Smiling Life | 1930-05-24 |
| I Flunked, But... as Cafe's Waitress | 1930-04-11 |
| Song of Youth as Kinuko Yamada | 1930-03-21 |
| Marching On as Toshiko Yamamoto | 1930-03-07 |
| The Beating | 1930-01-15 |
| The Father and His Son | 1929-09-13 |
| Triumphant Song of the Mountain as Yuki Matsuyama | 1929-09-13 |
| I Graduated, But... as Machiko Nomoto | 1929-09-06 |
| Cheerful Song as Mamoko | 1929-08-01 |
| The Model of New Women | 1929-06-14 |
| The Big City: Labor as Okimi (cleaning woman) | 1929-05-18 |
| The Village Where the Skylark Sings | 1929-04-20 |
| Him and Life | 1929-01-27 |
| Echigo Lion | 1929-01-10 |
| The Blacksmith of the Forest as Omitsu | 1929-01-05 |
| Symphony of Youth as Kinuko Noguchi | 1928-12-31 |
| The Glory of the Shōwa Era as Yayoi Sakurai (Shōwa chapter) | 1928-11-17 |
| King of the Land as Namiko | 1928-11-10 |
| Thank You for Your Hard Work | 1928-10-27 |
| A Wife Quits | 1928-08-17 |
| The Face of Humanity | 1928-06-26 |
| What a Handsome Man! as Shikanyu (geisha) | 1928-06-22 |
| Iron Virgin as Namiko | 1928-05-25 |
| The Eternal Heart | 1928-04-27 |
| Immortal Love | 1928-04-15 |
| The Age of Emotion | 1928-03-01 |
| The Village Bride | 1928-01-27 |
| If Only She... | 1928-01-20 |
| Chronicles of a Sea Country as Oaki (sister) | 1928-01-15 |
| Modern Warrior Training | 1928-01-05 |
| Night is a Trickster | 1927-08-26 |
| Lovers' Suicide at Kiso | 1927-08-19 |
| Sankichi the Flying Squirrel as Oshizu (Tazaemon's daughter) | 1927-08-12 |
| The Oath of a Thousand Kills as Kaōgi (courtesan) | 1927-07-08 |
| Madame Pearl | 1927-05-26 |
| Song of the Border Patrol as Tsutae | 1927-05-22 |
| Magic | 1927-04-23 |
| An Embarrassing Dream | 1927-04-08 |
| Takada no Baba | 1927-02-17 |
| The Harakiri at Tennōji | 1927-01-15 |
| The Basement | 1927-01-10 |
| Yakko no Koman | 1927-01-10 |
| Secret Struggle | 1927-01-05 |
| Her | 1926-12-31 |
| Flashing Blade | 1926-12-31 |
| Buried Youth | 1926-12-30 |
| The Complete Story of Jirocho Shimizu, Part 2: Ashura's Revenge | 1926-11-20 |
| Useless Button | 1926-08-30 |
| The Cursed Sword as Owaka | 1926-08-22 |
| Love and Courage | 1926-08-01 |
| The Betrayed as O-Fumi | 1926-06-25 |
| Torrent | 1926-06-23 |
| Young Master as Tamako (Geisha in training) | 1926-05-01 |
| Oh! Carefree, Aren't You? | 1926-04-22 |
| Townspeople | 1926-02-20 |
| Troubled Days as Osaki (Reiko's Sister) | 1926-01-30 |
| No Need for Your Opinion as Daughter | 1925-12-31 |
| Fallen Samurai as Omaki | 1925-12-01 |
| Love's Snare as Osato (Thread Shop Owner) | 1925-12-01 |
| The Killing of a Hundred Men at Isshinji Temple as Otami | 1925-09-25 |
| Nature Is the Judge | 1925-09-25 |
| Brave Love | 1925-08-28 |
| Cry of the Raging Current as Okimi | 1925-06-22 |
| The Little Traveling Entertainer as Okiku | 1925-03-11 |
| Village Pasture as Oharu | 1924-12-31 |
| A Woman from the Genroku Era | 1924-10-01 |
