Kinuyo Tanaka
Birthdate: Nov 28, 1910
Birthplace: Yamaguchi, Japan
Died: Mar 21, 1977
Tanaka Kinuyo was a highly regarded and prolific actress best known for her films with director Mizoguchi Kenji. She was immersed in the world of film having received her start in the world of entertainment at age fourteen, being a filmmaker herself, being the cousin of director Kobayashi Masaki and, very much like Hara Setsuko and Ozu Yasujiro, being anecdotally romantically linked with the aforementioned Mizoguchi. The director would later recommend against her being hired as a director, which caused a rift between the two. She received her first known credit in Shochiku's Genroku Onna in 1924. She stayed to become the studio's biggest actress, and a paradigm of beauty, until approximately 1949 when she travelled to the United States Of America as an ambassador of Japanese culture. Upon her return from the US the Japanese detected a change of attitude in her, as well as noting a new short hairdo, which momentarily lead to some criticism. She had married director Shimizu Hiroshi, with whom she had worked, in 1929. Sources claim this was a mere cohabitation however. The marriage lasted a matter of months, but the two worked together beyond their romantic union. She married another one of her directors Gosho Heinosuke, but not before also starring in several Ozu films. It looked like films like Aizen Katsu and Naniwa Onna would be the height of her fame with all their popularity, but post-war films like Life Of Oharu, Sansho The Bailiff and Ugetsu were even bigger classics and immortalized the actress. Another of her many other noteworthy performances was in The Ballad Of Narayama based on a tradition and folklore of Japan. As if to complete her tour de force of Japanese cinema she directed several films and even worked with Kurosawa Akira in Red Beard. She died of a brain tumor in 1977.
Known For
The Love of Sumako the Actress
(1947)
A Hen in the Wind
(1948)
Dragnet Girl
(1933)
Love Letter
(1953)
Kinuyo Tanaka Movies
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Previous (190)
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- 1976 | Cape of the North
- 1976 | Lullaby of the Earth
- 1975 | Let's Go, Grandma!
- 1974 | Sandakan No. 8
- 1974 | Three Old Ladies
- 1966 | Arupusu no wakadaishô
- 1964 | Kôge - Nibu: Mitsumata no shô
- 1964 | The Scent of Incense
- 1963 | Alone on the Pacific
- 1963 | Hikaru umi
- 1963 | Legend of a Duel to the Death
- 1962 | A Wanderer's Notebook
- 1962 | Fencing Master
- 1962 | Kaasan nagaiki shitene
- 1962 | Love Under the Crucifix
- 1961 | Girl of Dark
- 1961 | Wakarete ikiru toki mo
- 1960 | Brother
- 1960 | The Wandering Princess
- 1959 | Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
- 1959 | The Three Treasures
- 1958 | Equinox Flower
- 1958 | Kanashimi wa onna dakeni
- 1958 | The Ballad of Narayama
- 1958 | The Eternal Rainbow
- 1957 | Behold Thy Son
- 1957 | Kottaisan yori: Nyotai wa kanashiku
- 1957 | On This Earth
- 1957 | Stepbrothers
- 1956 | Arashi
- 1956 | Aya ni itoshiki
- 1956 | Flowing
- 1956 | Jôshû to tomo ni
- 1955 | House of Many Pleasures
- 1955 | The Eternal Breasts
- 1955 | The Moon Has Risen
- 1955 | Ôshô ihidai
- 1954 | Onna no koyomi
- 1954 | Sansho the Bailiff
- 1954 | The Woman of Rumour
- 1953 | Love Letter
- 1953 | Shinsho taikôki: Ruten Hiyoshimaru
- 1953 | Shishi no za
- 1953 | Where Chimneys Are Seen
- 1952 | Himitsu
- 1952 | Mother
- 1952 | People of Akata
- 1952 | Sisters of Nishijin
- 1952 | The Life of Oharu
- 1951 | Aizenbashi
- 1951 | Ginza Cosmetics
- 1951 | Inazuma sôshi
- 1951 | Miss Oyu
- 1951 | Oboro kago
- 1951 | The Lady of Musashino
- 1951 | Yoru no mibôjin
- 1950 | Shôchiku eiga sanjû-nen: Omoide no album
- 1950 | The Munekata Sisters
- 1950 | Wedding Ring
- 1949 | Flame of My Love
- 1949 | The Ghost of Yotsuya: Part I
- 1949 | The Ghost of Yotsuya: Part II
- 1949 | Waltz at Noon
- 1948 | A Hen in the Wind
- 1948 | Women of the Night
- 1947 | Marriage
- 1947 | Phoenix
- 1947 | The Love of Sumako the Actress
- 1946 | Kanojo no hatsugen
- 1946 | Nikoniko taikai uta no hanakago
- 1946 | Utamaro and His Five Women
- 1946 | Victory of Women
- 1945 | A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
- 1944 | Army
- 1944 | Danjuro sandai
- 1944 | Miyamoto Musashi
- 1944 | The Man Who Has Returned
- 1943 | Enemy Bombing Raid
- 1943 | The Eve of the War
- 1942 | Aru onna
- 1941 | Genki de ikôyo
- 1941 | Hana
- 1941 | Joi no kiroku
- 1941 | Ornamental Hairpin
- 1940 | Aizen tsubaki
- 1940 | Kinuyo no hatsukoi
- 1940 | Osaka Woman
- 1940 | Watashi ni wa otto ga aru
- 1939 | Hana no aru zassô
- 1939 | Kuwa no mi wa akai
- 1938 | Aizen katsura
- 1938 | Shinshaku: Tôjin Okichi - Funshin-hen
- 1938 | Shuppatsu
- 1937 | Banchô sarayashiki
- 1937 | Hana-kago no uta
- 1937 | Joi Kinuyo sensei
- 1937 | Otoko no tsugunai kohen
- 1937 | Otoko no tsugunai zenpen
- 1936 | Shindo: Kohen Ryota no maki
- 1936 | Shindo: Zempen Akemi no maki
- 1935 | An Innocent Maid
- 1935 | Burden of Life
- 1935 | Eikyû no ai ramûru ekuruneru kohen
- 1935 | Eikyû no ai ramûru ekuruneru zenpen
- 1935 | Shunkinsho: Okoto to Sasuke
- 1934 | Chijô no seiza - Kôhen: Seiza-hen
- 1934 | Chijô no seiza - Zempen: Chijô-hen
- 1934 | Machi no bôfû
- 1934 | Onna keizu
- 1934 | Osayo koisugata
- 1934 | Sakura ondo
- 1934 | Sono yo no onna
- 1933 | Dragnet Girl
- 1933 | Kekkon kaido
- 1933 | Seidon
- 1933 | Sôbô
- 1933 | The Bride Talks in Her Sleep
- 1933 | The Dancing Girl of Izu
- 1933 | Woman of Tokyo
- 1932 | Ginza no yanagi
- 1932 | Koi no Tokyo
- 1932 | Konjiki yasha
- 1932 | Niisan no baka
- 1932 | Satsueijo romansu, renai annai
- 1932 | Shôhai
- 1932 | The Sun Rise from the East
- 1932 | Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
- 1931 | Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are - Kohen: Beikoku hen
- 1931 | Hogaraka ni nakê
- 1931 | Seikatsu sen ABC: kôhen
- 1931 | Seikatsusen sen ABC: zenpen
- 1931 | Shimai kohen
- 1931 | Shimai zenpen
- 1931 | The Neighbor's Wife and Mine
- 1930 | A Smiling Character
- 1930 | Daitokai: Bakuhatsu-hen
- 1930 | Desire of Night
- 1930 | I Flunked, But...
- 1930 | Kinuyo monogatari
- 1930 | Kânôjo wa dôkoê iku
- 1930 | Shingun
- 1930 | The Beating
- 1930 | Young Lady
- 1929 | Daitokai: Rôdô-hen
- 1929 | Echigo jishi
- 1929 | I Graduated, But...
- 1929 | Kare to jinsei
- 1929 | Mori no kajiya
- 1929 | Oyaji to sono ko
- 1929 | Yôkina uta
- 1928 | Appare bîdanshî
- 1928 | Eien no kokoro
- 1928 | Fumetsu no ai
- 1928 | Gokurôsama
- 1928 | Kagayaku showa
- 1928 | Kaikokuki
- 1928 | Kangeki jidai
- 1928 | Man's Worldly Appearance
- 1928 | Moshimo kanojo ga
- 1928 | Tetsu no shojo
- 1928 | The Villiage Bride
- 1927 | Byakkotai
- 1927 | Hîgan sênningirî
- 1927 | Intimate Dream
- 1927 | Musasabî no sankichi
- 1927 | Shinju fujin
- 1927 | Takada no baba
- 1927 | Ten'nôji no harakiri
- 1927 | Yakko no Koman
- 1926 | A Rapid Stream
- 1926 | Girlfriend
- 1926 | Hiramekû yaiba
- 1926 | Karabotan
- 1926 | Koi no ikuji
- 1926 | Nayamashiki koro
- 1926 | Obotchan
- 1926 | People in Town
- 1926 | Uragirare mono
- 1926 | Yotô
- 1926 | Yôtô
- 1925 | Gekiryû no sakebi
- 1925 | Goiken gomuyô
- 1925 | Isshindera no hyakunin-giri
- 1925 | Koi no hobakû
- 1925 | Ochimusâ
- 1925 | Raku-musha
- 1925 | Yûkan naru koi
- 1924 | Genroku onna
- 1924 | Mura no bokujô
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