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Kinuyo Tanaka

Name in Native Language: "田中絹代" (Japanese/JA)
Actress / Film Director / Film Actress / Child Actress | * 11/28/1910 († 66, 03/21/1977) | Yamaguchi (Japan)
Kinuyo Tanaka (Japanese: 田中 絹代, Hepburn: Tanaka Kinuyo, 29 November 1909 – 21 March 1977) was a Japanese actress and film director. She had a career lasting over 50 years with more than 250 acting credits, but was best known for her 15 films with director Kenji Mizoguchi, such as The Life of Oharu (1952) and Ugetsu (1953). With her 1953 directorial debut, Love Letter, Tanaka became the second Japanese woman to direct a film, after Tazuko Sakane. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

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Awards & Nominations for Kinuyo Tanaka

Silver Bear for Best Actress Kinema Junpo Award for Best Actress Mainichi Film Award for Best Actress Medal With Purple Ribbon
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Movies with Kinuyo Tanaka as Actress(116)

as Self (archive footage)2009 The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka
as Old Nun1976 Cape of the North
as Kiku Sasaki1975 Let's Go, Grandma!
as Old Osaki1974 Sandakan No. 8
as the old family mistress1972 Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
as Shinjiro Ishiyama / Aodaisyô1966 Arupusu no wakadaishô
as Madame Yasumoto1965 Red Beard
as Youth's Mother1963 Alone on the Pacific
as Shizuko Sonobe1963 A Legend, or Was It?
as Oharu1962 The Fencing Master
as Kishi, Fumiko's mother1962 A Wanderer's Notebook
as Mother1960 Her Brother
as Princess Yamato1959 The Three Treasures
as Kiyoko Hirayama1958 Equinox Flower
as Omitsu, Heiichiro's mother1957 On This Earth
as Yukiko Matsumoto1957 Yellow Crow
as Rie1957 Stepbrothers
as Prison Warden1956 Women in Prison
as Rika Yamanaka / Oharu1956 Flowing
as Yoneya1955 The Moon Has Risen
as Neighbor's wife1955 Forever a Woman
as Tamaki1954 Sansho the Bailiff
as Hatsuko Mabuchi1954 Woman of Rumor
as Hiroko Ogata1953 Where Chimneys Are Seen
as Hisa Hosho1953 An Heir's Place
as Miyagi1953 Ugetsu
as Kuniko1953 Sincere Heart
as Oharu1952 The Life of Oharu
as Masako Fukuhara1952 Mother
as Kuniko Ataka1952 The Ataka Family
as Michiko Akiyama1951 The Lady of Musashino
as Yukiko Tsuji1951 Ginza Cosmetics
as Oyû Kayukawa1951 Miss Oyu
as Noriko Kuki1950 Wedding Ring
as Setsuko Munekata1950 The Munekata Sisters
as Oiwa / Osode1949 Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
as Eiko Hirayama1949 Flame of My Love
as Oiwa / Osode1949 Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
as Fusako Owada1948 Women of the Night
as Tokiko Amamiya1948 A Hen in the Wind
as Sumako Matsui1947 The Love of the Actress Sumako
as Sayoko Aihara1947 Phoenix
as Fumie Matsukawa1947 Marriage
as Hiroko Hosokawa1946 Victory of Women
as Woman who sings lullaby1945 Victory Song
as Waka1944 Army
as Shinobu Nonomiya1944 Miyamoto Musashi
1941 Flower
as Chieko1938 Mother and Child
as Katsue Takaishi1938 The Tree of Love
as Kinuyo Yamaoka1937 Joi Kinuyo sensei
as Okoto1935 Okoto and Sasuke
as Itsuko Kuriyama1935 Burden of Life
as Oshige1935 An Innocent Maid
as Сумако1934 My Elder Brother
as Osayo1934 Osayo koisugata
as Tokiko1933 Dragnet Girl
as Kaoru, a dancer1933 The Dancing Girl of Izu
as Harue1933 Woman of Tokyo
as Haruko, bride1933 The Bride Talks in Her Sleep
as Wife of the playwright1931 The Neighbour's Wife and Mine
as Cafe's waitress1930 I Flunked, But...
as Kinuko1930 Young Lady
as Machiko Nomoto1929 I Graduated, But...

TV Shows/Series with Kinuyo Tanaka as Actress(1)

as Tsuta1970 Mominoki wa Nokotta

Movies with Kinuyo Tanaka as Crew(6)

Directing/Director1962 Love Under the Crucifix
Directing/Director1961 Girls of the Night
Directing/Director1960 The Wandering Princess
Directing/Director1955 The Moon Has Risen
Directing/Director1955 Forever a Woman
Directing/Director1953 Love Letter

Full Name: Kinuyo Tanaka
Citizenship: Japan
Born: Monday, 11/28 1910 (November) in Yamaguchi (Japan)
Died: Monday, 03/21 1977 (March) in Japan (aged: 66)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: Japanese (JA, native language)
Spouses (current/former): Hiroshi Shimizu
Other names for Kinuyo Tanaka (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"田中绢代"
"田中絹代"
"다나카 키누요"
"Кинуё Танака"
"たなか きぬよ" (Kana/Japanese)
"Tanaka Kinuyo"
Kinuyo Tanaka frequently works together with these people:
Chishū Ryū (26x, Actor)
Takeshi Sakamoto (25x, Actor)
Tatsuo Saitō (21x, Actor)
Keisuke Kinoshita (21x, Crew)
Chōko Iida (20x, Actress)
Reikichi Kawamura (20x, Actor)
Yasujirō Ozu (18x, Crew)
Kenji Mizoguchi (17x, Crew)
Shin Saburi (17x, Actor)
Mitsuko Yoshikawa (17x, Actress)
Ken Uehara (17x, Actor)
Shinya Owada (1x, Cast)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:124273, Added: 06/28/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024