Kinuyo Tanaka
Actor
Born November 28, 1909 in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
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.
Filmography
Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About
Self (archive footage)
The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka
Self (archive footage)
Lullaby of the Earth
Cape of the North
Old Nun
Let's Go, Grandma!
Kiku Sasaki
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Self
Sandakan No. 8
Old Osaki
Sanbaba
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
The Old Family Mistress
Mominoki wa Nokotta
Tsuta
Red Beard
Madame Yasumoto
Kono sora no aru kagiri
The Scent of Incense
Tsuna
Bright Sea
Nobuko Yazaki
Alone Across the Pacific
Youth's Mother
A Legend or Was It?
Shizuko Sonobe
Double Wedding
Mama, I Need You!
The Fencing Master
Oharu
A Wanderer's Notebook
Kishi, Fumiko's Mother
Love Under the Crucifix
Girls of the Night
Eternity of Love
Michi's Mother
Her Brother
Mother
The Wandering Princess
The Three Treasures
Princess Yamato
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Myokan
Hahakogusa
Shige Ozawa
The Eternal Rainbow
Fumi
Equinox Flower
Kiyoko Hirayama
The Ballad of Narayama
Orin
Sorrow Is Only for Women
On This Earth
Omitsu, Heiichiro's mother
Geisha in the Old City
Oei
Stepbrothers
Rie
Yellow Crow
Yukiko Matsumoto
Flowing
Rika Yamanaka / Oharu
The Storm
Women in Prison
Prison Warden
This Is Home
Confession
Forever a Woman
Neighbor's Wife
Tsukiyo no kasa
Shōnen shikeishū
House of Many Pleasures
Oshige
The Moon Has Risen
Yoneya
The Woman in the Rumor
Hatsuko Mabuchi
Five Sisters
Sansho the Bailiff
Tamaki
Love Letter
Landlady
Brother and Sister
An Heir's Place
Hisa Hosho
Ugetsu
Miyagi
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Hiroko Ogata
Sincere Heart
Kuniko
Mother
Masako Fukuhara
The Ataka Family
Kuniko Ataka
The Life of Oharu
Oharu
Sisters of Nishijin
Story of Lightning
The Lady of Musashino
Michiko Akiyama
Miss Oyu
Oyû Kayukawa
Ginza Cosmetics
Yukiko Tsuji
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
Onaka
The Munekata Sisters
Setsuko Munekata
Wedding Ring
Noriko Kuki
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
Oiwa / Osode
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
Oiwa / Osode
Flame of My Love
Eiko Hirayama
A Hen in the Wind
Tokiko Amamiya
Women of the Night
Fusako Owada
Phoenix
Sayoko Aihara
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Sumako Matsui
Marriage
Fumie Matsukawa
Utamaro and His Five Women
Okita
Victory of Women
Hiroko Hosokawa
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
Okinu
Victory Song
Woman who sings lullaby
Miyamoto Musashi
Shinobu Nonomiya
Army
Waka
The Man Who Has Returned
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
Kiyo
Kaisen no Zenya
A Certain Woman
Record of a Woman Doctor
Ornamental Hairpin
Emi
Flower
Let's Go in Good Spirits
Okinu and Banto
Osaka Woman
Kinuyo's First Love
Weeds with flowers
Zoku aizen katsura
Spring Thunder
Okayo's Preparedness
Okayo
The Tree of Love
Katsue Takaishi
Mother and Child
Chieko
Banchō sarayashiki
A Man's Recompense: Part 2
A Man's Recompense: Part 1
Lady Doctor Kinuyo
Kinuyo Yamaoka
Song of the Flower Basket
Yoko
The New Road: Ryota
The New Road: Akemi
Men vs. Women
Burden of Life
Itsuko Kuriyama
Okoto and Sasuke
Okoto
An Innocent Maid
Oshige
My Elder Brother
Sumako
Osayo Koi Sugata
Osayo
The Genealogy of Women
Otsuta
Daphne
Tamayō (Geisha)
Before the Wedding
Yukiko Takada
Dragnet Girl
Tokiko
Woman of Tokyo
Harue
The Dancing Girl of Izu
Kaoru, a dancer
The Bride Talks in Her Sleep
Haruko, bride
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Yae
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
Oshige
Shine, Japanese Women
Shigeko
Studio Romance: A Guide to Love
Victory or Defeat
ABC Lifeline
ABC Lifeline: Fujieda Chapter
The Neighbour's Wife and Mine
Wife of the Playwright
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
Mayumi
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
Mayumi
Young Lady
Kinuko
Youth, Why Do You Cry?
Kozue Uesugi
Record of Love and Desire
The Tale of Kinuyo
Kinuyo
Mother, Don't Tarnish Your Name
Where Do Women Go?
Omitsu
I Flunked, But...
Cafe's Waitress
Marching On
Toshiko Yamamoto
I Graduated, But...
Machiko Nomoto
The Blacksmith of the Forest
Omitsu
The Glory of the Shōwa Era
Yayoi Sakurai (Shōwa Chapter)
King of the Land
Namiko
The Eternal Heart
Chronicles of a Sea Country
Oaki (Sister)
Young Master
Tamako (Geisha in training)
Fallen Samurai
Omaki
Village Pasture
Oharu