Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka

Acting

Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka

Known for

Acting

Born

1909-11-28

From

Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan

Died

1977-03-21

Also known as 다나카 키누요, کینو تاناکا, 田中絹代

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 (1954). Their working relationship ended when Mizoguchi countered a recommendation from the Directors Guild of Japan for the Nikkatsu studio to hire her as a director. Despite this, the production of her second film as director went ahead, but Tanaka never forgave Mizoguchi, and the reasons for his behaviour are unclear. She also played Noboru Yasumoto's mother in Akira Kurosawa's Red Beard (1965). For her portrayal in Kei Kumai's Sandakan N° 8 she won the Best Actress Award at the 25th Berlin International Film Festival in 1975. Her last screen appearance was in 1976 in Kei Kumai's Kita No Misaki. Tanaka was the second Japanese woman who worked as a film director, after Sakane Tazuko (1904‐1975). Her first directing job was on the film Love Letter in 1953, and she made five further films in that role.

Kinuyo Tanaka

Kinuyo Tanaka

Biography

Flame of My Love

The New Road: Ryota

Utamaro and His Five Women

Women in Prison

Let's Go in Good Spirits

My Elder Brother

Kinuyo's First Love

Song of the Flower Basket

Red Beard

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

An Heir's Place

A Certain Woman

Love Letter

Record of a Woman Doctor

A Man's Recompense: Part 1

Sansho the Bailiff

Confession

Victory Song

The Ballad of Narayama

Tsukiyo no kasa

The Man Who Has Returned

A Man's Recompense: Part 2

The Tree of Love

Ugetsu

An Innocent Maid

Lullaby of the Earth

Himitsu

This Is Home

Phoenix

ABC Lifeline

Women of the Night

Okinu and Banto

A Wanderer's Notebook

The Munekata Sisters

The Bride Talks in Her Sleep

The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka

Kanojo no hatsugen

The Three Treasures

The Life of Oharu

A Hen in the Wind

Forever a Woman

Ginza Cosmetics

Where Chimneys Are Seen

Tora-san's Dream-Come-True

Marriage

Equinox Flower

Alone Across the Pacific

Sandakan No. 8

Sakura Ondo

Her Brother

Ornamental Hairpin

Triumphant Song of the Mountain

Miyamoto Musashi

I Graduated, But...

Honeymoon

Victory of Women

Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru

Dragnet Girl

Geisha in the Old City

Shine, Japanese Women

On This Earth

Lady Doctor Kinuyo

Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?

I Flunked, But...

How Sorrowful

The Moon Has Risen

Army

Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka

Constellations on Earth, Part 2: Constellations

A Legend or Was It?

Constellations on Earth, Part One: Earth Chapter

The Neighbour's Wife and Mine

Mother

Sisters: Part 1

Storm in the City

Cry Cheerfully!

Shōnen shikeishū