Kinuyo Tanaka
Acting
Born: 1909-11-28 · Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
Died: 1977-03-21
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
🎬 Movies (20)
Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About
2022
Self (archive footage)
The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka
2009
Self (archive footage)
Lullaby of the Earth
1976
Cape of the North
1976
Old Nun
Let's Go, Grandma!
1975
Kiku Sasaki
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975
Self
Sandakan No. 8
1974
Old Osaki
Sanbaba
1974
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972
The Old Family Mistress
Red Beard
1965
Madame Yasumoto
Kono sora no aru kagiri
1964
The Scent of Incense
1964
Tsuna
Bright Sea
1963
Nobuko Yazaki
Alone Across the Pacific
1963
Youth's Mother
A Legend or Was It?
1963
Shizuko Sonobe
Double Wedding
1963
Mama, I Need You!
1962
The Fencing Master
1962
Oharu
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
Kishi, Fumiko's Mother
Eternity of Love
1961
Michi's Mother
