Kinuyo Tanaka
Acting
Born November 28, 1909 · Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
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, in…
Known For · 40 titles
Mominoki wa Nokotta
Red Beard
Sansho the Bailiff
Flame of My Love
The Tree of Love
Women in Prison
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
A Certain Woman
Let's Go in Good Spirits
Tsukiyo no kasa
Confession
Utamaro and His Five Women
The New Road: Ryota
The Man Who Has Returned
My Elder Brother
Ugetsu
An Heir's Place
Okinu and Banto
A Man's Recompense: Part 2
A Man's Recompense: Part 1
Song of the Flower Basket
Sandakan No. 8
Kinuyo's First Love
The Actress and the Detective
The Ballad of Narayama
ABC Lifeline
Record of a Woman Doctor
The Life of Oharu
Love Letter
Kanojo no hatsugen
Madame Pearl
Victory Song
An Innocent Maid
Love and Courage
Triumphant Song of the Mountain
Mother
Dragnet Girl
Equinox Flower
Shine, Japanese Women
The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka