Kinuyo Tanaka

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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...

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Red BeardMovie • 1965UgetsuMovie • 1953Sansho the BailiffMovie • 1954Equinox FlowerMovie • 1958The Life of OharuMovie • 1952The Ballad of NarayamaMovie • 1958Sandakan No. 8Movie • 1974FlowingMovie • 1956Girls of the NightMovie • 1961The Moon Has RisenMovie • 1955Woman of TokyoMovie • 1933MotherMovie • 1952Dragnet GirlMovie • 1933Forever a WomanMovie • 1955Love LetterMovie • 1953The Munekata SistersMovie • 1950The Woman in the RumorMovie • 1954A Hen in the WindMovie • 1948The Lady of MusashinoMovie • 1951Women of the NightMovie • 1948Miss OyuMovie • 1951Utamaro and His Five WomenMovie • 1946I Graduated, But...Movie • 1929Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?Movie • 1932