Kinuyo Tanaka
Kinuyo Tanaka was a Japanese actress and film director. She had a career lasting over 50 years with more than 250 acting credits, but was best known for her 15 films with director Kenji Mizoguchi, such as The Life of Oharu (1952) and Ugetsu (1953). With her 1953 directorial debut, Love Letter, Tanaka became the second Japanese woman to direct a film, after Tazuko Sakane. Tanaka won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for her performance in the film Sandakan No. 8 (1974).
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🎬 Movies
The Lady of Musashino
actor
1951
Miss Oyu
actor
1951
Ginza Cosmetics
actor
1951
The Munekata Sisters
actor
1950
Wedding Ring
actor
1950
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
actor
1949
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
actor
1949
Flame of My Love
actor
1949
A Hen in the Wind
actor
1948
Women of the Night
actor
1948
The Love of the Actress Sumako
actor
1947
Utamaro and His Five Women
actor
1946
Victory of Women
actor
1946
Miyamoto Musashi
actor
1944
Army
actor
1944
The Man Who Has Returned
actor
1944
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
actor
1943
Ornamental Hairpin
actor
1941
Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru
actor
1940
Spring Thunder
actor
1939
The Tree of Love
actor
1938
Mother and Child
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1938
Lady Doctor Kinuyo
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1937
The New Road: Akemi
actor
1936
Men vs. Women
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1936
Burden of Life
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1935
Okoto and Sasuke
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1935
Osayo Koi Sugata
actor
1934
Dragnet Girl
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1933
Woman of Tokyo
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1933
The Dancing Girl of Izu
actor
1933
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
actor
1932
The Neighbour's Wife and Mine
actor
1931
Youth, Why Do You Cry?
actor
1930
I Flunked, But...
actor
1930
I Graduated, But...
actor
1929
The Blacksmith of the Forest
actor
1929