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
Lullaby of the Earth
actor
1976
Cape of the North
actor
1976
Let's Go, Grandma!
actor
1975
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
actor
1975
Sandakan No. 8
actor
1974
Sanbaba
actor
1974
Red Beard
actor
1965
The Scent of Incense
actor
1964
Bright Sea
actor
1963
Alone Across the Pacific
actor
1963
A Legend or Was It?
actor
1963
Double Wedding
actor
1963
The Fencing Master
actor
1962
A Wanderer's Notebook
actor
1962
Love Under the Crucifix
director
1962
Girls of the Night
director
1961
Eternity of Love
actor
1961
Her Brother
actor
1960
The Wandering Princess
director
1960
The Three Treasures
actor
1959
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
actor
1959
The Eternal Rainbow
actor
1958
Equinox Flower
actor
1958
The Ballad of Narayama
actor
1958
Sorrow Is Only for Women
actor
1958
On This Earth
actor
1957
Stepbrothers
actor
1957
Yellow Crow
actor
1957
Flowing
actor
1956
The Storm
actor
1956
How Sorrowful
actor
1956
This Is Home
actor
1956
Forever a Woman
actor
1955
Forever a Woman
director
1955
The Moon Has Risen
director
1955
The Moon Has Risen
actor
1955
The Woman in the Rumor
actor
1954
Five Sisters
actor
1954
Sansho the Bailiff
actor
1954
Love Letter
director
1953
Ugetsu
actor
1953
Where Chimneys Are Seen
actor
1953
Sincere Heart
actor
1953
Mother
actor
1952
The Ataka Family
actor
1952
The Life of Oharu
actor
1952
Sisters of Nishijin
actor
1952
Story of Lightning
actor
1951