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Kinuyo Tanaka

Highest Rated: 100% Ugetsu (1953)

Lowest Rated: 86% The Ballad of Narayama (1958)

Birthday: Nov 29, 1909

Birthplace: Yamaguchi, Japan

Kinuyo Tanaka was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. She continued to work steadily in film throughout the fifties and the sixties, appearing in "Miss Oyu" (1951), the Ichiro Sugai period drama "The Life of Oharu" (1952) and the drama "Ugetsu" (1953) with Machiko Kyo. She also appeared in "A Woman of Rumor" (1954), the drama "Behold Thy Son" (1957) with Chikage Awashima and the foreign "Ototo" (1960) with Keiko Kishi. Film continued to be her passion as she played roles in the drama "Ballad of Narayama" (1961) with Teiji Takahashi, the Masayuki Mori dramedy "Alone on the Pacific" (1963) and the Toshiro Mifune dramatic period piece "Red Beard" (1965). She also appeared in "Sansho the Bailiff" (1969) and "Bokyo" (1975). Tanaka was most recently credited in the Shin Saburi drama "Equinox Flower" (1990). Tanaka's husband was Hiroshi Shimizu. Tanaka passed away in March 1977 at the age of 68.

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100% 93% Ugetsu
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100% 89% Life of Oharu
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100% 95% Sansho the Bailiff
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100% 75% Utamaro and His Five Women
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88% 87% Equinox Flower
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86% 89% The Ballad of Narayama
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92% A Wanderer's Notebook
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Behold Thy Son
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Ornamental Hairpin
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Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo (Sanjûsangen-dô, tôshiya monogatari)
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Kinuyo Tanaka

Kinuyo Tanaka UGETSU, (aka UGETSU MONOGATARI, aka TALES OF THE PALE AND SILVERY MOON AFTER THE RAIN, aka TALES OF A PALE AND MYSTERIOUS MOON AFTER THE RAIN), Kinuyo Tanaka, 1953. UGETSU, (aka UGETSU MONOGATARI, aka TALES OF THE PALE AND SILVERY MOON AFTER THE RAIN, aka TALES OF A PALE AND MYSTERIOUS MOON AFTER THE RAIN), Mitsuko Mito (holding child), Ikio Sawamura (child), Kinuyo Tanaka, Masayuki Mori, 1953 UGETSU, UGETSU, (aka UGETSU MONOGATARI, aka TALES OF THE PALE AND SILVERY MOON AFTER THE RAIN, aka TALES OF A PALE AND MYSTERIOUS MOON AFTER THE RAIN), from left: Kinuyo Tanaka, Ikio Sawamura, Masayuki Mori, 1953. UGETSU, Kinuyo Tanaka, Masayuki Mori, Ikio Sawamura (child), 1953. UGETSU, (AKA UGETSU MONOGATARI, AKA TALES OF THE PALE AND SILVERY MOON AFTER THE RAIN, AKA TALES OF A PALE AND MYSTERIOUS MOON AFTER THE RAIN), FROM LEFT: EITARO OZAWA, MASAYUKI MORI, KINUYO TANAKA, ICHISABURO SAWAMURA, MITSUKO MITO, 1953 UGETSU, (AKA UGETSU MONOGATARI, AKA TALES OF THE PALE AND SILVERY MOON AFTER THE RAIN, AKA TALES OF A PALE AND MYSTERIOUS MOON AFTER THE RAIN), KINUYO TANAKA, CARRYING ICHISABURO SAWAMURA, 1953 SANSHO THE BAILIFF, (aka SANSHO DAYU), from left: Chieko Naniwa, Kinuyo Tanaka, Keiko Enami, Masahiko Kato, 1954 THE LIFE OF OHARU, (aka SAIKAKU ICHIDAI ONNA, aka DIARY OF OHARU, aka SAIKAKU: LIFE OF A WOMAN), Kinuyo Tanaka, 1952 MY LOVE HAS BEEN BURNING (aka WAGA KOI WA MOENU, aka FLAME OF MY LOVE, aka MY LOVE BURNS), from left: Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Mito, 1949 View more photos

Filmography

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Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director 1975 Actor Sandakan 8 73% 1974 Osaki (Old) Actor The Scent of Incense 1964 Tsuna Actor A Legend or Was It? 1963 Shizuko Sonobe Actor Alone on the Pacific 1963 Youth's Mother Actor A Wanderer's Notebook 92% 1962 Kishi Fumiko's mother Actor Love Under the Crucifix 1962 Director Girls of the Night 1961 Director Her Brother 71% 1961 Mother Actor The Wandering Princess 1960 Director The Three Treasures 1959 Actor Naniwa no Koi no Monogatari 1959 Actor The Ballad of Narayama 86% 89% 1958 Orin Actor Equinox Flower 88% 87% 1958 Kiyoko Hirayama Actor Higanbana 1958 Kiyoko Hirayama Actor The Eternal Rainbow 1958 Fumi Kageyama Actor Behold Thy Son 1957 Actor Stepbrothers 1957 Rie Actor In Revolt 1957 Omitsu Actor Flowing 88% 1956 Rika Yamanaka / Oharu Actor The Moon Has Risen 1955 Director The Eternal Breasts 1955 Director Sansho the Bailiff 100% 95% 1954 Tamaki Actor The Woman in the Rumor 78% 1954 Hatsuko Mabuchi Actor Ugetsu 100% 93% 1953 Miyagi Actor
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