Kinuyo Tanaka
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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Kinuyo Tanaka
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director | Unknown (Character) | - | 1975 |
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Sandakan 8 | Osaki (Old) (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Scent of Incense | Tsuna (Character) | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Legend or Was It? | Shizuko Sonobe (Character) | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alone on the Pacific | Youth's Mother (Character) | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet |
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A Wanderer's Notebook | Kishi Fumiko's mother (Character) | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love Under the Crucifix | Director | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Girls of the Night | Director | - | 1961 |
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Her Brother | Mother (Character) | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wandering Princess | Director | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Three Treasures | Unknown (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Naniwa no Koi no Monogatari | Unknown (Character) | - | 1959 |
86% |
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The Ballad of Narayama | Orin (Character) | - | 1958 |
88% |
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Equinox Flower | Kiyoko Hirayama (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Higanbana | Kiyoko Hirayama (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Eternal Rainbow | Fumi Kageyama (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Behold Thy Son | Unknown (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stepbrothers | Rie (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In Revolt | Omitsu (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet |
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Flowing |
Rika Yamanaka / |
- | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Eternal Breasts | Director | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Moon Has Risen | Director | - | 1955 |
100% |
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Sansho the Bailiff | Tamaki (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet |
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The Woman in the Rumor | Hatsuko Mabuchi (Character) | - | 1954 |
100% |
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Ugetsu | Miyagi (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love Letter |
Landlady (Character), Director |
- | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Where Chimneys Are Seen | Hiroko Ogata (Character) | - | 1953 |
100% |
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Life of Oharu | Oharu (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sisters of Nishijin | Someka (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet |
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Okaasan | Mother (Character) | - | 1952 |
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Miss Oyu (Oyû-sama) | Unknown (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Miss Oyu | Oyu (Character) | - | 1951 |
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The Lady of Musashino | Michiko Akiyama (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet |
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Ginza Cosmetics | Yukiko Tsuji (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wedding Ring | Noriko Kuki (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet |
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The Munekata Sisters | Setsuko Munekata (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Yotsuya Kaidan, Part II | Unknown (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Love Has Been Burning | Eiko Hirayama (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet |
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Yotsuya Kaidan | Unknown (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet |
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Women of the Night | Fusako Owada (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Hen in the Wind | Tokiko Amamiya (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet |
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The Love of Sumako the Actress | Sumako Matsui (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Phoenix | Unknown (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Victory of Women | Hiroko Hosokawa (Character) | - | 1946 |
100% |
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Utamaro and His Five Women | Okita (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo (Sanjûsangen-dô, tôshiya monogatari) | Unknown (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Miyamoto Musashi | Shinobu Nonomiya (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Army | Waka (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ornamental Hairpin | Emi (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Okoto and Sasuke | Okoto (Character) | - | 1935 |
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Woman of Tokyo | Harue (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dragnet Girl | Tokiko (Character) | - | 1933 |
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Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? | Shigeko, bakery assistant (Character) | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Neighbor's Wife and Mine | Wife of the playwright (Character) | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Flunked But... | Unknown (Character) | - | 1930 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Youth, Why Do You Cry? | Unknown (Character) | - | 1930 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Graduated But ... | Machiko Nomoto (Character) | - | 1929 |