Kinuyo Tanaka
Acting • AGE 67
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...
Acting
Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About
Self (archive footage)
2022
The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka
Self (archive footage)
2009
Lullaby of the Earth
1976
Cape of the North
Old Nun
1976
Let's Go, Grandma!
Kiku Sasaki
1975
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Self
1975
Sandakan No. 8
Old Osaki
1974
Sanbaba
1974
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
The Old Family Mistress
1972
Mominoki wa Nokotta
Tsuta
1970
Red Beard
Madame Yasumoto
1965
Kono sora no aru kagiri
1964
The Scent of Incense
Tsuna
1964
Bright Sea
Nobuko Yazaki
1963
Alone Across the Pacific
Youth's Mother
1963
A Legend or Was It?
Shizuko Sonobe
1963
Double Wedding
1963
Mama, I Need You!
1962
The Fencing Master
Oharu
1962
A Wanderer's Notebook
Kishi, Fumiko's Mother
1962
Love Under the Crucifix
Director
1962
Girls of the Night
Director
1961
Eternity of Love
Michi's Mother
1961
Her Brother
Mother
1960
The Wandering Princess
Director
1960
The Three Treasures
Princess Yamato
1959
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Myokan
1959
Hahakogusa
Shige Ozawa
1959
The Eternal Rainbow
Fumi
1958
Equinox Flower
Kiyoko Hirayama
1958
The Ballad of Narayama
Orin
1958
Sorrow Is Only for Women
1958
On This Earth
Omitsu, Heiichiro's mother
1957
Geisha in the Old City
Oei
1957
Stepbrothers
Rie
1957
Yellow Crow
Yukiko Matsumoto
1957
Flowing
Rika Yamanaka / Oharu
1956
The Storm
1956
Women in Prison
Prison Warden
1956
This Is Home
1956
Confession
1956
Forever a Woman
Neighbor's Wife
1955
Tsukiyo no kasa
1955
Shōnen shikeishū
1955
House of Many Pleasures
Oshige
1955
The Moon Has Risen
Yoneya
1955
The Woman in the Rumor
Hatsuko Mabuchi
1954
Five Sisters
1954
Sansho the Bailiff
Tamaki
1954
Love Letter
Landlady
1953
Brother and Sister
Assistant Director
1953
An Heir's Place
Hisa Hosho
1953
Ugetsu
Miyagi
1953
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Hiroko Ogata
1953
Sincere Heart
Kuniko
1953
Mother
Masako Fukuhara
1952
The Ataka Family
Kuniko Ataka
1952
The Life of Oharu
Oharu
1952
Sisters of Nishijin
1952
Story of Lightning
1951
The Lady of Musashino
Michiko Akiyama
1951
Miss Oyu
Oyû Kayukawa
1951
Ginza Cosmetics
Yukiko Tsuji
1951
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
Onaka
1951
The Munekata Sisters
Setsuko Munekata
1950
Wedding Ring
Noriko Kuki
1950
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
Oiwa / Osode
1949
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
Oiwa / Osode
1949
Flame of My Love
Eiko Hirayama
1949
A Hen in the Wind
Tokiko Amamiya
1948
Women of the Night
Fusako Owada
1948
Phoenix
Sayoko Aihara
1947
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Sumako Matsui
1947
Marriage
Fumie Matsukawa
1947
Utamaro and His Five Women
Okita
1946
Victory of Women
Hiroko Hosokawa
1946
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
Okinu
1945
Victory Song
Woman who sings lullaby
1945
Miyamoto Musashi
Shinobu Nonomiya
1944
Army
Waka
1944
The Man Who Has Returned
1944
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
Kiyo
1943
Kaisen no Zenya
1943
A Certain Woman
1942
Record of a Woman Doctor
1941
Ornamental Hairpin
Emi
1941
Flower
1941
Let's Go in Good Spirits
1941
Okinu and Banto
1940
Osaka Woman
1940
Kinuyo's First Love
1940
Weeds with flowers
1939
Zoku aizen katsura
1939
Spring Thunder
1939
Okayo's Preparedness
Okayo
1939
The Tree of Love
Katsue Takaishi
1938
Mother and Child
Chieko
1938
Banchō sarayashiki
1937
A Man's Recompense: Part 2
1937
A Man's Recompense: Part 1
1937
Lady Doctor Kinuyo
Kinuyo Yamaoka
1937
Song of the Flower Basket
Yoko
1937
The New Road: Ryota
1936
The New Road: Akemi
1936
Men vs. Women
1936
Burden of Life
Itsuko Kuriyama
1935
Okoto and Sasuke
Okoto
1935
An Innocent Maid
Oshige
1935
My Elder Brother
Sumako
1934
Osayo Koi Sugata
Osayo
1934
The Genealogy of Women
Otsuta
1934
Daphne
Tamayō (Geisha)
1933
Before the Wedding
Yukiko Takada
1933
Dragnet Girl
Tokiko
1933
Woman of Tokyo
Harue
1933
The Dancing Girl of Izu
Kaoru, a dancer
1933
The Bride Talks in Her Sleep
Haruko, bride
1933
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Yae
1932
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
Oshige
1932
Shine, Japanese Women
Shigeko
1932
Studio Romance: A Guide to Love
1932
Victory or Defeat
1932
ABC Lifeline
1931
ABC Lifeline: Fujieda Chapter
1931
The Neighbour's Wife and Mine
Wife of the Playwright
1931
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
Mayumi
1931
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
Mayumi
1931
Young Lady
Kinuko
1930
Youth, Why Do You Cry?
Kozue Uesugi
1930
Record of Love and Desire
1930
The Tale of Kinuyo
Kinuyo
1930
Mother, Don't Tarnish Your Name
1930
Where Do Women Go?
Omitsu
1930
I Flunked, But...
Cafe's Waitress
1930
Marching On
Toshiko Yamamoto
1930
I Graduated, But...
Machiko Nomoto
1929
The Blacksmith of the Forest
Omitsu
1929
The Glory of the Shōwa Era
Yayoi Sakurai (Shōwa Chapter)
1928
King of the Land
Namiko
1928
The Eternal Heart
1928
Chronicles of a Sea Country
Oaki (Sister)
1928
Young Master
Tamako (Geisha in training)
1926
Fallen Samurai
Omaki
1925
Village Pasture
Oharu
1924