Personal Info
Known Credits
129
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1909-11-28 (116 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Also Known For
田中绢代다나카 키누요Кинуё Танака
Kinuyo Tanaka
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 an early age, appearing in Yasujirō Ozu's I Graduated, But... in 1929. The following year she played the lead in Aiyoku no ki, and in 1931 she appeared in Japan's first talkie, The Neighbor's Wife and Mine, directed by Heinosuke Gosho. She had a close working ...
Known For
Acting
2022 --
Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About
| self (archive footage)
2009 --
The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka
| Self (archive footage)
1976 --
Lullaby of the Earth
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1976 --
Cape of the North
| Old Nun
1975 --
Let's Go, Grandma!
| Kiku Sasaki
1975 --
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
|
1974 --
Sandakan No. 8
| Old Osaki
1974 --
Sanbaba
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1972 --
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
| the old family mistress
1965 --
Red Beard
| Madame Yasumoto
1964 --
Kono sora no aru kagiri
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1964 --
The Scent of Incense
| Tsuna
1963 --
Bright Sea
| Nobuko Yazaki
1963 --
Alone Across the Pacific
| Youth's Mother
1963 --
A Legend, or Was It?
| Shizuko Sonobe
1963 --
Double Wedding
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1962 --
Mama, I Need You!
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1962 --
The Fencing Master
| Oharu
1962 --
A Wanderer's Notebook
| Kishi, Fumiko's mother
1961 --
Wakarete ikiru toki mo
| Michi's Mother
1960 --
Her Brother
| Mother
1959 --
The Three Treasures
| Princess Yamato
1959 --
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
| Myokan
1959 --
Hahakogusa
| Shige Ozawa
1958 --
The Eternal Rainbow
| Fumi
1958 --
Equinox Flower
| Kiyoko Hirayama
1958 --
The Ballad of Narayama
| Orin
1958 --
Sorrow Is Only for Women
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1957 --
On This Earth
| Omitsu, Heiichiro's mother
1957 --
Geisha in the Old City
| Oei
1957 --
Stepbrothers
| Rie
1957 --
Yellow Crow
| Yukiko Matsumoto
1956 --
Flowing
| Rika Yamanaka / Oharu
1956 --
The Storm
|
1956 --
Women in Prison
| Prison Warden
1956 --
How Sorrowful
|
1956 --
Confession
|
1955 --
Forever a Woman
| Neighbor's wife
1955 --
Tsukiyo no kasa
|
1955 --
少年死刑囚
|
1955 --
(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
| Oshige
1955 --
The Moon Has Risen
| Yoneya
1954 --
The Woman in the Rumor
| Hatsuko Mabuchi
1954 --
Five Sisters
|
1954 --
Sansho the Bailiff
| Tamaki
1953 --
Love Letter
| Landlady
1953 --
An Heir's Place
| Hisa Hosho
1953 --
Ugetsu
| Miyagi
1953 --
Where Chimneys Are Seen
| Hiroko Ogata
1953 --
Sincere Heart
| Kuniko
1952 --
Mother
| Masako Fukuhara
1952 --
The Ataka Family
| Kuniko Ataka
1952 --
Sisters of Nishijin
|
1952 --
The Life of Oharu
| Oharu
1951 --
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
1950 --
The Munekata Sisters
| Setsuko Munekata
1950 --
Wedding Ring
| Noriko Kuki
1949 --
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
| Oiwa / Osode
1949 --
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
| Oiwa / Osode
1949 --
Flame of My Love
| Eiko Hirayama
1948 --
A Hen in the Wind
| Tokiko Amamiya
1948 --
Women of the Night
| Fusako Owada
1947 --
Phoenix
| Sayoko Aihara
1947 --
The Love of the Actress Sumako
| Sumako Matsui
1947 --
Marriage
| Fumie Matsukawa
1946 --
Utamaro and His Five Women
| Okita
1946 --
Victory of Women
| Hiroko Hosokawa
1945 --
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
| Okinu
1945 --
Victory Song
| Woman who sings lullaby
1944 --
Miyamoto Musashi
| Shinobu Nonomiya
1944 --
Army
| Waka
1944 --
The Man Who Has Returned
|
1943 --
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
|
1943 --
Kaisen no Zenya
|
1942 --
A Certain Woman
|
1941 --
Record of a Woman Doctor
|
1941 --
Ornamental Hairpin
| Emi
1941 --
Flower
|
1941 --
Let's Go in Good Spirits
|
1940 --
Okinu and Banto
|
1940 --
Osaka Woman
|
1940 --
Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru
| Chiyo
1940 --
Kinuyo's First Love
|
1939 --
Weeds with flowers
|
1939 --
Zoku aizen katsura
|
1939 --
Spring Thunder
|
1939 --
Okayo's Preparedness
| Okayo
1938 --
The Tree of Love
| Katsue Takaishi
1938 --
Mother and Child
| Chieko
1937 --
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
1936 --
The New Road: Ryota
|
1936 --
The New Road: Akemi
|
1936 --
Men vs. Women
|
1935 --
Burden of Life
| Itsuko Kuriyama
1935 --
Okoto and Sasuke
| Okoto
1935 --
An Innocent Maid
| Oshige
1934 --
My Elder Brother
| Sumako
1934 --
That Night's Woman
|
1934 --
Osayo koisugata
| Osayo
1934 --
The Genealogy of Women
| Otsuta
1933 --
Sôbô
|
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
1932 --
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
| Oshige
1932 --
The Loyal 47 Ronin
| Yae
1931 --
ABC Lifeline
|
1931 --
The Neighbour's Wife and Mine
| Wife of the playwright
1931 --
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
|
1930 --
Young Lady
| Kinuko
1930 --
Youth, Why Do You Cry?
|
1930 --
I Flunked, But...
| Cafe's waitress
1930 --
Marching On
|
1929 --
I Graduated, But...
| Machiko Nomoto
1929 --
The Life of Workers in the Big City
|
1929 --
The Blacksmith of the Forest
| Omitsu
1928 --
Riku no ôja
|
1928 --
The Age of Emotion
|
1928 --
The Village Bride
|
1926 --
Karabotan
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