Kinuyo Tanaka
Japanese actress and film director (1909–1977)
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).
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 9 films (1940–1974) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 2 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).
| Year ▼ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Sandakan No. 8 | Kumai, KeiKei Kumai | 120 min | Color | ||
| 1958 | Equinox Flower | New Yorker Films | 118 min | 16mm | Color | sound |
| 1954 | Sansho the Bailiff | Kenji Mizoguchi | 120 min | B&W | ||
| 1954 | Sanshō dayū | director, Kenji Mizoguchi. | 125 | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1954 | Sanshō dayū | = Sansho the bailiff / Daiei Motion Picture Co. ; producer, Nagata Masaichi ; director, Mizoguchi Kenji ; scriptwriters, Yahiro Fuji, Yoda Yoshikata ; original story, Mori Ōgai. | 125 | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1952 | Mother | Mikio Naruse | ||||
| 1952 | The Life of Oharu | Kenji Mizoguchi | 148 min | B&W | ||
| 1946 | Utamaro And His Five Women | New Yorker Films | 106 min | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1940 | Kinuyo no hatsukoi. | Shochiku-Kabushiki Kaisha | 82 min | 16mm | sound |