Kinuyo Tanaka
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Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
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Tanaka was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi
is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is at the southwestern tip of Honshū, facing the Tsushima Strait and also Kitakyushu across the Kanmon Straits....
. She became a leading actress at an early age, appearing in Yasujirō Ozu
Yasujiro Ozu
was a prominent Japanese film director and script writer. He is known for his distinctive technical style, developed during the silent era. Marriage and family, especially the relationships between the generations, are among the most persistent themes in his body of work...
's I Graduated, But... in 1929. The following year she played the lead in Aiyoku no ki
Aiyoku no ki
is a 1930 Japanese silent film directed by Heinosuke Gosho and written by Akira Fushimi. The film starred Kinuyo Tanaka and Ichirô Yuki.-Cast:*Kinuyo Tanaka*Ichirô Yuki*Kikuko Hanaoka*Jun Arai*Kimiko Hikari*Hikaru Yamanouchi...
, and in 1931 she appeared in Japan's first talkie, The Neighbor's Wife and Mine
The Neighbor's Wife and Mine
was the first Japanese narrative film to fully employ sound. A 1931 release, it was directed by Heinosuke Gosho.Sound came later to Japanese cinema than in many other countries because of the enduring popularity of the benshi, also known as katsuben, cinema lecturers/narrators who would accompany...
, directed by Heinosuke Gosho
Heinosuke Gosho
was a Japanese film director who directed Japan's first talkie, The Neighbor's Wife and Mine, in 1931. He once served as president of the Directors Guild of Japan.- Selected filmography :* Aiyoku no ki...
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She had a close working relationship with director Kenji Mizoguchi
Kenji Mizoguchi
Kenji Mizoguchi was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His film Ugetsu won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and appeared in the Sight & Sound Critics' Top Ten Poll in 1962 and 1972. Mizoguchi is renowned for his mastery of the long take and mise-en-scène...
, having parts in 15 of his films, including leading roles in The Life of Oharu
The Life of Oharu
is a 1952 historical fiction black-and-white film by director Kenji Mizoguchi starring Kinuyo Tanaka as Oharu, a one-time concubine of a daimyō who struggles to escape the stigma of having been sold into prostitution by her father...
(1952), Ugetsu
Ugetsu
Ugetsu is a 1953 Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Set in 16th century Japan, it stars Masayuki Mori and Machiko Kyō, and is inspired by short stories by Ueda Akinari and Guy de Maupassant...
(1953) and Sansho the Bailiff
Sansho the Bailiff
-External links:* at the Japanese Movie Database* * and QuickTime trailer* essay by Mark Le Fanu...
(1954). Their working relationship ended when Mizoguchi countered a recommendation from the Directors Guild of Japan
Directors Guild of Japan
The is a trade union created to represent the interests of film directors in the film industry in Japan. It was founded in 1936, with Minoru Murata serving as the first president, and has continued to this day apart from a period between 1943 and 1949 when it was disbanded at first on orders from...
for the Nikkatsu
Nikkatsu
is a Japanese entertainment company well known for its film and television productions. It is Japan's oldest major movie studio. The name Nikkatsu is an abbreviation of Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally "Japan Cinematograph Company".-History:...
studio to hire her as a director. Despite this, the production of her second film as director went ahead, but Tanaka never forgave Mizoguchi, and the reasons for his behaviour are unclear. She also played Noboru Yasumoto's mother in Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
was a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, Kurosawa directed 30 filmsIn 1946, Kurosawa co-directed, with Hideo Sekigawa and Kajiro Yamamoto, the feature Those Who Make Tomorrow ;...
's Red Beard
Red Beard
is a 1965 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa about the relationship between a town doctor and his new trainee. The film was based on Shūgorō Yamamoto's short story collection, Akahige shinryotan . Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel The Insulted and the Injured provided the source for a subplot about a...
(1965). For her portrayal in Kei Kumai
Kei Kumai
was a Japanese film director from Azumino, Nagano prefecture. After his studies in literature at Shinshu University, he worked as director's assistant....
's Sandakan N° 8
Sandakan No. 8
is a 1974 Japanese film directed by Kei Kumai. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.-Plot:A young female journalist is researching an article on the history of Japanese women who were forced to work as prostitutes in Asian brothels during the early 20th century...
she won the Best Actress Award
Silver Bear for Best Actress
The Silver Bear for Best Actress is the Berlin International Film Festival's award for achievement in performance by an actress.-Awards:- External links :*...
at the 25th Berlin International Film Festival
25th Berlin International Film Festival
The 25th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 27 to July 8, 1975.-Jury:* Sylvia Syms * Ottokar Runze* Henry Chapier* Else Goelz* Albert Johnson* Rostislav Yurenev* Carlo Martins* S...
in 1975. Her last screen appearance was in 1976 in Kei Kumai
Kei Kumai
was a Japanese film director from Azumino, Nagano prefecture. After his studies in literature at Shinshu University, he worked as director's assistant....
's Kita No Misaki.
Tanaka was the second Japanese woman who worked as a film director, after Sakane Tazuko (1904‐1975). Her first directing job was on the film Love Letter
Love Letter (1953 film)
is a 1953 black and white Japanese romance film, the first film directed by the actress Kinuyo Tanaka, who was the first woman to have a career as a film director in Japan...
in 1953, and she made five further films in that role.
Actress
She has appeared in more than 259 films(incomplete)
- 1929 I Graduated, But... (大学は出たけれど Daigaku wa detakeredo) - directed by Yasujirō OzuYasujiro Ozuwas a prominent Japanese film director and script writer. He is known for his distinctive technical style, developed during the silent era. Marriage and family, especially the relationships between the generations, are among the most persistent themes in his body of work...
(小津安二郎) - 1930 I Flunked, But... (落第はしたけれど Rakudai wa shitakeredo) - directed by Yasujirō Ozu
- 1931 The Neighbor's Wife and MineThe Neighbor's Wife and Minewas the first Japanese narrative film to fully employ sound. A 1931 release, it was directed by Heinosuke Gosho.Sound came later to Japanese cinema than in many other countries because of the enduring popularity of the benshi, also known as katsuben, cinema lecturers/narrators who would accompany...
(マダムと女房 Madamu to Nyōbō) - directed by Heinosuke GoshoHeinosuke Goshowas a Japanese film director who directed Japan's first talkie, The Neighbor's Wife and Mine, in 1931. He once served as president of the Directors Guild of Japan.- Selected filmography :* Aiyoku no ki...
(五所平之助) - 1933 Izu no Odoriko (伊豆の踊子) - directed by Heinosuke Gosho
- 1933 Woman of Tokyo (東京の女 Tōkyō no Onna) - directed by Yasujirō Ozu
- 1933 Dragnet Girl (非常線の女 Hijōsen no Onna) - directed by Yasujirō Ozu
- 1935 Okoto and Sasuke (春琴抄 お琴と佐助 Shunkinshō Okoto to Sasuke) - directed by Yasujirō ShimazuYasujirō Shimazuwas a Japanese film director and screenwriter, who was one of the major creators of the shōshimingeki genre at the Shōchiku studios in pre-World War II Japan....
(島津保次郎) - 1935 Burden of Life (人生のお荷物 Jinsei no Onimotsu) - directed by Heinosuke Gosho
- 1938 Flower in Storm (愛染かつら Aizen-Katsura) - directed by Hiromasa Nomura (野村浩将)
- 1941 Ornamental Hairpin (簪 Kanzashi) - directed by Hiroshi ShimizuHiroshi Shimizu (director)was a Japanese film director, known for his silent films with detailed depictions of Japanese society.-Career:Shimizu was born in Shizuoka and attended Hokkaidō University but left before graduating. He joined the Shochiku studio in Tokyo in 1921 and made his directorial debut in 1924, at the age...
(清水宏) - 1944 Riku-gun (陸軍) - directed by Keisuke KinoshitaKeisuke Kinoshitawas a Japanese film director.Although lesser known internationally than his fellow filmmakers such as Akira Kurosawa , Kenji Mizoguchi and Yasujirō Ozu , Keisuke Kinoshita was nonetheless a household figure at home beloved by audience and critics alike, especially in the forties through the sixties...
(木下惠介) - 1944 The Swordsman (宮本武蔵 Miyamoto Musashi) - directed by Kenji MizoguchiKenji MizoguchiKenji Mizoguchi was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His film Ugetsu won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and appeared in the Sight & Sound Critics' Top Ten Poll in 1962 and 1972. Mizoguchi is renowned for his mastery of the long take and mise-en-scène...
(溝口健二) - 1945 A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo (三十三間堂通し矢物語 Sanjūsangendō Tōshiya Monogatari) - directed by Mikio NaruseMikio Narusewas a Japanese filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer who directed some 89 films spanning the period 1930 to 1967.Naruse is known for imbuing his films with a bleak and pessimistic outlook...
(成瀬巳喜男) - 1946 Utamaro and His Five WomenUtamaro and His Five WomenUtamaro and His Five Women or Five Women Around Utamaro is a 1946 Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It is based on the novel of the same title by Kanji Kunieda, itself a fictionalized account of the life of printmaker Kitagawa Utamaro...
aka Five Women Around Utamaro (歌麿をめぐる五人の女 Utamaro o meguru gonin no Onna) - directed by Kenji Mizoguchi - 1947 The Love of Sumako the Actress (女優須磨子の恋 Joyū Sumako no koi) - directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
- 1948 Women of the Night (夜の女たち Yoru no Onna-tachi) - directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
- 1948 A Hen in the WindA Hen in the Windis a 1948 drama film directed by Yasujiro Ozu, starring Kinuyo Tanaka and Shûji Sano.-Plot:The film is set in immediate postwar Japan, Tokyo. Tokiko , a twenty-nine-year-old mother of a young boy of four, is waiting for her husband's repatriation from World War II...
(風の中の牝鶏 Kaze no naka no Mendori) - directed by Yasujirō Ozu - 1949 Flame of My Love aka My Love Burns (わが恋は燃えぬ Waga koi wa moenu) - directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
- 1950 An Engagement Ring (婚約指環 Kon'yaku-yubiwa) - directed by Keisuke Kinoshita
- 1950 The Munekata Sisters (宗方姉妹 Munekata Kyōdai) - directed by Yasujirō Ozu
- 1951 The Inner Palace Conspiracy (おぼろ駕籠 Oboro-Kago) - directed by Daisuke ItōDaisuke Itō (film director)was a Japanese film director and screenwriter who played a central role in the development of the modern jidaigeki and samurai cinema.-Career:Born in Ehime Prefecture, Itō joined the actors school at Shōchiku in 1920, but soon began writing screenplays under the recommendation of Kaoru Osanai. He...
(伊藤大輔) - 1951 Ginza CosmeticsGinza Cosmeticsis a 1951 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Mikio Naruse. It follows the life of a quite geisha,single mother of a young boy, in the lively Tokyo quarter of Ginza...
(銀座化粧 Ginza Keshō) (1951) - directed by Mikio Naruse - 1951 Miss OyuMiss Oyuis a 1951 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It is based on the 1932 novel by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki.- Cast :* Kinuyo Tanaka as Oyū Kayukawa* Nobuko Otowa as Shizu* Yuji Hori as Shinnosuke Seribashi* Kiyoko Hirai as Osumi...
(お遊さま Oyū-sama) - directed by Kenji Mizoguchi - 1951 The Lady of MusashinoThe Lady of Musashinois a 1951 Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi....
aka Lady Musashino (武蔵野夫人 Musashino-Fujin) - directed by Kenji Mizoguchi - 1952 The Life of OharuThe Life of Oharuis a 1952 historical fiction black-and-white film by director Kenji Mizoguchi starring Kinuyo Tanaka as Oharu, a one-time concubine of a daimyō who struggles to escape the stigma of having been sold into prostitution by her father...
(西鶴一代女 Saikaku ichidai-onna) - directed by Kenji Mizoguchi - 1952 Mother (おかあさん Oksan) - directed by Mikio Naruse
- 1953 Entotsu no mieru bashoEntotsu no mieru bashoEntotsu no mieru basho is a 1953 Japanese drama film directed by Heinosuke Gosho. It was entered into the 3rd Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Ken Uehara - Ryukichi Ogata* Kinuyo Tanaka - Hiroko Ogata* Hiroshi Akutagawa - Kenzo Kubo...
- directed by Heinosuke GoshoHeinosuke Goshowas a Japanese film director who directed Japan's first talkie, The Neighbor's Wife and Mine, in 1931. He once served as president of the Directors Guild of Japan.- Selected filmography :* Aiyoku no ki... - 1953 UgetsuUgetsuUgetsu is a 1953 Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Set in 16th century Japan, it stars Masayuki Mori and Machiko Kyō, and is inspired by short stories by Ueda Akinari and Guy de Maupassant...
aka Tales of Moonlight and Rain (雨月物語 Ugetsu-monogatari) - directed by Kenji Mizoguchi - 1954 Sansho the BailiffSansho the Bailiff-External links:* at the Japanese Movie Database* * and QuickTime trailer* essay by Mark Le Fanu...
(山椒太夫 Sanshō-dayū) - directed by Kenji Mizoguchi - 1954 Onna no koyomiOnna no koyomiOnna no koyomi is a 1954 Japanese film directed by Seiji Hisamatsu. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Kinuyo Tanaka - Michi Saeki* Yôko Sugi - Kuniko Hyuga* Kyôko Kagawa - Mie Hyuga* Hisao Toake - Manzo Saeki...
(女の暦 Onna no koyomi) - directed by Seiji HisamatsuSeiji Hisamatsuwas a Japanese film director. He directed 101 films between 1934 and 1965.-Selected filmography:* * Keisatsu nikki * Onna no koyomi -External links:...
(久松静児) - 1954 The Woman in the RumorThe Woman in the Rumoris a 1954 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi.-Cast:* Kinuyo Tanaka as Hatsuko Mabuchi* Tomoemon Otani as Kenji Matoba* Yoshiko Kuga as Yukiko Mabuchi-External links:...
aka The Crucified Woman (噂の女 Uwasa no onna) - directed by Kenji Mizoguchi - 1956 ArashiArashi (film)Arashi is a 1956 Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki. It was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Chishû Ryû - Shinji Mizusawa* Kinuyo Tanaka - Otoku, housekeeper* Daisuke Katô - Ishii* Akira Kubo - Saburo Mizusawa...
- directed by Hiroshi InagakiHiroshi Inagakiwas a Japanese filmmaker most known for the Academy Award-winning Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto, which he directed in 1954.-Career:Born in Tokyo as the son of a shinpa actor, Inagaki appeared on stage in his childhood before joining the Nikkatsu studio as an actor in 1922... - 1956 Flowing (流れる NagareruNagareruis a 1956 Japanese film directed by Mikio Naruse. The black-and-white drama starred Kinuyo Tanaka, Isuzu Yamada, Hideko Takamine, Mariko Okada, Haruko Sugimura, Sumiko Kurishima, Chieko Nakakita, Natsuko Kahara, Seiji Miyaguchi, Daisuke Katō, Nobuo Nakamura, Kumeko Otowa and others....
) - directed by Mikio Naruse - 1958 Equinox FlowerEquinox Floweris a 1958 color Japanese film directed by Yasujiro Ozu. It is Yasujiro Ozu's first film in color while Japan's first color film, Keisuke Kinoshita's Carmen Comes Home, had been released in 1951. The film is based on a novel by Ton Satomi...
(彼岸花 Higanbana) - directed by Yasujirō Ozu - 1958 The Ballad Of NarayamaThe Ballad of Narayamais a 1958 Japanese drama film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita. It is based on the book Men of Tohoku by Shichiro Fukuzawa. The film explores the practice of ubasute....
(楢山節考 Narayama Bushiko?) - directed by Keisuke Kinoshita - 1960 Her BrotherHer BrotherHer Brother is a 1960 Japanese drama film directed by Kon Ichikawa. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival, where it won a prize for Special Distinction....
(おとうと Otōto) - directed by Kon IchikawaKon Ichikawawas a Japanese film director.-Early life and career:Ichikawa was born in Ise, Mie Prefecture. In the 1930s Ichikawa attended a technical school in Osaka. Upon graduation, in 1933, he found a job with a local rental film studio, J.O. Studio, in their animation department...
(市川崑) - 1962 Lonely Lane aka A Wanderer's NotebookA Wanderer's Notebook, also known as Her Lonely Lane is a 1962 black-and-white Japanese film drama directed by Mikio Naruse, starring Hideko Takamine. The film is based on the autobiography of author Fumiko Hayashi, whose work the director often adapted for the screen.-Plot:...
(放浪記 Horoki) - directed by Naruse Mikio - 1963 Alone on the PacificAlone on the Pacificis a 1963 color Japanese adventure film directed by Kon Ichikawa. It was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival.The film is based on the book and 1962 first solo voyage across the Pacific by Kenichi Horie.-Cast:* Yujiro Ishihara - The Youth...
(太平洋ひとりぼっち Taiheiyō hitori-bocchi) - directed by Kon Ichikawa - 1965 Red BeardRed Beardis a 1965 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa about the relationship between a town doctor and his new trainee. The film was based on Shūgorō Yamamoto's short story collection, Akahige shinryotan . Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel The Insulted and the Injured provided the source for a subplot about a...
(赤ひげ Aka-hige) - directed by Akira KurosawaAkira Kurosawawas a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, Kurosawa directed 30 filmsIn 1946, Kurosawa co-directed, with Hideo Sekigawa and Kajiro Yamamoto, the feature Those Who Make Tomorrow ;...
(黒澤明) - 1974 Sandakan N° 8Sandakan No. 8is a 1974 Japanese film directed by Kei Kumai. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.-Plot:A young female journalist is researching an article on the history of Japanese women who were forced to work as prostitutes in Asian brothels during the early 20th century...
(サンダカン八番娼館 望郷) - directed by Kei KumaiKei Kumaiwas a Japanese film director from Azumino, Nagano prefecture. After his studies in literature at Shinshu University, he worked as director's assistant....
(熊井啓) - 1975 Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film DirectorKenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film DirectorKenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director is a 1975 Japanese documentary film on the life and works of director Kenji Mizoguchi, directed by Kaneto Shindō . It runs 150 minutes and can be found on the second disc of the Region 1 Criterion Collection release of Ugetsu ....
(ある映画監督の生涯 Aru eiga-kantoku no shogai) - directed by Kaneto ShindōKaneto Shindo, Hiroshima, Japan) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His best known films include Children of Hiroshima, The Naked Island, Onibaba, Kuroneko and A Last Note.Shindō has often made films dealing with Hiroshima or the atomic bomb...
(新藤兼人) - 1976 Kita No Misaki (北の岬) - directed by Kei Kumai
Director
- 1953 Love LetterLove Letter (1953 film)is a 1953 black and white Japanese romance film, the first film directed by the actress Kinuyo Tanaka, who was the first woman to have a career as a film director in Japan...
(恋文 Koibumi) - 1955 Tsuki wa noborinu (月は上りぬ)
- 1955 Chibusa yo eien nare (乳房よ永遠なれ)
- 1960 The Wandering Princess (1960 film) (流転の王妃 Ruten no Ouhi)
- 1961 Girls of the Night (1961 film) (女ばかりの夜 Onna bakari no yoru)
- 1962 Love Under the Crucifix (1962 film) (お吟さま Ogin sama)
See also
- Masaki Kobayashi (小林正樹) - He is a cousin of Kinuyo
- :Category:Films directed by Kinuyo Tanaka
- Kinuyo Tanaka Award (田中絹代賞) in the Mainichi Film Awards - This award is bestowed each year for an actress' works and career from 1985.