Kinuyo Tanaka

Actor

Born: November 28, 1909
Died: March 21, 1977 (age 67)
From: Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan

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 seventeen years old, appearing in Heinosuke Gosho's An Embarrassing Dream in 1927. She proceeded to take leading parts in, among others, Yasujirō Ozu's I Graduated, But... in 1929, Gosho's Aiyoku no…

Filmography (225)

Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About (2022)
Self (archive footage)
The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka (2009)
Self (archive footage)
Lullaby of the Earth (1976)
Cape of the North (1976)
Old Nun
Let's Go, Grandma! (1975)
Kiku Sasaki
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975)
Self
Sandakan No. 8 (1974)
Old Osaki
Sanbaba (1974)
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True (1972)
The Old Family Mistress
Red Beard (1965)
Madame Yasumoto
Kono sora no aru kagiri (1964)
The Scent of Incense (1964)
Tsuna
Bright Sea (1963)
Nobuko Yazaki
Alone Across the Pacific (1963)
Youth's Mother
A Legend or Was It? (1963)
Shizuko Sonobe
Double Wedding (1963)
Mama, I Need You! (1962)
The Fencing Master (1962)
Oharu
A Wanderer's Notebook (1962)
Kishi, Fumiko's Mother
Love Under the Crucifix (1962)
Director
Girls of the Night (1961)
Director
Eternity of Love (1961)
Michi's Mother
Her Brother (1960)
Mother
The Wandering Princess (1960)
Director
The Three Treasures (1959)
Princess Yamato
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka (1959)
Myokan
Hahakogusa (1959)
Shige Ozawa
The Eternal Rainbow (1958)
Fumi
Equinox Flower (1958)
Kiyoko Hirayama
The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
Orin