Kinuyo Tanaka
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...
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...
Known For
Cast Credits
Cape of the North
as Old Nun
Let's Go, Grandma!
as Kiku Sasaki
Sandakan No. 8
as Old Osaki
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
as The Old Family Mistress
Red Beard
as Madame Yasumoto
The Scent of Incense
as Tsuna
Bright Sea
as Nobuko Yazaki
Alone Across the Pacific
as Youth's Mother
A Legend or Was It?
as Shizuko Sonobe
The Fencing Master
as Oharu
A Wanderer's Notebook
as Kishi, Fumiko's Mother
Eternity of Love
as Michi's Mother
Her Brother
as Mother
The Three Treasures
as Princess Yamato
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
as Myokan
Hahakogusa
as Shige Ozawa
The Eternal Rainbow
as Fumi
Equinox Flower
as Kiyoko Hirayama
The Ballad of Narayama
as Orin
On This Earth
as Omitsu, Heiichiro's mother
Geisha in the Old City
as Oei
Stepbrothers
as Rie
Yellow Crow
as Yukiko Matsumoto
Flowing
as Rika Yamanaka / Oharu
Crew Credits
Love Under the Crucifix
Director
Girls of the Night
Director
The Wandering Princess
Director
Forever a Woman
Director
The Moon Has Risen
Director
Love Letter
Director
Brother and Sister
Assistant Director