Kinuyo Tanaka

Personal Info

Birthday

November 28, 1909

Day of Death

1977-03-21

(67 years old)

Place of Birth

Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan

Also Known As

다나카 키누요

کینو تاناکا

Kinuyo Tanaka

Biography

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..

Known For

Sansho the Bailiff

Red Beard

Ugetsu

The Life of Oharu

Sandakan No. 8

The Woman in the Rumor

Army

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

Filmography

2022
Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About
as Self (archive footage)
2009
The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka
as Self (archive footage)
1976
Cape of the North
as Old Nun
1975
Let's Go, Grandma!
as Kiku Sasaki
1974
Sandakan No. 8
as Old Osaki
1972
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
as the old family mistress
1965
Red Beard
as Madame Yasumoto
1964
The Scent of Incense
as Tsuna
1963
Bright Sea
as Nobuko Yazaki
Alone Across the Pacific
as Youth's Mother
A Legend or Was It?
as Shizuko Sonobe
1962
The Fencing Master
as Oharu
A Wanderer's Notebook
as Kishi, Fumiko's mother
1961
Wakarete ikiru toki mo
as Michi's Mother
1960
Her Brother
as Mother
1959
The Three Treasures
as Princess Yamato
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
as Myokan
Hahakogusa
as Shige Ozawa
1958
The Eternal Rainbow
as Fumi
Equinox Flower
as Kiyoko Hirayama
The Ballad of Narayama
as Orin
1957
On This Earth
as Omitsu, Heiichiro's mother
Geisha in the Old City
as Oei
Stepbrothers
as Rie
Yellow Crow
as Yukiko Matsumoto
1956
Flowing
as Rika Yamanaka / Oharu
Women in Prison
as Prison Warden
1955
Forever a Woman
as Neighbor's Wife
(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
as Oshige
The Moon Has Risen
as Yoneya
1954
The Woman in the Rumor
as Hatsuko Mabuchi
Sansho the Bailiff
as Tamaki
1953
Love Letter
as Landlady
An Heir's Place
as Hisa Hosho
Ugetsu
as Miyagi
Where Chimneys Are Seen
as Hiroko Ogata
Sincere Heart
as Kuniko
1952
Mother
as Masako Fukuhara
The Ataka Family
as Kuniko Ataka
The Life of Oharu
as Oharu
1951
The Lady of Musashino
as Michiko Akiyama
Miss Oyu
as Oyû Kayukawa
Ginza Cosmetics
as Yukiko Tsuji
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
as Onaka
1950
The Munekata Sisters
as Setsuko Munekata
Wedding Ring
as Noriko Kuki
1949
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
as Oiwa / Osode
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
as Oiwa / Osode
Flame of My Love
as Eiko Hirayama
1948
A Hen in the Wind
as Tokiko Amamiya
Women of the Night
as Fusako Owada
1947
Phoenix
as Sayoko Aihara
The Love of the Actress Sumako
as Sumako Matsui
Marriage
as Fumie Matsukawa
1946
Utamaro and His Five Women
as Okita
Victory of Women
as Hiroko Hosokawa
1945
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
as Okinu
Victory Song
as Woman who sings lullaby
1944
Miyamoto Musashi
as Shinobu Nonomiya
Army
as Waka
1943
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
as Kiyo
1941
Ornamental Hairpin
as Emi
1940
Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru
as Chiyo
1939
Okayo's Preparedness
as Okayo
1938
The Tree of Love
as Katsue Takaishi
Mother and Child
as Chieko
1937
Lady Doctor Kinuyo
as Kinuyo Yamaoka
Song of the Flower Basket
as Yoko
1935
Burden of Life
as Itsuko Kuriyama
Okoto and Sasuke
as Okoto
An Innocent Maid
as Oshige
1934
My Elder Brother
as Sumako
Osayo Koi Sugata
as Osayo
The Genealogy of Women
as Otsuta
Mother of the East
as Taeko
1933
Sôbô
as Yoshiko Chō
Daphne
as Tamayō (Geisha)
Before the Wedding
as Yukiko Takada
Clear and Cloudy
as Fusako Kawahara
Dragnet Girl
as Tokiko
The Cheerleading Captain's Love
as Omitsu
Woman of Tokyo
as Harue
The Dancing Girl of Izu
as Kaoru, a dancer
The Bride Talks in Her Sleep
as Haruko, bride
1932
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Yae
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
as Oshige
Shine, Japanese Women
as Shigeko
The Sun Rises from the East
as Miyoko
The Golden Demon
as Omiya
1931
The Neighbour's Wife and Mine
as Wife of the playwright
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
as Mayumi
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
as Mayumi
1930
Young Lady
as Kinuko
Youth, Why Do You Cry?
as Kozue Uesugi
The Tale of Kinuyo
as Kinuyo
Where Do Women Go?
as Omitsu
I Flunked, But...
as Cafe's Waitress
Song of Youth
as Kinuko Yamada
Marching On
as Toshiko Yamamoto
1929
Triumphant Song of the Mountain
as Yuki Matsuyama
I Graduated, But...
as Machiko Nomoto
Cheerful Song
as Mamoko
The Big City: Labor
as Okimi (cleaning woman)
The Blacksmith of the Forest
as Omitsu
1928
Symphony of Youth
as Kinuko Noguchi
The Glory of the Shōwa Era
as Yayoi Sakurai (Shōwa chapter)
King of the Land
as Namiko
What a Handsome Man!
as Shikanyu (geisha)
Iron Virgin
as Namiko
Chronicles of a Sea Country
as Oaki (sister)
1927
Sankichi the Flying Squirrel
as Oshizu (Tazaemon's daughter)
The Oath of a Thousand Kills
as Kaōgi (courtesan)
Song of the Border Patrol
as Tsutae
1926
The Cursed Sword
as Owaka
The Betrayed
as O-Fumi
Young Master
as Tamako (Geisha in training)
Troubled Days
as Osaki (Reiko's Sister)
1925
No Need for Your Opinion
as Daughter
Fallen Samurai
as Omaki
Love's Snare
as Osato (Thread Shop Owner)
The Killing of a Hundred Men at Isshinji Temple
as Otami
Cry of the Raging Current
as Okimi
The Little Traveling Entertainer
as Okiku
1924
Village Pasture
as Oharu