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 ki in 1930, and in 1931, Japan's
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⭐ 0Sansho the Bailiff
⭐ 8.104Sandakan No. 8
⭐ 7.7Equinox Flower
⭐ 7.442Kaisen no Zenya
⭐ 0Mother
⭐ 6.8The Life of Oharu
⭐ 7.717The Woman in the Rumor
⭐ 7.354The Love of the Actress Sumako
⭐ 6.8Miss Oyu
⭐ 7.181Flowing
⭐ 7.1Kono sora no aru kagiri
⭐ 0The Munekata Sisters
⭐ 6.984Zoku aizen katsura
⭐ 0Alone Across the Pacific
⭐ 6.9Women of the Night
⭐ 7.1Miyamoto Musashi
⭐ 6.1Utamaro and His Five Women
⭐ 7.1Her Brother
⭐ 6.9Flame of My Love
⭐ 5.6Woman of Tokyo
⭐ 6.8Phoenix
⭐ 6Bright Sea
⭐ 0Ornamental Hairpin
⭐ 6.7Sincere Heart
⭐ 6.3The Village Bride
⭐ 0King of the Land
⭐ 0A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
⭐ 5.8Useless Button
⭐ 0The Big City: Labor
⭐ 0The Ballad of Narayama
⭐ 7.5A Wanderer's Notebook
⭐ 7.2The Neighbour's Wife and Mine
⭐ 6.5The Dancing Girl of Izu
⭐ 6.5A Legend or Was It?
⭐ 6.5Burden of Life
⭐ 6.4Army
⭐ 6.9Youth, Why Do You Cry?
⭐ 0The Three Treasures
⭐ 5.308The Eternal Rainbow
⭐ 6.3Banchō sarayashiki
⭐ 0Wedding Ring
⭐ 6.6Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
⭐ 6.7A Man's Recompense: Part 2
⭐ 0Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
⭐ 6.7A Man's Recompense: Part 1
⭐ 0Flower
⭐ 0A Certain Woman
⭐ 0The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka
⭐ 4Forever a Woman
⭐ 7.5The Moon Has Risen
⭐ 6.8Record of a Woman Doctor
⭐ 6Okoto and Sasuke
⭐ 6.7An Heir's Place
⭐ 0Victory of Women
⭐ 6.5Five Sisters
⭐ 7.7Yellow Crow
⭐ 6.2I Graduated, But...
⭐ 5.6The Scent of Incense
⭐ 7.2ABC Lifeline
⭐ 6.1The New Road: Akemi
⭐ 7Wakarete ikiru toki mo
⭐ 0Hahakogusa
⭐ 0The Storm
⭐ 9Where Chimneys Are Seen
⭐ 6.4Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About
⭐ 0The Man Who Has Returned
⭐ 0Marching On
⭐ 0I Flunked, But...
⭐ 6.1Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
⭐ 6.5Dragnet Girl
⭐ 6.7Okayo's Preparedness
⭐ 7Red Beard
⭐ 8.128Mama, I Need You!
⭐ 0(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
⭐ 0Osayo koisugata
⭐ 0The Bride Talks in Her Sleep
⭐ 0Lullaby of the Earth
⭐ 6.5The Loyal 47 Ronin
⭐ 0Ginza Cosmetics
⭐ 6.1The Inner Palace Conspiracy
⭐ 0The Tree of Love
⭐ 6.5Tsukiyo no kasa
⭐ 0The Lady of Musashino
⭐ 6.2Marriage
⭐ 7Sôbô
⭐ 0Geisha in the Old City
⭐ 0Love Letter
⭐ 6.82How Sorrowful
⭐ 0The Ataka Family
⭐ 5.5The Fencing Master
⭐ 5.5The Genealogy of Women
⭐ 0Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
⭐ 5.7The Age of Emotion
⭐ 0Victory Song
⭐ 5.2My Elder Brother
⭐ 6On This Earth
⭐ 0Lady Doctor Kinuyo
⭐ 4.6Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru
⭐ 0Song of the Flower Basket
⭐ 0Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
⭐ 6.8Men vs. Women
⭐ 0Sisters of Nishijin
⭐ 8Sanbaba
⭐ 0Stepbrothers
⭐ 7An Innocent Maid
⭐ 0Young Lady
⭐ 0A Hen in the Wind
⭐ 7.1Women in Prison
⭐ 1Ugetsu
⭐ 8.005Double Wedding
⭐ 0Sorrow Is Only for Women
⭐ 0Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
⭐ 7.6Air Raid of the Enemy Plane
⭐ 0Spring Thunder
⭐ 0Confession
⭐ 0The New Road: Ryota
⭐ 8The Blacksmith of the Forest
⭐ 0Let's Go in Good Spirits
⭐ 0Let's Go, Grandma!
⭐ 0Mother and Child
⭐ 0Kinuyo's First Love
⭐ 6Osaka Woman
⭐ 0Weeds with flowers
⭐ 0Okinu and Banto
⭐ 0That Night's Woman
⭐ 0Story of Lightning
⭐ 0Shōnen shikeishū
⭐ 0A Woman from the Genroku Era
⭐ 0Village Pasture
⭐ 0The Little Traveling Entertainer
⭐ 0Cry of the Raging Current
⭐ 0Brave Love
⭐ 0The Killing of a Hundred Men at Isshinji Temple
⭐ 0Nature Is the Judge
⭐ 0Fallen Samurai
⭐ 0Love's Snare
⭐ 0No Need for Your Opinion
⭐ 0Troubled Days
⭐ 0Townspeople
⭐ 0Oh! Carefree, Aren't You?
⭐ 0Young Master
⭐ 0Torrent
⭐ 0The Betrayed
⭐ 0Love and Courage
⭐ 0The Cursed Sword
⭐ 0The Complete Story of Jirocho Shimizu, Part 2: Ashura's Revenge
⭐ 0Her
⭐ 0Flashing Blade
⭐ 0Buried Youth
⭐ 0Secret Struggle
⭐ 0The Basement
⭐ 0Yakko no Koman
⭐ 0The Harakiri at Tennōji
⭐ 0Takada no Baba
⭐ 0An Embarrassing Dream
⭐ 0Magic
⭐ 0Song of the Border Patrol
⭐ 0Madame Pearl
⭐ 0The Oath of a Thousand Kills
⭐ 0Sankichi the Flying Squirrel
⭐ 0Night is a Trickster
⭐ 0Lovers' Suicide at Kiso
⭐ 0Modern Warrior Training
⭐ 0Chronicles of a Sea Country
⭐ 0If Only She...
⭐ 0Immortal Love
⭐ 0The Eternal Heart
⭐ 0Iron Virgin
⭐ 0What a Handsome Man!
⭐ 0The Face of Humanity
⭐ 0A Wife Quits
⭐ 0Thank You for Your Hard Work
⭐ 0The Glory of the Shōwa Era
⭐ 0Symphony of Youth
⭐ 0Mother, Don't Tarnish Your Name
⭐ 0Echigo Lion
⭐ 0Him and Life
⭐ 0The Village Where the Skylark Sings
⭐ 0The Model of New Women
⭐ 0Cheerful Song
⭐ 0Triumphant Song of the Mountain
⭐ 0The Father and His Son
⭐ 0The Beating
⭐ 0Song of Youth
⭐ 0Where Do Women Go?
⭐ 0A Smiling Life
⭐ 0The Big City: Explosion
⭐ 0The Great Ship
⭐ 0The Tale of Kinuyo
⭐ 0Record of Love and Desire
⭐ 0Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
⭐ 0Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
⭐ 0Cry Cheerfully!
⭐ 0Sisters: Part 1
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