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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 an early age, appearing in Yasujirō Ozu's I Graduated, But... in 1929. The following year she played the lead in Aiyoku no ki, and in 1931 she appeared in Japan's first talkie, The Neighbor's Wife and Mine, directed by Heinosuke Gosho.
She had a close working relationship with director Kenji Mizoguchi, having parts in 15 of his films, including leading roles in The Life of Oharu (1952), Ugetsu (1953) and Sansho the Bailiff (1954). Their working relationship ended when Mizoguchi countered a recommendation from the Directors Guild of Japan for the Nikkatsu 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's Red Beard (1965). For her portrayal in Kei Kumai's Sandakan N° 8 she won the Best Actress Award at the 25th Berlin International Film Festival in 1975.[2] Her last screen appearance was in 1976 in Kei Kumai'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 in 1953, and she made five further films in that role.
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Sunday, November 28, 1909, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Monday, March 21, 1977
Female
Works 112
1933
Dragnet GirlTokiko
1944
ArmyWaka
1946
Utamaro and His Five WomenOkita
1948
Women of the NightFusako Owada
1950
The Munekata SistersSetsuko Munekata
1951
Miss OyuOyû Kayukawa
1952
The Life of OharuOharu
1952
MotherMasako Fukuhara
1953
UgetsuMiyagi
1954
Sansho the BailiffTamaki
1956
FlowingRika Yamanaka / Oharu
1958
Equinox FlowerKiyoko Hirayama
1958
The Ballad of NarayamaOrin
1959
The Three TreasuresPrincess Yamato
1965
Red BeardMadame Yasumoto
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