Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka

1909 – 1977

Active years (films on this site)

1946–1963

Genres

DramaFantasyAdventureRomanceWar

Schools and movements

Japanese Golden Age

Directors worked with

Kenji Mizoguchi5 filmsMikio Naruse2 filmsYasujiro Ozu1 filmKeisuke Kinoshita1 filmHiroshi Inagaki1 filmKon Ichikawa1 film

Biography

Kinuyo Tanaka was a Japanese actress and film director. She had a career lasting over 50 years with more than 250 acting credits, but was best known for her 15 films with director Kenji Mizoguchi, such as The Life of Oharu (1952) and Ugetsu (1953). With her 1953 directorial debut, Love Letter, Tanaka became the second Japanese woman to direct a film, after Tazuko Sakane. Tanaka won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for her performance in the film Sandakan No. 8 (1974).

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Awards and honours

International

• Silver Bear for Best Actress 1975

National / local

• Mainichi Film Award for Best Actress 1948
• Kinema Junpo Award for Best Actress 1959
• Medal with Purple Ribbon 1970

11 films on this site

1. Utamaro and His Five Women 1946 · Kenji Mizoguchi · IMDb 7.0 · Cast
2. Miss Oyu 1951 · Kenji Mizoguchi · IMDb 7.4 · Cast
3. Mother (1952) 1952 · Mikio Naruse · IMDb 7.5 · Cast
4. The Life of Oharu 1952 · Kenji Mizoguchi · IMDb 8.0 · Cast
5. Ugetsu 1953 · Kenji Mizoguchi · IMDb 8.1 · Cast
6. Sansho the Bailiff 1954 · Kenji Mizoguchi · IMDb 8.3 · Cast
7. Flowing 1956 · Mikio Naruse · IMDb 7.5 · Cast
8. Equinox Flower 1958 · Yasujiro Ozu · IMDb 7.8 · Cast
9. The Ballad of Narayama (1958) 1958 · Keisuke Kinoshita · IMDb 7.8 · Cast
10. The Three Treasures 1959 · Hiroshi Inagaki · IMDb 6.3 · Cast
11. Alone on the Pacific 1963 · Kon Ichikawa · IMDb 7.0 · Cast