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Actor

Kinuyo Tanaka

Popular films

Ugetsu1953
Sansho the Bailiff1954
Red Beard1965
The Life of Oharu1952

About Kinuyo Tanaka

Known for: Acting
Born: November 28, 1909
Died: March 21, 1977 (age 67)
Birthplace: Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan

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,…

Also credited as

다나카 키누요, کینو تاناکا, 田中絹代

Filmography

Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About2022as Self (archive footage)

The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka2009as Self (archive footage)
Lullaby of the Earth1976
Cape of the North1976as Old Nun
Let's Go, Grandma!1975as Kiku Sasaki
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director1975as Self
Sandakan No. 81974as Old Osaki
Sanbaba1974
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True1972as 旧家的夫人
Red Beard1965as Madame Yasumoto
Kono sora no aru kagiri1964
The Scent of Incense1964as Tsuna
Bright Sea1963as Nobuko Yazaki
Alone Across the Pacific1963as Youth's Mother
A Legend or Was It?1963as Shizuko Sonobe
Double Wedding1963
Mama, I Need You!1962
The Fencing Master1962as Oharu
A Wanderer's Notebook1962as Kishi, Fumiko's Mother
Eternity of Love1961as Michi's Mother
Her Brother1960as Mother
The Three Treasures1959as Princess Yamato
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka1959as Myokan
Hahakogusa1959as Shige Ozawa
The Eternal Rainbow1958as Fumi
Equinox Flower1958as Kiyoko Hirayama
The Ballad of Narayama1958as Orin
Sorrow Is Only for Women1958
On This Earth1957as Omitsu, Heiichiro's mother
Geisha in the Old City1957as Oei
Stepbrothers1957as Rie
Yellow Crow1957as Yukiko Matsumoto
Flowing1956as Rika Yamanaka / Oharu
The Storm1956
Women in Prison1956as Prison Warden
How Sorrowful1956
This Is Home1956
Confession1956
Forever a Woman1955as Neighbor's Wife
Tsukiyo no kasa1955
Shōnen shikeishū1955
House of Many Pleasures1955as Oshige
The Moon Has Risen1955as Yoneya
The Woman in the Rumor1954as Hatsuko Mabuchi
Five Sisters1954
Sansho the Bailiff1954as Tamaki
Love Letter1953as Landlady
An Heir's Place1953as Hisa Hosho
Ugetsu1953as Miyagi
Where Chimneys Are Seen1953as Hiroko Ogata
Sincere Heart1953as Kuniko
Her Secret1952
Mother1952as Masako Fukuhara
The Ataka Family1952as Kuniko Ataka
Sisters of Nishijin1952
The Life of Oharu1952as Oharu
Story of Lightning1951
Aizenbashi1951
The Lady of Musashino1951as Michiko Akiyama
Miss Oyu1951as Oyû Kayukawa
Ginza Cosmetics1951as Yukiko Tsuji
The Inner Palace Conspiracy1951as Onaka
The Actress and the Detective1950
The Munekata Sisters1950as Setsuko Munekata
Wedding Ring1950as Noriko Kuki
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 21949as Oiwa / Osode
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 11949as Oiwa / Osode
Flame of My Love1949as Eiko Hirayama
A Hen in the Wind1948as Tokiko Amamiya
Women of the Night1948as Fusako Owada
Phoenix1947as Sayoko Aihara
The Love of the Actress Sumako1947as Sumako Matsui
Marriage1947as Fumie Matsukawa
Utamaro and His Five Women1946as Okita
Victory of Women1946as Hiroko Hosokawa
Kanojo no hatsugen1946
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo1945as Okinu
Victory Song1945as Woman who sings lullaby
Miyamoto Musashi1944as Shinobu Nonomiya
Army1944as Waka
The Man Who Has Returned1944
Air Raid of the Enemy Plane1943as Kiyo
Kaisen no Zenya1943
A Certain Woman1942
Record of a Woman Doctor1941
Ornamental Hairpin1941as Emi
Flower1941
Let's Go in Good Spirits1941
Okinu and Banto1940
Osaka Woman1940
Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru1940as Chiyo
Kinuyo's First Love1940
Weeds with flowers1939
Zoku aizen katsura1939
Spring Thunder1939
Okayo's Preparedness1939as Okayo
The Tree of Love1938as Katsue Takaishi
Mother and Child1938as Chieko
Banchō sarayashiki1937
A Man's Recompense: Part 21937
A Man's Recompense: Part 11937
Lady Doctor Kinuyo1937as Kinuyo Yamaoka
Song of the Flower Basket1937as Yoko
The New Road: Ryota1936
The New Road: Akemi1936
Men vs. Women1936
Burden of Life1935as Itsuko Kuriyama
Okoto and Sasuke1935as Okoto
An Innocent Maid1935as Oshige
My Elder Brother1934as Sumako
That Night's Woman1934
Osayo Koi Sugata1934as Osayo
Storm in the City1934
Honeymoon1934
Constellations on Earth, Part 2: Constellations1934
Constellations on Earth, Part One: Earth Chapter1934
Sakura Ondo1934
The Genealogy of Women1934as Otsuta
Mother of the East1934as Taeko
Sôbô1933as Yoshiko Chō
Daphne1933as Tamayō (Geisha)
Before the Wedding1933as Yukiko Takada
The Road to Marriage1933
Clear and Cloudy1933as Fusako Kawahara
Dragnet Girl1933as Tokiko
The Cheerleading Captain's Love1933as Omitsu
Woman of Tokyo1933as Harue
The Dancing Girl of Izu1933as Kaoru, a dancer
The Bride Talks in Her Sleep1933as Haruko, bride
Storm Zone1932
The Loyal 47 Ronin1932as Yae
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?1932as Oshige
Love in Tokyo1932
Shine, Japanese Women1932as Shigeko
Studio Romance: A Guide to Love1932
The Sun Rises from the East1932as Miyoko
The Willows of Ginza1932
My Brother's a Fool1932
Victory or Defeat1932
The Golden Demon1932as Omiya
Woman of Suffering1931
ABC Lifeline1931
ABC Lifeline: Fujieda Chapter1931
The Tramp and His Daughter1931
The Neighbour's Wife and Mine1931as Wife of the Playwright
Sisters: Part 11931
Sisters: Part 21931
Cry Cheerfully!1931
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 11931as Mayumi
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 21931as Mayumi
Young Lady1930as Kinuko
Youth, Why Do You Cry?1930as Kozue Uesugi
Record of Love and Desire1930
The Tale of Kinuyo1930as Kinuyo
Mother, Don't Tarnish Your Name1930
The Great Ship1930
The Big City: Explosion1930
A Smiling Life1930
Where Do Women Go?1930as Omitsu
I Flunked, But...1930as Cafe's Waitress
Song of Youth1930as Kinuko Yamada
Marching On1930as Toshiko Yamamoto
The Beating1930
The Father and His Son1929
Triumphant Song of the Mountain1929as Yuki Matsuyama
I Graduated, But...1929as Machiko Nomoto
Cheerful Song1929as Mamoko
The Model of New Women1929
The Big City: Labor1929as Okimi (cleaning woman)
The Village Where the Skylark Sings1929
Him and Life1929
Echigo Lion1929
The Blacksmith of the Forest1929as Omitsu
Symphony of Youth1928as Kinuko Noguchi
The Glory of the Shōwa Era1928as Yayoi Sakurai (Shōwa Chapter)
King of the Land1928as Namiko
Thank You for Your Hard Work1928
A Wife Quits1928
The Face of Humanity1928
What a Handsome Man!1928as Shikanyu (geisha)
Iron Virgin1928as Namiko
The Eternal Heart1928
Immortal Love1928
The Age of Emotion1928
The Village Bride1928
If Only She...1928
Chronicles of a Sea Country1928as Oaki (Sister)
Modern Warrior Training1928
Night is a Trickster1927
Lovers' Suicide at Kiso1927
Sankichi the Flying Squirrel1927as Oshizu (Tazaemon's Daughter)
The Oath of a Thousand Kills1927as Kaōgi (Courtesan)
Madame Pearl1927
Song of the Border Patrol1927as Tsutae
Magic1927
An Embarrassing Dream1927
Takada no Baba1927
The Harakiri at Tennōji1927
The Basement1927
Yakko no Koman1927
Secret Struggle1927
Flashing Blade1926
Her1926
Buried Youth1926
The Complete Story of Jirocho Shimizu, Part 2: Ashura's Revenge1926
Useless Button1926
The Cursed Sword1926as Owaka
Love and Courage1926
The Betrayed1926as O-Fumi
Torrent1926
Young Master1926as Tamako (Geisha in training)
Oh! Carefree, Aren't You?1926
Townspeople1926
Troubled Days1926as Osaki (Reiko's Sister)
No Need for Your Opinion1925as Daughter
Fallen Samurai1925as Omaki
Love's Snare1925as Osato (Thread Shop Owner)
Nature Is the Judge1925
The Killing of a Hundred Men at Isshinji Temple1925as Otami
Brave Love1925
Cry of the Raging Current1925as Okimi
The Little Traveling Entertainer1925as Okiku
Village Pasture1924as Oharu
A Woman from the Genroku Era1924

Love Under the Crucifix1962Director

Girls of the Night1961Director
The Wandering Princess1960Director
Forever a Woman1955Director
The Moon Has Risen1955Director
Love Letter1953Director

Brother and Sister1953Assistant Director