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Kinuyo Tanaka (Japanese: 田中 絹代, Hepburn: Tanaka Kinuyo, 29 November 1909 – 21 March 1977) 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).
A significant star of Japanese film in the 1930's, she became best known for her work under director Kenji Mizoguchi. Directed from 1953. Occasionally appeared in films of her husband, the director Hiroshi Shimizu.
Mar 17, 2022 · I n 1952, Kinuyo Tanaka, the renowned star of films directed by Heinosuke Gosho, Yasujiro Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Mikio Naruse, and Keisuke Kinoshita, let it be known that she intended to direct a feature herself.
A legend of the Japanese cinema, Kinuyo Tanaka (1909 – 1977) brought her luminous presence and incomparable talents as an actress to an extraordinary number of landmark films, including key works by renowned directors such as Heinosuke Gosho, Keisuke Kinoshita, Kenji Mizoguchi, Mikio Naruse and Yasujiro Ozu.
Nov 22, 2021 · KAMAKURA, Kanagawa Prefecture--A special exhibition celebrating the life of Kinuyo Tanaka, one of the stars of the golden age of Japanese cinema who got her start in silent movies, is now being...
Kinuyo Tanaka. Actress: The Love of Sumako the Actress. Tanaka Kinuyo was a highly regarded and prolific actress best known for her films with director Mizoguchi Kenji.
Sep 28, 2022 · Experiencing Kinuyo Tanaka’s life in cinema, both onscreen and behind-the-camera, is to hold space for the contributions of women filmmakers of the past. Their work is now being re-centred and rediscovered, in an act of disrupting male-driven canonical readings of film history.
