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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.
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- Yamaguchi, Japan
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- Japan
Jul 13, 2022 · Kinuyo Tanaka is the Japanese screen icon who became a pioneering female director in her own right. But what to watch first?
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.
- November 28, 1910
- March 21, 1977
Aug 4, 2022 · The BFI has announced the full schedule for a two-month season dedicated to Kinuyo Tanaka, an actor and filmmaker who played a major part in the history of Japanese cinema; KINUYO TANAKA: A LIFE IN FILM will run from August 1 to September 30 at the BFI Southbank.
Mar 17, 2022 · From tomorrow through March 27, New York’s Film at Lincoln Center will present a retrospective of the six features Tanaka completed before she died of a brain tumor in 1977 at the age of sixty-seven.
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Jul 7, 2021 · Sixty-six years after the release of Tsuki wa noborinu (The Moon Has Risen) by the great Japanese actress and director Kinuyo Tanaka, the Nikkatsu Corporation is providing a 4k restoration of this family drama, thereby ushering in a retrospective of her filmography.
