Kinuyo Tanaka

Kinuyo Tanaka

Acting

Birthday

1909/11/28

Day of death

1977/03/21 (67 years old)

Gender

Female

Place of Birth

Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan

Also know as

다나카 키누요, کینو تاناکا

Biography

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, Yasujirō Ozu's I Graduated, But... in 1929, Gosho's Aiyoku no ki in 1930, and in 1931, Japan's first talkie, The Neighbor's Wife and Mine, directed by Gosho. She...Read more

Acting
北の岬
0.0

(1976) Cape of the North

as Old Nun

山椒大夫
8.1

(1954) Sansho the Bailiff

as Tamaki

サンダカン八番娼館 望郷
7.7

(1974) Sandakan No. 8

as Old Osaki

彼岸花
7.4

(1958) Equinox Flower

as Kiyoko Hirayama

開戦の前夜
0.0

(1943) Kaisen no Zenya

as ---

おかあさん
6.8

(1952) Mother

as Masako Fukuhara

西鶴一代女
7.7

(1952) The Life of Oharu

as Oharu

女優須磨子の恋
6.8

(1947) The Love of the Actress Sumako

as Sumako Matsui

お遊さま
7.2

(1951) Miss Oyu

as Oyû Kayukawa

噂の女
7.2

(1954) The Woman in the Rumor

as Hatsuko Mabuchi

流れる
7.1

(1956) Flowing

as Rika Yamanaka / Oharu

この空のある限り
0.0

(1964) Kono sora no aru kagiri

as ---

宗方姉妹
7.0

(1950) The Munekata Sisters

as Setsuko Munekata

続愛染かつら
0.0

(1939) Zoku aizen katsura

as ---

太平洋ひとりぼっち
6.9

(1963) Alone Across the Pacific

as Youth's Mother

夜の女たち
7.1

(1948) Women of the Night

as Fusako Owada

宮本武蔵
6.1

(1944) Miyamoto Musashi

as Shinobu Nonomiya

歌麿をめぐる五人の女
7.1

(1946) Utamaro and His Five Women

as Okita

おとうと
6.9

(1960) Her Brother

as Mother

わが恋は燃えぬ
5.1

(1949) Flame of My Love

as Eiko Hirayama

東京の女
6.8

(1933) Woman of Tokyo

as Harue

不死鳥
5.9

(1947) Phoenix

as Sayoko Aihara

光る海
0.0

(1963) Bright Sea

as Nobuko Yazaki

簪
6.7

(1941) Ornamental Hairpin

as Emi

まごころ
6.3

(1953) Sincere Heart

as Kuniko

0.0

(1928) The Village Bride

as ---

陸の王者
0.0

(1928) King of the Land

as Namiko

三十三間堂・通し矢物語
5.8

(1945) A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo

as Okinu

0.0

(1926) Useless Button

as ---

0.0

(1929) The Big City: Labor

as Okimi (cleaning woman)

楢山節考
7.5

(1958) The Ballad of Narayama

as Orin

放浪記
7.2

(1962) A Wanderer's Notebook

as Kishi, Fumiko's mother

マダムと女房
6.5

(1931) The Neighbour's Wife and Mine

as Wife of the playwright

恋の花咲く 伊豆の踊子
6.5

(1933) The Dancing Girl of Izu

as Kaoru, a dancer

死闘の伝説
6.5

(1963) A Legend or Was It?

as Shizuko Sonobe

人生のお荷物
6.4

(1935) Burden of Life

as Itsuko Kuriyama

陸軍
6.7

(1944) Army

as Waka

若者よなぜ泣くか
0.0

(1930) Youth, Why Do You Cry?

as Kozue Uesugi

日本誕生
5.3

(1959) The Three Treasures

as Princess Yamato

この天の虹
6.3

(1958) The Eternal Rainbow

as Fumi

敷屋皿町番
0.0

(1937) Banchō sarayashiki

as ---

婚約指輪
6.5

(1950) Wedding Ring

as Noriko Kuki

新釈四谷怪談 前篇
6.5

(1949) Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

as Oiwa / Osode

新釈四谷怪談 後篇
6.5

(1949) Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

as Oiwa / Osode

男の償ひ 前篇
0.0

(1937) A Man's Recompense: Part 1

as ---

男の償ひ 後篇
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(1937) A Man's Recompense: Part 2

as ---

花
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(1941) Flower

as ---

或る女
0.0

(1942) A Certain Woman

as ---

田中絹代の旅立ち~占領下の日米親善芸術使節~
4.0

(2009) The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka

as Self (archive footage)

乳房よ永遠なれ
7.5

(1955) Forever a Woman

as Neighbor's Wife

月は上りぬ
6.8

(1955) The Moon Has Risen

as Yoneya

女医の記録
6.0

(1941) Record of a Woman Doctor

as ---

春琴抄 お琴と佐助
6.7

(1935) Okoto and Sasuke

as Okoto

獅子の座
0.0

(1953) An Heir's Place

as Hisa Hosho

女性の勝利
6.5

(1946) Victory of Women

as Hiroko Hosokawa

女の暦
7.7

(1954) Five Sisters

as ---

黄色いからす
6.2

(1957) Yellow Crow

as Yukiko Matsumoto

大学は出たけれど
5.6

(1929) I Graduated, But...

as Machiko Nomoto

香華
7.2

(1964) The Scent of Incense

as Tsuna

新道
7.0

(1936) The New Road: Akemi

as ---

別れて生きるときも
0.0

(1961) Wakarete ikiru toki mo

as Michi's Mother

母子草
0.0

(1959) Hahakogusa

as Shige Ozawa

嵐
9.0

(1956) The Storm

as ---

煙突の見える場所
6.4

(1953) Where Chimneys Are Seen

as Hiroko Ogata

Kinuyo Tanaka, une femme dont on parle
0.0

(2022) Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About

as Self (archive footage)

進軍
0.0

(1930) Marching On

as Toshiko Yamamoto

還って来た男
0.0

(1944) The Man Who Has Returned

as ---

落第はしたけれど
5.9

(1930) I Flunked, But...

as Cafe's Waitress

青春の夢いまいづこ
6.5

(1932) Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?

as Oshige

非常線の女
6.8

(1933) Dragnet Girl

as Tokiko

お加代の覚悟
7.0

(1939) Okayo's Preparedness

as Okayo

赤ひげ
8.1

(1965) Red Beard

as Madame Yasumoto

かあさん長生きしてね
0.0

(1962) Mama, I Need You!

as ---

「春情鳩の街」より 渡り鳥いつ帰る
0.0

(1955) (Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home

as Oshige

お小夜恋姿
0.0

(1934) Osayo Koi Sugata

as Osayo

花嫁の寝言
0.0

(1933) The Bride Talks in Her Sleep

as Haruko, bride

大地の子守歌
6.1

(1976) Lullaby of the Earth

as ---

忠臣蔵
0.0

(1932) The Loyal 47 Ronin

as Yae

銀座化粧
6.1

(1951) Ginza Cosmetics

as Yukiko Tsuji

おぼろ駕籠
0.0

(1951) The Inner Palace Conspiracy

as Onaka

愛染かつら
6.5

(1938) The Tree of Love

as Katsue Takaishi

月夜の傘
0.0

(1955) Tsukiyo no kasa

as ---

武蔵野夫人
5.9

(1951) The Lady of Musashino

as Michiko Akiyama

結婚
7.0

(1947) Marriage

as Fumie Matsukawa

0.0

(1933) Sôbô

as Yoshiko Chō

太夫さんより 女体は哀しく
0.0

(1957) Geisha in the Old City

as Oei

恋文
6.8

(1953) Love Letter

as Landlady

0.0

(1956) How Sorrowful

as ---

安宅家の人々
5.5

(1952) The Ataka Family

as Kuniko Ataka

殺陣師段平
5.5

(1962) The Fencing Master

as Oharu

婦系図
0.0

(1934) The Genealogy of Women

as Otsuta

浪花の恋の物語
5.0

(1959) Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka

as Myokan

0.0

(1928) The Age of Emotion

as ---

必勝歌
5.2

(1945) Victory Song

as Woman who sings lullaby

私の兄さん
6.0

(1934) My Elder Brother

as Sumako

地上
0.0

(1957) On This Earth

as Omitsu, Heiichiro's mother

女醫絹代先生
4.6

(1937) Lady Doctor Kinuyo

as Kinuyo Yamaoka

0.0

(1940) Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru

as Chiyo

花籠の歌
0.0

(1937) Song of the Flower Basket

as Yoko

ある映画監督の生涯 溝口健二の記録
7.1

(1975) Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

as ---

男性対女性
0.0

(1936) Men vs. Women

as ---

西陣の姉妹
8.0

(1952) Sisters of Nishijin

as ---

三婆
0.0

(1974) Sanbaba

as ---

異母兄弟
7.0

(1957) Stepbrothers

as Rie

箱入娘
0.0

(1935) An Innocent Maid

as Oshige

お嬢さん
0.0

(1930) Young Lady

as Kinuko

風の中の牝鶏
7.1

(1948) A Hen in the Wind

as Tokiko Amamiya

女囚と共に
1.0

(1956) Women in Prison

as Prison Warden

雨月物語
8.0

(1953) Ugetsu

as Miyagi

結婚式・結婚式
0.0

(1963) Double Wedding

as ---

悲しみは女だけに
0.0

(1958) Sorrow Is Only for Women

as ---

男はつらいよ 寅次郎夢枕
7.6

(1972) Tora-san's Dream-Come-True

as the old family mistress

敵機空襲
0.0

(1943) Air Raid of the Enemy Plane

as Kiyo

春雷
0.0

(1939) Spring Thunder

as ---

色ざんげ
0.0

(1956) Confession

as ---

新道 後篇・良太の巻
8.0

(1936) The New Road: Ryota

as ---

森の鍛冶屋
0.0

(1929) The Blacksmith of the Forest

as Omitsu

元気で行かうよ
0.0

(1941) Let's Go in Good Spirits

as ---

おれの行く道
0.0

(1975) Let's Go, Grandma!

as Kiku Sasaki

母と子
0.0

(1938) Mother and Child

as Chieko

絹代の初恋
6.0

(1940) Kinuyo's First Love

as ---

浪花女
0.0

(1940) Osaka Woman

as ---

花ある雑草
0.0

(1939) Weeds with flowers

as ---

お絹と番頭
0.0

(1940) Okinu and Banto

as ---

0.0

(1934) That Night's Woman

as ---

稲妻草紙
0.0

(1951) Story of Lightning

as ---

少年死刑囚
0.0

(1955) Shōnen shikeishū

as ---

0.0

(1924) A Woman from the Genroku Era

as ---

村の牧場
0.0

(1924) Village Pasture

as Oharu

0.0

(1925) The Little Traveling Entertainer

as Okiku

0.0

(1925) Cry of the Raging Current

as Okimi

0.0

(1925) Brave Love

as ---

0.0

(1925) The Killing of a Hundred Men at Isshinji Temple

as Otami

0.0

(1925) Nature Is the Judge

as ---

落武者
0.0

(1925) Fallen Samurai

as Omaki

0.0

(1925) Love's Snare

as Osato (Thread Shop Owner)

0.0

(1925) No Need for Your Opinion

as Daughter

0.0

(1926) Troubled Days

as Osaki (Reiko's Sister)

0.0

(1926) Townspeople

as ---

0.0

(1926) Oh! Carefree, Aren't You?

as ---

お坊ちゃん
0.0

(1926) Young Master

as Tamako (Geisha in training)

0.0

(1926) Torrent

as ---

0.0

(1926) The Betrayed

as O-Fumi

0.0

(1926) Love and Courage

as ---

0.0

(1926) The Cursed Sword

as Owaka

0.0

(1926) The Complete Story of Jirocho Shimizu, Part 2: Ashura's Revenge

as ---

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(1926) Her

as ---

0.0

(1926) Flashing Blade

as ---

0.0

(1926) Buried Youth

as ---

0.0

(1927) Secret Struggle

as ---

0.0

(1927) The Basement

as ---

0.0

(1927) Yakko no Koman

as ---

0.0

(1927) The Harakiri at Tennōji

as ---

0.0

(1927) Takada no Baba

as ---

0.0

(1927) An Embarrassing Dream

as ---

0.0

(1927) Magic

as ---

0.0

(1927) Song of the Border Patrol

as Tsutae

0.0

(1927) Madame Pearl

as ---

0.0

(1927) The Oath of a Thousand Kills

as Kaōgi (courtesan)

0.0

(1927) Sankichi the Flying Squirrel

as Oshizu (Tazaemon's daughter)

0.0

(1927) Night is a Trickster

as ---

0.0

(1927) Lovers' Suicide at Kiso

as ---

0.0

(1928) Modern Warrior Training

as ---

海国記
0.0

(1928) Chronicles of a Sea Country

as Oaki (sister)

0.0

(1928) If Only She...

as ---

0.0

(1928) Immortal Love

as ---

永遠の心
0.0

(1928) The Eternal Heart

as ---

0.0

(1928) Iron Virgin

as Namiko

0.0

(1928) What a Handsome Man!

as Shikanyu (geisha)

0.0

(1928) The Face of Humanity

as ---

0.0

(1928) A Wife Quits

as ---

0.0

(1928) Thank You for Your Hard Work

as ---

輝く昭和
0.0

(1928) The Glory of the Shōwa Era

as Yayoi Sakurai (Shōwa chapter)

0.0

(1928) Symphony of Youth

as Kinuko Noguchi

母よ君の名を汚す勿れ
0.0

(1930) Mother, Don't Tarnish Your Name

as ---

0.0

(1929) Echigo Lion

as ---

0.0

(1929) Him and Life

as ---

0.0

(1929) The Village Where the Skylark Sings

as ---

0.0

(1929) The Model of New Women

as ---

0.0

(1929) Cheerful Song

as Mamoko

0.0

(1929) Triumphant Song of the Mountain

as Yuki Matsuyama

0.0

(1929) The Father and His Son

as ---

0.0

(1930) The Beating

as ---

0.0

(1930) Song of Youth

as Kinuko Yamada

女は何処へ行く
0.0

(1930) Where Do Women Go?

as Omitsu

0.0

(1930) A Smiling Life

as ---

0.0

(1930) The Big City: Explosion

as ---

0.0

(1930) The Great Ship

as ---

絹代物語
0.0

(1930) The Tale of Kinuyo

as Kinuyo

愛慾の記
0.0

(1930) Record of Love and Desire

as ---

愛よ人類と共にあれ 前篇 日本篇
0.0

(1931) Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1

as Mayumi

愛よ人類と共にあれ 後篇 米国篇
0.0

(1931) Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2

as Mayumi

0.0

(1931) Cry Cheerfully!

as ---

0.0

(1931) Sisters: Part 1

as ---

0.0

(1931) Sisters: Part 2

as ---

0.0

(1931) The Tramp and His Daughter

as ---

生活線ABC 藤枝の巻
0.0

(1931) ABC Lifeline: Fujieda Chapter

as ---

生活線ABC
6.1

(1931) ABC Lifeline

as ---

0.0

(1931) Woman of Suffering

as ---

0.0

(1932) The Golden Demon

as Omiya

勝敗
0.0

(1932) Victory or Defeat

as ---

0.0

(1932) My Brother's a Fool

as ---

0.0

(1932) The Willows of Ginza

as ---

0.0

(1932) The Sun Rises from the East

as Miyoko

撮影所ロマンス・恋愛案内
0.0

(1932) Studio Romance: A Guide to Love

as ---

輝け日本女性
0.0

(1932) Shine, Japanese Women

as Shigeko

0.0

(1932) Love in Tokyo

as ---

0.0

(1932) Storm Zone

as ---

0.0

(1933) The Cheerleading Captain's Love

as Omitsu

0.0

(1933) Clear and Cloudy

as Fusako Kawahara

0.0

(1933) The Road to Marriage

as ---

嫁入り前
0.0

(1933) Before the Wedding

as Yukiko Takada

沈丁花
0.0

(1933) Daphne

as Tamayō (Geisha)

0.0

(1934) Mother of the East

as Taeko

0.0

(1934) Sakura Ondo

as ---

0.0

(1934) Constellations on Earth, Part One: Earth Chapter

as ---

0.0

(1934) Constellations on Earth, Part 2: Constellations

as ---

0.0

(1934) Honeymoon

as ---

0.0

(1934) Storm in the City

as ---

樅ノ木は残った
0.0

(1970) Mominoki wa Nokotta

as Tsuta