Kinuyo Tanaka

Infobox actor
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name = Kinuyo Tanaka

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caption = Kinuyo Tanaka in "Jinsei no onimotsu" (1935)
birthname =
birthdate = birth date|1910|11|28|mf=y
location = Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
deathdate = death date and age|1977|3|21|1910|11|28|mf=y
deathplace = Japan
othername =
yearsactive = 1924-1976
spouse = Hiroshi Shimizu
children =
awards = Mainichi Film Concours Best Actress
1975 Sandakan No. 8
1949 Yoru no onnatachi
1948 Joyû Sumako no koi
Mainichi Film Concours Best Supporting Actress
1961 Otōto
1958 Stepbrothers

Kinuyo Tanaka (田中絹代 "Tanaka Kinuyo", 28 November 1910 - 21 March 1977) was a Japanese actress and director.

Tanaka was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. She became a leading actress at an early age, appearing in Yasujiro Ozu's "I Graduated, But..." in 1929. The following year she played the lead in "Aiyoku no ki", and in 1931 she appeared in Japan's first talkie,"The Neighbor's Wife and Mine", directed by Heinosuke Gosho.

She had a close working relationship with director Kenji Mizoguchi, having parts in 15 of his films, including leading roles in "The Life of Oharu" (1952), "Ugetsu" (1953) and "Sansho the Bailiff" (1954). She also played Noboru Yasumoto's mother in Akira Kurosawa's "Red Beard" (1965). For her portrayal in Kei Kumai's"Sandakan N° 8" she won in 1975 the Silver Bear at the Berlinale. Her last screen appearance was in 1976 in Kei Kumai's "Kita No Misaki".

Tanaka was the first Japanese woman who worked as a film director. Her first directing job was on the film "Love Letter" in 1953.

Filmography

* 1956 - "Flowing" (Nagareru)

External links

* [http://www.latrobe.edu.au/screeningthepast/firstrelease/fr1201/ckfr13a.htm Choreography of desire: analysing Kinuyo Tanaka's acting in Mizoguchi's films by Chika Kinoshita]
*imdb name|id=0849011|name=Kinuyo Tanaka
* [http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0293980.htm Kinuyo Tanaka's JMDb Listing (in Japanese)]

Persondata
NAME= Tanaka, Kinuyo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Actor, film director
DATE OF BIRTH= 1910-11-28
PLACE OF BIRTH= Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
DATE OF DEATH= 1977-3-21
PLACE OF DEATH= Japan