Kinuyo Tanaka Actor film director
Kinuyo Tanaka is a 66 years old Actor film director from Shimonoseki. Kinuyo Tanaka was born on November 28, 1910 (died on March 21, 1977, she was 66 years old) in Shimonoseki.
About
No, she died on 03/21/1977, 47 years ago. She was 66 years old when she died. Cause of death: brain cancer. She died in Japan and buried in Shimonoseki .
Family
Husband
Hiroshi Shimizu, Director
She married with Hiroshi Shimizu (63), in 1927. Kinuyo Tanaka was 16 and Hiroshi Shimizu was 23 years old. After 2 years, they break up in 1929.
Works
Kinuyo Tanaka Movies (90)
There are 90 movies of Kinuyo Tanaka.
Her first feature film was Ugetsu (1954, as Miyagi). She was 43 when she starred in this movie. Since 1954, she has appeared in 90 feature films. The last one is Cape of the North (1976). In this movie, she played the character Old Nun .
View all Kinuyo Tanaka movies.
Kinuyo Tanaka movie characters
The names of the characters/jobs in the films she starred in are as follows:
| Character/Job | Movie | Age |
|---|---|---|
| Miyagi | Ugetsu (1953) | 43 |
| Tamaki | Sansho the Bailiff (1954) | 44 |
| Madame Yasumoto | Red Beard (1965) | 55 |
| Oharu | The Life of Oharu (1952) | 41 |
| Orin | The Ballad of Narayama (1958) | 47 |
| Kiyoko Hirayama | Equinox Flower (1958) | 47 |
| Osaki as old woman | Sandakan No. 8 (1974) | 63 |
| Masako Fukuhara | Mother (1952) | 41 |
| Hatsuko Mabuchi | Woman of Rumor (1954) | 43 |
| Rika Yamanaka / Oharu | Flowing (1956) | 45 |
| Okita | Utamaro and His Five Women (1946) | 61 |
| Oyû Kayukawa | Miss Oyu (1951) | 40 |
| Tokiko | Dragnet Girl (1933) | 22 |
| Director | Love Letter (1953) | 43 |
| Love Letter (1953) | 43 | |
| Tokiko Amamiya | A Hen in the Wind (1948) | 37 |
| Noriko Kuki | Wedding Ring (1950) | 39 |
| Lullaby of the Earth (1976) | 65 | |
| Cafe's waitress | I Flunked, But... (1930) | 19 |
| Machiko Nomoto | I Graduated, But... (1929) | 18 |
| Wife of the playwright | The Neighbour's Wife and Mine (1931) | 20 |
| Haruko, bride | The Bride Talks in Her Sleep (1933) | 22 |
| Mother | Her Brother (1960) | 49 |
| Sayoko Aihara | Phoenix (1947) | 37 |
| Setsuko Munekata | The Munekata Sisters (1950) | 39 |
| The Maid | The Moon Has Risen (1955) | 44 |
| Director | The Moon Has Risen (1955) | 44 |
| Myokan | Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka (1959) | 48 |
| Princess Yamato | The Three Treasures (1959) | 48 |
| Michiko Akiyama | The Lady of Musashino (1951) | 40 |
| Oharu | The Fencing Master (1962) | 51 |
| Director | Girls of the Night (1961) | 50 |
| An Innocent Maid (1935) | 24 | |
| Hiroko Ogata | Where Chimneys Are Seen (1953) | 42 |
| Oiwa / Osode | Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 (1949) | 38 |
| Yukiko Tsuji | Ginza Cosmetics (1951) | 40 |
| Okinu | A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo (1945) | 34 |
| Oshige | Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? (1932) | 21 |
| Kishi, Fumiko's mother | A Wanderer's Notebook (1962) | 51 |
| Fusako Owada | Women of the Night (1948) | 37 |
| Stepbrothers (1957) | 46 | |
| Eiko Hirayama | Flame of My Love (1949) | 38 |
| Harue | Woman of Tokyo (1933) | 22 |
| Shizuko Sonobe | A Legend, or Was It? (1963) | 52 |
| Youth's Mother | Alone on the Pacific (1963) | 52 |
| Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975) | 64 | |
| Waka | Army (1944) | 34 |
| The Man Who Has Returned (1944) | 33 | |
| Herself | The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka (2009) | 98 |
| Omitsu, Heiichiro's mother | On This Earth (1957) | 46 |
| Shinobu Nonomiya | Miyamoto Musashi (1944) | 34 |
| Oiwa / Osode | Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 (1949) | 38 |
| Marching On (1930) | 19 | |
| Kuniko Ariga | Sincere Heart (1953) | 42 |
| Director | Forever a Woman (1955) | 44 |
| Neighbor's wife | Forever a Woman (1955) | 44 |
| Director | The Wandering Princess (1960) | 49 |
| Hiroko Hosokawa | Victory of Women (1946) | 35 |
| Okoto | Okoto and Sasuke (1935) | 24 |
| The Loyal 47 Ronin (1932) | 21 | |
| Sumako | My Elder Brother (1934) | 24 |
| Itsuko Kuriyama | Burden of Life (1935) | 25 |
| The New Road: Akemi (1936) | 26 | |
| Emi | Ornamental Hairpin (1941) | 30 |
| The Age of Emotion (1928) | 17 | |
| Young Lady (1930) | 20 | |
| ABC Lifeline (1931) | 20 | |
| Kaoru, a dancer | The Dancing Girl of Izu (1933) | 22 |
| Osayo | Osayo koisugata (1934) | 23 |
| Men vs. Women (1936) | 25 | |
| Yoko | Song of the Flower Basket (1937) | 26 |
| Kinuyo Yamaoka | Joi Kinuyo sensei (1937) | 26 |
| Katsue Takaishi | The Tree of Love (1938) | 27 |
| Okayo | Okayo's Preparedness (1939) | 28 |
| Chiyo | Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru (1940) | 29 |
| Record of a Woman Doctor (1941) | 30 | |
| Woman who sings lullaby | Victory Song (1945) | 34 |
| Fumie Matsukawa | Marriage (1947) | 36 |
| Sumako Matsui | The Love of the Actress Sumako (1947) | 36 |
| Sisters of Nishijin (1952) | 41 | |
| Kuniko Ataka | The Ataka Family (1952) | 41 |
| Five Sisters (1954) | 43 | |
| How Sorrowful (1956) | 45 | |
| The Storm (1956) | 45 | |
| Yellow Crow (1957) | 46 | |
| Fumi | The Eternal Rainbow (1958) | 47 |
| Director | Love Under the Crucifix (1962) | 51 |
| The Scent of Incense (1964) | 53 | |
| Sanbaba (1974) | 63 | |
| Old Nun | Cape of the North (1976) | 65 |
Awards (4)
Awarded Mainichi Film Award for Best Actress in 1974 , awarded Kinema Junpo Award for Best Actress in 1974 , awarded Medal with Purple Ribbon in 1969 , awarded Silver Bear for Best Actress in 1974 ,
What was Kinuyo's zodiac sign?Kinuyo Tanaka zodiac sign was sagittarius.
Other facts about Kinuyo Tanaka
| Award | Sandakan No. 8 |
|---|---|
| Place of death | Japan |
| Spouse | Hiroshi Shimizu (director) |
| Related category | Category:Films Directed By Kinuyo Tanaka , of: film, directed by this person |
| Name in kana | たなか きぬよ |
| Country of citizenship | Japan |
| Place of burial | Shimonoseki |
| Languages spoken, written or signed | Japanese |
| Family name | Tanaka. Show people with the surname Tanaka |
| Native language | Japanese |
| Manner of death | Natural Causes |
| Name in native language | 田中絹代 |
| Cause of death | Brain Cancer |
| Date of death | 1977-03-21T00:00:00Z |
