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Japanese actress and film director

Film & TV

Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan

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…

Known for

  • Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About — Self (archive footage)2022
  • The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka — Self (archive footage)2009
  • Cape of the North — Old Nun1976
  • Lullaby of the Earth1976
  • Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director — Self1975
  • Let's Go, Grandma! — Kiku Sasaki1975
  • Sandakan No. 8 — Old Osaki1974
  • Sanbaba1974
  • Tora-san's Dream-Come-True — 旧家的夫人1972
  • Mominoki wa Nokotta — Tsuta1970

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
Empire of Japan
Place of birth
Shimonoseki
Place of death
Japan
Occupation
child actor
Languages spoken
Japanese
Native language
Japanese
Field of work
film direction
Image
Kinuyo Tanaka in Jinsei no onimotsu 1935.jpg
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date of birth
1910-11-28
date of death
1977-03-21
manner of death
natural causes
name in kana
たなか きぬよ
Commons category
Kinuyo Tanaka
name in native language
田中絹代
place of burial
Shimonoseki
start of work period
1924-00-00
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