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Kinuyo Tanaka

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Nascita
28 novembre 1909 · Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan
Morte
21 marzo 1977

Biografia

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 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). Their working relationship ended when Mizoguchi countered a recommendation from the Directors Guild of Japan for the Nikkatsu studio to hire her as a director. Despite this, the production of her second film as director went ahead, but Tanaka never forgave Mizoguchi, and the reasons for his behaviour are unclear. 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 the Best Actress Award at the 25th Berlin International Film Festival in 1975. Her last screen appearance was in 1976 in Kei Kumai's Kita No Misaki. Tanaka was the second Japanese woman who worked as a film director, after Sakane Tazuko (1904‐1975). Her first directing job was on the film Love Letter in 1953, and she made five further films in that role.

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Locandina di I racconti della luna pallida d'agosto
I racconti della luna pallida d'agosto
Film · 1953 · ★ 8,0
Locandina di L'intendente Sanshô
L'intendente Sanshô
Film · 1954 · ★ 8,1
Locandina di Barbarossa
Barbarossa
Film · 1965 · ★ 8,2
Locandina di La vita di O-Haru, donna galante
La vita di O-Haru, donna galante
Film · 1952 · ★ 7,8
Locandina di Fiori d'equinozio
Fiori d'equinozio
Film · 1958 · ★ 7,4
Locandina di La leggenda di Narayama
La leggenda di Narayama
Film · 1958 · ★ 7,6
Locandina di Una gallina nel vento
Una gallina nel vento
Film · 1948 · ★ 7,1
Locandina di La signora Oyû
La signora Oyû
Film · 1951 · ★ 7,3
Locandina di Una donna di cui si parla
Una donna di cui si parla
Film · 1954 · ★ 7,3
Locandina di 乳房よ永遠なれ
乳房よ永遠なれ
Film · 1955 · ★ 8,0
Locandina di 恋文
恋文
Film · 1953 · ★ 7,2
Locandina di Le sorelle Munekata
Le sorelle Munekata
Film · 1950 · ★ 7,1

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