Kinuyo Tanaka
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Who is this?
Kinuyo Tanaka (Japanese: 田中 絹代, Hepburn: Tanaka Kinuyo; 29 November 1909 – 21 March 1977) was a Japanese actress and film director. She had a career lasting over 50 years with more than 250 acting credits, but was best known for her 15 films with director Kenji Mizoguchi, such as The Life of Oharu (1952) and Ugetsu (1953). With her 1953 directorial debut, Love Letter, Tanaka became the second Japanese woman to direct a film, after Tazuko Sakane. Tanaka won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for her performance in the film Sandakan No. 8 (1974).
Career
- 1909Born
- 1948Won Mainichi Film Award for Best Actress
- 1959Won Kinema Junpo Award for Best Actress
- 1970Won Medal with Purple Ribbon
- 1975Won Silver Bear for Best Actress
- 1977Passed away
Trivia
- •Place of birth: Shimonoseki
- •Citizenship: Japan, Empire of Japan
- •Known as: actor, film director, film actor, child actor
- •Spouse: Hiroshi Shimizu
What happened recently
Kinuyo Tanaka Directs Criterion Collection Blu-Ray Review - An Empathetic Deep Dive Into An Overlooked Artist
FEATURE: From movie star to forgotten director, Kinuyo Tanaka rediscovered in France
Tanaka Kinuyo no tabidachi - Senryôka no nichibei shinzen geijutsu shisetsu (2009)
Tokyo Festival Honors Japan’s Pioneering 1950s Female Filmmaker Kinuyo Tanaka
Locarno to fete Japan’s Kinuyo Tanaka in first retrospective devoted to female filmmaker
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