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Kinuyo Tanaka

Kinuyo Tanaka

Japanese actress and film director
November 29, 1909 (March 21, 1977)
Runtime: 102 min.

Equinox Flower

V.O.: Higanbana
Jap. 1958. Psychological drama by Yasujiro Ozu with Shin Saburi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Ineko Arima. A traditionalist businessman refuses to consent to his daughter's marriage to a man she chose for herself.
Runtime: n/d

The Ballad of Narayama

V.O.: Narayama Bushi-ko
Jap. 1957. Drama by Keisuke Kinoshita with Kinuyo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi, Yuko Machizuki. An elderly woman is concerned about finding a wife for her widowed son before she dies.
Runtime: 98 min.

The Moon Has Risen

V.O.: Tsuki wa noborinu
Jap. 1955. Dramatic comedy by Kinuyo Tanaka with Chishu Ryu, Shuji Sano, Hisako Yamane. A Japanese widower, who has lived on the premises of a temple since the end of the war, finds his three daughters in complicated relationships.
Runtime: 102 min.

The Legend of Bailiff Sansho

V.O.: Sanshô dayû
Jap. 1954. Drama by Kenji Mizoguchi with Kinuyo Tanaka, Kyoko Kagawa, Yoshiyaki Hanayaki. The son of a deposed governor regains his rank after being treated like a slave.
Runtime: 124 min.
Jap. 1953. Fantasy by Kenji Mizoguchi with Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Kinuyo Tanaka. An ambitious peasant falls under the spell of a princess' ghost.
Runtime: 91 min.

The Life of Oharu

V.O.: Saikaku ichidai onna
Jap. 1952. Drama by Kenji Mizoguchi with Kinuyo Tanaka, Ichiro Sugai, Toshiko Yanane. A noble brings dishonor to her family by reciprocating a commoner's love.
Runtime: 138 min.

Miss Oyu

V.O.: Oyû-sama
Jap. 1951. Drama by Kenji Mizoguchi with Kinuyo Tanaka, Yuji Hori, Nobuko Otowa. A merchant, in love with a young widow, must resign himself to marrying her younger sister.
Runtime: 94 min.

A Hen in the Wind

V.O.: Kaze no naka no mendori
Jap. 1948. Social drama by Yasujiro Ozu with Kinuyo Tanaka, Shuji Sano, Chieko Murata. In the absence of her husband who is away at war, a woman prostitutes herself to pay for the hospitalization of her young son.
Runtime: n/d

Utamaro and His Five Women

V.O.: Utamaro o meguru gonin no onna
Jap. 1946. Drama by Kenji Mizoguchi with Minosuke Bandô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kôtarô Bandô. A painter expresses his affection for the five women in his life through his paintings.
Runtime: 106 min.

Dragnet Girl

V.O.: Hijosen no onna
Jap. 1933. Mores drama by Yasujiro Ozu with Kinuyo Tanaka, Jôji Oka, Sumiko Mizukubo.
Runtime: 100 min.

Où sont les rêves de jeunesse?

V.O.: Seishun no yume imaizuko
Jap. 1932. Dramatic comedy by Yasujiro Ozu with Ureo Egawa, Kinuyo Tanaka, Tatsuo Saito.
Runtime: 90 min.

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