Acting
Kinuyo Tanaka
- Titles
- 121movies1TV show
- Career
Active from 1924 to 1976, busiest in 1933 with 8 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 85top three billing
- Average score
71/100
- Highest rated
Ugetsu92/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 29 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical8.4average 2.6
- Melancholy7.7average 4.7
- Pathos7.8average 5.2
- Family Dynamics7.1average 4.7
- Class & Capitalism5.5average 3.3
- Social Commentary6.9average 4.9
- Nostalgia5.4average 3.6
- Romance5.0average 3.8
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.8, average 5.2
- Adrenaline2.6, average 5.1
- Pop Culture0.3, average 2.2
- Crime1.9, average 3.7
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Classic Japanese Cinema 9
- Social Commentary 9
- Social Realism 6
- Historical Drama 6
- Family Drama 6
- Post-War Japan 5
- Character-Driven 5
- Character Study 5
- Melancholy 5
- Historical Setting 5
- Forbidden Love 5
- Japanese Cinema 4
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Takeshi SakamotoActorA Hen in the Wind, An Innocent Maid, Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?, Where Chimneys Are Seen, The Dancing Girl of Izu, +11 more
Tatsuo SaitōActorThe Munekata Sisters, Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?, I Flunked, But..., Ornamental Hairpin, Young Lady, +8 more
Reikichi KawamuraActorSong of the Flower Basket, My Elder Brother, Air Raid of the Enemy Plane, Okoto and Sasuke, Mother and Child, +8 more
Kōgo NodaWriterEquinox Flower, The Munekata Sisters, An Innocent Maid, Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?, Song of the Flower Basket, +8 more
Chishū RyūActorEquinox Flower, The Munekata Sisters, A Hen in the Wind, Dragnet Girl, Army, +7 more
Keisuke KinoshitaDirectorThe Ballad of Narayama, Love Letter, The Scent of Incense, Army, Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1, +7 more
Kenji MizoguchiDirectorUgetsu, Sansho the Bailiff, The Life of Oharu, Women of the Night, Utamaro and His Five Women, +7 more
Yoshikata YodaWriterUgetsu, Sansho the Bailiff, The Life of Oharu, Women of the Night, Utamaro and His Five Women, +7 more
Hiroshi ShimizuWriterOrnamental Hairpin, Fallen Samurai, Cry of the Raging Current, The Blacksmith of the Forest, The Cursed Sword, +7 more
Chōko IidaActorAn Innocent Maid, Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?, Stepbrothers, Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1, The Dancing Girl of Izu, +6 more
Yasujirō OzuWriterEquinox Flower, The Munekata Sisters, A Hen in the Wind, An Innocent Maid, Dragnet Girl, +6 more
Chūji KinoshitaComposerThe Scent of Incense, Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1, Marriage, Phoenix, A Legend, or Was It?, +5 more
Movies and TV shows
1201970s
5 titles · average score 76
as Old Nun
as Kiku Sasaki
76
as Old Osaki
as the old family mistress
TV show · as Tsuta
1960s
12 titles · average score 71
84
as Madame Yasumoto
as Tsuna
69
as Youth's Mother
70
as Shizuko Sonobe
as Nobuko Yazaki
68
Director
as Oharu
74
as Kishi, Fumiko's mother
71
Director
as Michi's Mother
69
as Mother
67
Director
1950s
32 titles · average score 75
87
as Kiyoko Hirayama
73
as Rika Yamanaka / Oharu
76
as Neighbor's Wife
91
as Tamaki
73
as Hatsuko Mabuchi
92
as Miyagi
78
as Oharu
80
as Masako Fukuhara
76
as Oyû Kayukawa
77
as Michiko Akiyama
71
as Setsuko Munekata
1940s
17 titles · average score 67
64
as Eiko Hirayama
68
as Oiwa / Osode
67
as Oiwa / Osode
74
as Fusako Owada
72
as Tokiko Amamiya
68
as Sumako Matsui
as Sayoko Aihara
65
as Hiroko Hosokawa
51
as Waka
1930s
31 titles · average score 70
as Okayo
as Katsue Takaishi
as Oshige
as Okoto
78
as Tokiko
76
as Harue
as Kaoru, a dancer
as Haruko, bride
63
as Wife of the playwright
62
as Cafe's waitress
1920s
23 titles · average score 59
59
as Machiko Nomoto
as Omitsu
as Yuki Matsuyama
as Oaki (Sister)
as Tsutae
as Kaōgi (Courtesan)
as Osaki (Reiko's Sister)
as Tamako (Geisha in training)
as Owaka
as Osato (Thread Shop Owner)
as Daughter
as Oharu