Acting
Kinuyo Tanaka
- Titles
- 129movies1TV show
- Career
Active from 1924 to 1976, busiest in 1933 with 9 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 87top three billing
- Average score
71/100
- Highest rated
Ugetsu92/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 30 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical8.4average 2.6
- Melancholy7.5average 4.7
- Pathos7.7average 5.2
- Family Dynamics7.2average 4.8
- Class & Capitalism5.3average 3.3
- Social Commentary6.9average 4.9
- Nostalgia5.5average 3.7
- Romance5.0average 3.8
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.1, average 5.4
- Adrenaline2.5, average 4.9
- Pop Culture0.3, average 2.2
- Crime1.8, average 3.7
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Classic Japanese Cinema 9
- Social Commentary 9
- Family Drama 6
- Social Realism 6
- Historical Drama 6
- Character-Driven 6
- Historical Setting 5
- Forbidden Love 5
- Character Study 5
- Post-War Japan 5
- Melancholy 5
- Japanese Cinema 4
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Takeshi SakamotoActorA Hen in the Wind, I Graduated, But..., Where Chimneys Are Seen, Before the Wedding, Okoto and Sasuke, +12 more
Kōgo NodaWriterEquinox Flower, The Munekata Sisters, Woman of Tokyo, King of the Land, Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?, +10 more
Tatsuo SaitōActorThe Munekata Sisters, I Flunked, But..., Ornamental Hairpin, Burden of Life, King of the Land, +9 more
Chōko IidaActorStepbrothers, I Graduated, But..., Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1, Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2, Before the Wedding, +7 more
Reikichi KawamuraActorOkoto and Sasuke, Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru, Mother and Child, Air Raid of the Enemy Plane, Okayo's Preparedness, +7 more
Chishū RyūActorEquinox Flower, A Hen in the Wind, The Munekata Sisters, The Eternal Rainbow, The Moon Has Risen, +7 more
Hiroshi ShimizuDirectorOrnamental Hairpin, The Blacksmith of the Forest, Love's Snare, The Killing of a Hundred Men at Isshinji Temple, The Little Traveling Entertainer, +7 more
Kenji MizoguchiDirectorUgetsu, Sansho the Bailiff, The Life of Oharu, Miss Oyu, The Love of the Actress Sumako, +7 more
Yoshikata YodaWriterUgetsu, Sansho the Bailiff, The Life of Oharu, Miss Oyu, The Love of the Actress Sumako, +7 more
Keisuke KinoshitaDirectorThe Eternal Rainbow, The Ballad of Narayama, Love Letter, Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1, Army, +7 more
Chūji KinoshitaComposerThe Eternal Rainbow, Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1, Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2, The Wandering Princess, A Legend or Was It?, +6 more
Yasujirō OzuWriterEquinox Flower, A Hen in the Wind, The Munekata Sisters, The Moon Has Risen, I Flunked, But..., +6 more
Movies and TV shows
1271970s
5 titles · average score 76
as Old Nun
as Kiku Sasaki
as Old Osaki
TV show · as Tsuta
1960s
12 titles · average score 72
as Madame Yasumoto
as Tsuna
as Youth's Mother
as Shizuko Sonobe
as Nobuko Yazaki
Director
as Oharu
as Kishi, Fumiko's Mother
Director
as Michi's Mother
as Mother
Director
1950s
32 titles · average score 75
as Kiyoko Hirayama
as Neighbor's Wife
as Yoneya
as Tamaki
as Hatsuko Mabuchi
as Miyagi
as Oharu
as Masako Fukuhara
as Oyû Kayukawa
as Yukiko Tsuji
as Setsuko Munekata
1940s
17 titles · average score 68
as Oiwa / Osode
as Oiwa / Osode
as Eiko Hirayama
as Tokiko Amamiya
as Fusako Owada
as Sumako Matsui
as Fumie Matsukawa
as Hiroko Hosokawa
as Waka
1930s
36 titles · average score 66
as Okayo
as Katsue Takaishi
as Okoto
as Oshige
as Tokiko
as Harue
as Kaoru, a dancer
as Haruko, bride
as Wife of the Playwright
as Cafe's Waitress
1920s
25 titles · average score 60
as Machiko Nomoto
as Omitsu
as Okimi (cleaning woman)
as Yuki Matsuyama
as Oaki (Sister)
as Tsutae
as Osaki (Reiko's Sister)
as Owaka
as Tamako (Geisha in training)
as Okimi
as Osato (Thread Shop Owner)
as Oharu