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Kinuyo Tanaka Acting Filmography (222)

Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About

2022·Self (archive footage)

The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka

2009·Self (archive footage)

Cape of the North

Lullaby of the Earth

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

Let's Go, Grandma!

1975·Kiku Sasaki

1974·Old Osaki

Tora-san's Dream-Come-True

1972·The Old Family Mistress

1965·Madame Yasumoto

Kono sora no aru kagiri

The Scent of Incense

Alone Across the Pacific

1963·Youth's Mother

1963·Nobuko Yazaki

A Legend or Was It?

1963·Shizuko Sonobe

A Wanderer's Notebook

1962·Kishi, Fumiko's Mother

Mama, I Need You!

The Fencing Master

Eternity of Love

1961·Michi's Mother

The Three Treasures

1959·Princess Yamato

1959·Shige Ozawa

Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka

1958·Kiyoko Hirayama

The Ballad of Narayama

The Eternal Rainbow

Sorrow Is Only for Women

1957·Yukiko Matsumoto

Geisha in the Old City

1957·Omitsu, Heiichiro's mother

1956·Rika Yamanaka / Oharu

Women in Prison

1956·Prison Warden

Forever a Woman

1955·Neighbor's Wife

The Moon Has Risen

House of Many Pleasures

Tsukiyo no kasa

Shōnen shikeishū

Sansho the Bailiff

The Woman in the Rumor

1954·Hatsuko Mabuchi

An Heir's Place

1953·Hisa Hosho

Where Chimneys Are Seen

1953·Hiroko Ogata

1952·Masako Fukuhara

The Life of Oharu

The Ataka Family

1952·Kuniko Ataka

Sisters of Nishijin

1951·Oyû Kayukawa

Ginza Cosmetics

1951·Yukiko Tsuji

The Inner Palace Conspiracy

The Lady of Musashino

1951·Michiko Akiyama

Story of Lightning

The Munekata Sisters

1950·Setsuko Munekata

1950·Noriko Kuki

Flame of My Love

1949·Eiko Hirayama

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

1949·Oiwa / Osode

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

1949·Oiwa / Osode

Women of the Night

1948·Fusako Owada

A Hen in the Wind

1948·Tokiko Amamiya

The Love of the Actress Sumako

1947·Sumako Matsui

1947·Sayoko Aihara

1947·Fumie Matsukawa

Utamaro and His Five Women

Victory of Women

1946·Hiroko Hosokawa

Kanojo no hatsugen

A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo

1945·Woman who sings lullaby

Miyamoto Musashi

1944·Shinobu Nonomiya

The Man Who Has Returned

Kaisen no Zenya

Air Raid of the Enemy Plane

A Certain Woman

Ornamental Hairpin

Record of a Woman Doctor

Let's Go in Good Spirits

Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru

Kinuyo's First Love

Okinu and Banto

Zoku aizen katsura

Okayo's Preparedness

Weeds with flowers

The Tree of Love

1938·Katsue Takaishi

Mother and Child

Banchō sarayashiki

A Man's Recompense: Part 1

A Man's Recompense: Part 2

Lady Doctor Kinuyo

1937·Kinuyo Yamaoka

Song of the Flower Basket

The New Road: Akemi

The New Road: Ryota

1935·Itsuko Kuriyama

Okoto and Sasuke

An Innocent Maid

Osayo Koi Sugata

The Genealogy of Women

My Elder Brother

That Night's Woman

Mother of the East

Constellations on Earth, Part One: Earth Chapter

Constellations on Earth, Part 2: Constellations

Storm in the City

The Dancing Girl of Izu

1933·Kaoru, a dancer

The Bride Talks in Her Sleep

1933·Haruko, bride

1933·Yoshiko Chō

The Cheerleading Captain's Love

Clear and Cloudy

1933·Fusako Kawahara

The Road to Marriage

Before the Wedding

1933·Yukiko Takada

1933·Tamayō (Geisha)

Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?

The Loyal 47 Ronin

The Golden Demon

Victory or Defeat

My Brother's a Fool

The Willows of Ginza

The Sun Rises from the East

Studio Romance: A Guide to Love

Shine, Japanese Women

The Neighbour's Wife and Mine

1931·Wife of the Playwright

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2

Cry Cheerfully!

Sisters: Part 1

Sisters: Part 2

The Tramp and His Daughter

ABC Lifeline: Fujieda Chapter

Woman of Suffering

Youth, Why Do You Cry?

1930·Kozue Uesugi

1930·Toshiko Yamamoto

I Flunked, But...

1930·Cafe's Waitress

Mother, Don't Tarnish Your Name

1930·Kinuko Yamada

Where Do Women Go?

The Big City: Explosion

The Tale of Kinuyo

Record of Love and Desire

The Big City: Labor

1929·Okimi (cleaning woman)

I Graduated, But...

1929·Machiko Nomoto

The Blacksmith of the Forest

The Village Where the Skylark Sings

The Model of New Women

Triumphant Song of the Mountain

1929·Yuki Matsuyama

The Father and His Son

The Village Bride

King of the Land

The Age of Emotion

Modern Warrior Training

Chronicles of a Sea Country

1928·Oaki (Sister)

The Eternal Heart

What a Handsome Man!

1928·Shikanyu (geisha)

The Face of Humanity

Thank You for Your Hard Work

The Glory of the Shōwa Era

1928·Yayoi Sakurai (Shōwa Chapter)

Symphony of Youth

1928·Kinuko Noguchi

Secret Struggle

The Harakiri at Tennōji

An Embarrassing Dream

Song of the Border Patrol

The Oath of a Thousand Kills

1927·Kaōgi (Courtesan)

Sankichi the Flying Squirrel

1927·Oshizu (Tazaemon's Daughter)

Night is a Trickster

Lovers' Suicide at Kiso

1926·Osaki (Reiko's Sister)

Oh! Carefree, Aren't You?

1926·Tamako (Geisha in training)

Love and Courage

The Cursed Sword

The Complete Story of Jirocho Shimizu, Part 2: Ashura's Revenge

The Little Traveling Entertainer

Cry of the Raging Current

The Killing of a Hundred Men at Isshinji Temple

Nature Is the Judge

1925·Osato (Thread Shop Owner)

No Need for Your Opinion

A Woman from the Genroku Era

Village Pasture