Kinuyo Tanaka — Actor (36)
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The Fencing Master (1962) IMDb TMDB
殺陣師段平
director: Shunkai Mizuho actor: Ganjirō Nakamura II / Raizō Ichikawa …
other title: 殺陣師段平
The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Danpei Ichikawa lives for swordfighting – he was once a renowned kabuki swordfight choreographer, and as the Chairman of the New National Theatre Company, he wants nothing more than to choreograph the swordfights for the modern plays put on by the company.
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Stepbrothers (1957) WikiData IMDb TMDB
異母兄弟
director: Miyoji Ieki actor: Kinuyo Tanaka / Rentaro Mikuni …
other title: 異母兄弟 / Les Demi-frères …
In a military family, an illegitimate son is brutalized by his brothers. A patriarchal, feudalistic household where dissent is forbidden is used to reveal the whole imperialist system that afflicted Japan between 1921 and 1946.
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Let's Go, Grandma! (1975) IMDb TMDB
おれの行く道
director: Shigeyuki Yamane actor: Kinuyo Tanaka / Hideki Saijo …
other title: おれの行く道
Let's Go, Grandma! plays like an exuberant, goofy update to Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story. Kinuyo Tanaka plays the titular Grandma, who, after selling her Hokkaido property, is apparently flush with cash but newly homeless. Her grown children take turns hosting her, making extravagant performances of filial devotion with an eye to potential profit. Making use of a catalog of wacky visual effects, bracketed by gratuitous ham-fisted fight scenes, and costarring pop singer Hideki Saijo, the film is balanced by Tanaka's nuanced performance, which delivers a denunciation of hypocrisy and greed.
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The Dancing Girl of Izu (1933) WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
恋の花咲く 伊豆の踊子
director: Heinosuke Gosho actor: Kinuyo Tanaka / Den Obinata …
other title: 恋の花咲く 伊豆の踊子 / 恋之花的绽放·伊豆的舞女 …
"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Peninsula and a family of traveling dancers he meets there, including their youngest girl. The student finds the naïve girl attractive even though he eventually has to part with the family after spending memorable time together.
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Tsukiyo no kasa (1955) IMDb TMDB
月夜の傘
director: Seiji Hisamatsu actor: Kinuyo Tanaka / Michiyo Aratama …
other title: 月夜の傘
Housewives from four neighboring households casually gather at an old well at Kaneko's house in a residential area on the outskirts of Tokyo. If two people come together, they will talk about selling kimonos, if three people come together, they will discuss food shopping, and when four people come together, there will be laughter. Focusing on four housewives who gather at the edge of the well, it depicts the daily life of each household.
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Bright Sea (1963) WikiData IMDb TMDB
光る海
director: Kō Nakahira actor: Sayuri Yoshinaga / Mitsuo Hamada …
other title: 光る海 / La Mer étincelante
On the day of college graduation, Mieko (Sayuri Yoshinaga) stood on stage as the valedictorian for the Department of English. During her university years she made sure that she would always come out on top, and she did. With a victorious graduation behind her, she plans out the next chapter of her life: become a successful novelist and go out with a classmate she's been secretly eyeing for the past couple of years.
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On This Earth (1957) IMDb TMDB
地上
director: Kōzaburō Yoshimura actor: Hiroshi Kawaguchi / Hitomi Nozoe …
other title: 地上
Ichiro’s family used to be a large landowner, but now he is living in poverty with his mother. His mother works hard to get her son through school. Under such circumstances, Ichiro meets Wakako, the daughter of a wealthy man, and they fall in love with each other, but they are opposed by those around them because of their different social status.
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Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka (1959)
浪花の恋の物語
director: Tomu Uchida actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Ineko Arima …
other title: 浪花の恋の物語 / 浪花的恋爱物语 …
Chubei, the adopted son of an Osaka courier, falls desperately in love with the courtesan Umegawa. To prevent a wealthy client from purchasing her, he steals money from his employer to buy her freedom himself. Now hunted criminals, the lovers flee toward Yamato, pursued by the law.
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Victory of Women (1946) IMDb TMDB
女性の勝利
director: Kenji Mizoguchi actor: Kinuyo Tanaka / Michiko Kuwano …
other title: La Victoire des femmes / 女性の勝利
Representing a destitute mother in an infanticide trial, a female lawyer attempts to convince a conservative prosecutor of the benefits of Japan's democratized post-war legal system.