Kinuyo Tanaka Movies

  • 1946
    Utamaro and His Five Women

    Utamaro and His Five Women

    Utamaro and His Five Women

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    Utamaro, a great artist, lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the brothels of Tokyo provide his models. A world of passion swirls around...

    Utamaro and His Five Women
  • 1947
    The Love of the Actress Sumako

    The Love of the Actress Sumako

    The Love of the Actress Sumako

    6.81947HD

    The stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with the outspoken actress Sumako Matsui, and leaves his family...

    The Love of the Actress Sumako
  • 1952
    Mother

    Mother

    Mother

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    A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.

    Mother
  • 1949
    Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

    Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

    Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

    6.5381949HD

    Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely...

    Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
  • 1929
    The Blacksmith of the Forest

    The Blacksmith of the Forest

    The Blacksmith of the Forest

    01929HD

    A blacksmith is chased out of the village by the sinister village chief and forced to move to the forest with his wife and two sons. The...

    The Blacksmith of the Forest
  • 1950
    The Munekata Sisters

    The Munekata Sisters

    The Munekata Sisters

    71950HD

    Setsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. She had always been in love with Hiroshi but both of them...

    The Munekata Sisters
  • 1931
    The Neighbour's Wife and Mine

    The Neighbour's Wife and Mine

    The Neighbour's Wife and Mine

    6.51931HD

    A playwright moves to a rural neighborhood to avoid the distractions of the city, but he discovers there are plenty of ways to get sidetracked in his...

    The Neighbour's Wife and Mine
  • 1963
    Alone Across the Pacific

    Alone Across the Pacific

    Alone Across the Pacific

    6.91963HD

    Kenichi Horie is determined to challenge his family, the law and the nature crossing the Pacific to America in a small sailboat. Despite his careful...

    Alone Across the Pacific
  • 1930
    I Flunked, But...

    I Flunked, But...

    I Flunked, But...

    5.8571930HD

    This bittersweet comedy tells the tale of a group of college roommates attempting to cheat their way through their exams. As the title goes, things...

    I Flunked, But...
  • 1951
    Story of Lightning

    Story of Lightning

    Story of Lightning

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    Gensaburo Funaki and Oyuki were childhood friends, but Gensaburo misunderstood that Oyuki was hesitant to get married because he had to feed his...

    Story of Lightning
  • 1948
    Women of the Night

    Women of the Night

    Women of the Night

    7.11948HD

    In early post-war Osaka, three women, war widow Fusako, her sister Natsuko, an expatriate from Korea, and Kumiko, Fusako's sister-in-law, descend...

    Women of the Night
  • 1940
    Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru

    Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru

    Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru

    01940HD

    Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru
  • 1959
    Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka

    Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka

    Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka

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    Chubei, the adopted son of an Osaka courier, falls desperately in love with the courtesan Umegawa. To prevent a wealthy client from purchasing her,...

    Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
  • 1928
    King of the Land

    King of the Land

    King of the Land

    01928HD

    Japanese silent film from 1928, ranked as Kinema Junpo's second-best Japanese movie of the year.

    King of the Land
  • 1936
    Men vs. Women

    Men vs. Women

    Men vs. Women

    01936HD

    A musical film made for the inauguration of Shochiku's Ofuna Studio, with an all-star cast of the era.

    Men vs. Women
  • 1959
    The Three Treasures

    The Three Treasures

    The Three Treasures

    5.3081959HD

    The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the...

    The Three Treasures
  • 1930
    Young Lady

    Young Lady

    Young Lady

    01930HD

    Lost film. Two reporters find that they are repeatedly beaten to the scoop by a new female journalist, 'young miss'. They decide to team up with her...

    Young Lady
  • 1955
    The Moon Has Risen

    The Moon Has Risen

    The Moon Has Risen

    6.81955HD

    Mokichi is the widowed father of three daughters, with whom he lives on the premises of a temple since the war. All three daughters become involved...

    The Moon Has Risen
  • 1963
    A Legend or Was It?

    A Legend or Was It?

    A Legend or Was It?

    6.51963HD

    A Tokyo family escaping the war relocates to a Hokkaido village; their daughter is set to marry the local leader's son, but her siblings disapprove.

    A Legend or Was It?
  • 1951
    The Inner Palace Conspiracy

    The Inner Palace Conspiracy

    The Inner Palace Conspiracy

    01951HD

    A period mystery in which an unconventional priest exposes the truth behind the bizarre death of a maid in the shogun's harem. Kinuyo Tanaka...

    The Inner Palace Conspiracy