Kinuyo Tanaka Movies

  • 1937
    Song of the Flower Basket

    Song of the Flower Basket

    Song of the Flower Basket

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    Three men fall in love with the same young girl who works in a tonkatsu restaurant in the Shitamachi district of Tokyo.

    Song of the Flower Basket
  • 1930
    Marching On

    Marching On

    Marching On

    01930HD

    A farmer’s boy, obsessed with his balsa-and-paper flying models and with dreams of real aircraft, develops a friendship with the daughter of...

    Marching On
  • 1953
    An Heir's Place

    An Heir's Place

    An Heir's Place

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    This film stars Tanaka Kinuyo as the mother of the heir to the Hosho name, a famous lineage of Noh actors. The heir, Hosho Yagoro, is played by...

    An Heir's Place
  • 1937
    A Man's Recompense: Part 2

    A Man's Recompense: Part 2

    A Man's Recompense: Part 2

    01937HD

    Sabu Toshinobu is an archaeologist who has taken a liking to Kinuyo Tanaka, the daughter of an archaeologist at an inn in Izu, where he is visiting...

    A Man's Recompense: Part 2
  • 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 Tokyo brothels provide his models. A world of passion swirls around...

    Utamaro and His Five Women
  • 1933
    The Bride Talks in Her Sleep

    The Bride Talks in Her Sleep

    The Bride Talks in Her Sleep

    01933HD

    This pair of gentle yet witty and inventive comedies from the director of The Neighbour's Wife and Mine typify both the formal experimentation of...

    The Bride Talks in Her Sleep
  • 1956
    Confession

    Confession

    Confession

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    Confession
  • 1930
    Youth, Why Do You Cry?

    Youth, Why Do You Cry?

    Youth, Why Do You Cry?

    01930HD

    A modern girl suddenly intrudes into a widower's family home.

    Youth, Why Do You Cry?
  • 2009
    The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka

    The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka

    The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka

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    Compilation of film footage documenting Japanese film star Kinuyo Tanaka's goodwill tour of the U.S. in 1949.

    The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka
  • 1958
    Sorrow Is Only for Women

    Sorrow Is Only for Women

    Sorrow Is Only for Women

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    The beauty of the Japanese family system is portrayed through the women who greet a woman who went to America thirty years ago to visit her grave.

    Sorrow Is Only for Women
  • 1931
    Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2

    Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2

    Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2

    01931HD

    The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of alienation in the world of money, develops into a...

    Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
  • 1939
    Okayo's Preparedness

    Okayo's Preparedness

    Okayo's Preparedness

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    A young student of traditional dance falls in love with a handsome young man who visits the dance school in order to take photographs.

    Okayo's Preparedness
  • 1936
    The New Road: Ryota

    The New Road: Ryota

    The New Road: Ryota

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    The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow aristocrat she thinks is a dullard. Told from the...

    The New Road: Ryota
  • 1931
    ABC Lifeline

    ABC Lifeline

    ABC Lifeline

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    Japanese silent film directed by Yasujirô Shimazu, originally released as a two-part movie on December 11, 1931.

    ABC Lifeline
  • 1955
    Tsukiyo no kasa

    Tsukiyo no kasa

    Tsukiyo no kasa

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    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...

    Tsukiyo no kasa
  • 1942
    A Certain Woman

    A Certain Woman

    A Certain Woman

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    Pretty Oshige is deceived by her first love. After this, she lives a hard lifestyle, working at a number of jobs. Her only pleasure is her nephew,...

    A Certain Woman
  • 1929
    The Model of New Women

    The Model of New Women

    The Model of New Women

    01929HD

    A feature-length work based on Kan Kikuchi’s newspaper novel, adapted for the screen by Kōgo Noda. With performances by stars such as...

    The Model of New Women
  • 1928
    The Glory of the Shōwa Era

    The Glory of the Shōwa Era

    The Glory of the Shōwa Era

    01928HD

    Japanese silent film from 1928.

    The Glory of the Shōwa Era
  • 1930
    Song of Youth

    Song of Youth

    Song of Youth

    01930HD

    Shirō Kuroki, the adopted son of the Yamada family, shares a deep and mutual love with his foster sister, Kinuko Yamada. His commitment to...

    Song of Youth
  • 1937
    A Man's Recompense: Part 1

    A Man's Recompense: Part 1

    A Man's Recompense: Part 1

    01937HD

    Sabu Toshinobu is an archaeologist who has taken a liking to Kinuyo Tanaka, the daughter of an archaeologist at an inn in Izu, where he is visiting...

    A Man's Recompense: Part 1