Kinuyo Tanaka — Actor (82)
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Miss Oyu (1951) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
お遊さま
★ 7.0 (14 ratings) director: 沟口健二 actor: 田中绢代 / 乙羽信子 …
other title: 阿游小姐 / お遊さま …
Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu. Convention forbids Oyu to marry because she has to raise her son as the head of her husband's family. Oyu convinces Shinnosuke and Shizu to marry so that she can remain close to Shinnosuke.
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Kanzashi (1941) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
簪
director: 清水宏 actor: 田中绢代 / 川崎弘子 …
other title: 簪 / Ornamental Hairpin …
A Japanese mountain inn patron's foot is cut by an ornamental hairpin accidentally left behind by a former patron, leading to much curiosity among the other patrons regarding her identity.
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Yellow Crow (1957) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
黄色いからす
director: 五所平之助 actor: 淡島千景 / 伊藤雄之助 …
other title: 黄色乌鸦 / 黄色いからす …
Ichiro Yoshida, the father of the boy Kiyoshi, who has been repatriated from China, returns home after a ten-year separation. The father, who has been estranged from his son for many years, pays no attention to the boy, often punishes him unfairly, and gives all his tenderness to his little daughter, who was born after his return. The boy sees all the injustice of his father and, offended, leaves home. The father realized that he was wrong, that he was guilty before his son. The mother finds the boy and brings him home. The father and the son become friends from that day on.
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The Lady of Musashino (1951) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
武蔵野夫人
★ 6.6 (7 ratings) director: Kenji Mizoguchi actor: Kinuyo Tanaka / Yukiko Todoroki …
other title: 武蔵野夫人 / Lady Musashino …
In post-war Japan, Michiko, a disillusioned young woman trapped in a loveless marriage, confides in her younger cousin, Tsutomo, and the two become close, but decide not to consummate their affair. He instead becomes involved with the flirtatious Tomiko, who is also conducting an affair with Michiko's husband. When Michiko finds that her husband has abandoned her, she decides to take her fate into her own hands.
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Her Brother (1960) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
おとうと
★ 7.6 (26 ratings) director: 市川昆 actor: 岸恵子 / 川口浩 …
other title: 弟弟 / おとうと …
Set in 1926 when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this drama looks at the inner workings of a small family, especially the relationship between a sister and brother.
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Mother (1952) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
おかあさん
★ 7.6 (26 ratings) director: 成濑巳喜男 (Mikio Naruse) actor: 田中绢代 / 香川京子
other title: 母亲 / おかあさん …
A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.
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Tales of Ugetsu (1953)
雨月物語
★ 8.6 (265 ratings) director: 沟口健二 actor: 田中绢代 / 森雅之 …
other title: 雨月物语 / 雨月物語 …
In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei's desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroying both themselves and their wives, Miyagi and Ohama.
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Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (2018) WikiData Douban
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
★ 9.5 (11 ratings) director: 马克·卡曾斯 actor: 克里欧·巴纳德 / 安东尼娅·博德 …
other title: 女性电影人：一部贯穿电影史的新公路影片 / Women Make Film …
2018 film by Mark Cousins
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Higanbana (1958)
彼岸花
★ 8.3 (66 ratings) director: 小津安二郎 actor: 佐分利信 / 田中绢代 …
other title: 彼岸花 / 龙爪花 …
Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a coworker and is adamant to live life her own way, instead of agreeing to an arranged marriage. Outwitted by his female relatives, Hirayama stubbornly refuses to admit defeat.
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The Munekata Sisters (1950) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
宗方姉妹
★ 7.8 (13 ratings) director: 小津安二郎 actor: 田中绢代 / 高峰秀子
other title: 宗方姐妹 / 宗方姉妹 …
Setsuko is in an unhappy marriage to Mimura, an unemployed, alcoholic engineer. She had always been in love with Hiroshi but both failed to propose when Hiroshi left for France a few years ago. But now he's back and Mariko tries to reunite them, although she too is secretly in love with Hiroshi.
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Red Beard (1965) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
赤ひげ
★ 8.6 (130 ratings) director: 黑泽明 actor: 三船敏郎 / 加山雄三 …
other title: 붉은 수염 / 赤ひげ …
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.
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Flowing (1956) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
流れる
★ 7.5 (19 ratings) director: 成濑巳喜男 actor: 田中绢代 / 山田五十铃 …
other title: 流浪记 / 流れる …
Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Katsuyo doesn't see any future in her mother's trade in the late days of Geisha. But Otsuta will not give up. This film portraits the day time life of geisha when not entertaining customers.