FrameThrower · Actors · Kinuyo Tanaka
Kinuyo Tanaka
2 films · 88 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1953–1958
Born 28 November 1909 · Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan · died 21 March 1977
Kinuyo Tanaka was a Japanese actress and director.
Tanaka was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. She became a leading actress at seventeen years old, appearing in Heinosuke Gosho's An Embarrassing Dream in 1927. She proceeded to take leading parts in, among others, Yasujirō Ozu's I Graduated, But... in 1929, Gosho's Aiyoku no ki in 1930, and in 1931, Japan's first talkie, The Neighbor's Wife and Mine, directed by Gosho.
She had a close working relationship with director Kenji Mizoguchi, having parts in 15 of his films, including leading roles in The Life of Oharu (1952), Ugetsu (1953) and Sansho the Bailiff (1954).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 88 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1953–1958
- Silver Bear for Best Actress1975
- Mainichi Film Award for Best Actress1975
- Kinema Junpo Award for Best Actress1975
- Medal with Purple Ribbon1970
- Kinema Junpo Award for Best Actress1959
- Mainichi Film Award for Best Actress1949
- Mainichi Film Award for Best Actress1948
How their films are shot
Measured across 88 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Kinuyo takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 57% of their frames are night, 53% low key — the look of the work Kinuyo takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
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