Kinuyo Tanaka Movies

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

Shinobu and her brother Genichiro plead with famous swordsman Musashi Miyamoto to teach them to avenge their father's death. The perpetrators of...

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

A family of Kyoto textile workers struggles after tragedy.

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...

The story of five sisters.

A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devoted manservant. Based on a novella by Tanizaki...

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their...

A widowed high-school teacher tries to raise his four children alone.

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...

Soichi Ataka is the eldest son of Ataka family. Although mentally challenged, he's a person with a gentle heart. Soichi's wife, Kuniko is devoted to...

When a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three of his college friends with jobs.

Young, timid bowmaster Kazuma seeks to beat the archery record set by Hoshino Kanzaemon, a mysterious figure who, it is rumoured, drove the previous...

An anthology of thirteen patriotic stories about Japanese citizens contributing to the war effort.

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

Three couples connected to rival business and theatrical families navigate complicated romances, workplace disputes, and family opposition.

A Swiss nun falls in love with a Japanese engineer.

1939 Japanese movie

The woman prison has a cast all with a story of their own and with no dull or routine day. There is an employee who is divorced after her husband had...