# Kinuyo Tanaka — nextmovie4u



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Kinuyo Tanaka  was a Japanese actress and film director. She had a career lasting over 50 years with more than 250 acting credits, but was best known for her 15 films with director Kenji Mizoguchi, such as The Life of Oharu (1952) and Ugetsu (1953). With her 1953 directorial debut, Love Letter, Tanaka became the second Japanese woman to direct a film, after Tazuko Sakane. Tanaka won the Silver Bea…

## Performed in — top 12 by rating

- **[Sansho the Bailiff](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/sansho-the-bailiff-1954/)** (1954) — ★ 8.1
- **[Ugetsu](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/ugetsu-1953/)** (1953) — ★ 8.0
- **[Sandakan No. 8](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/sandakan-no-8-1974/)** (1974) — ★ 7.7
- **[The Life of Oharu](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-life-of-oharu-1952/)** (1952) — ★ 7.7
- **[Forever a Woman](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/forever-a-woman-1955/)** (1955) — ★ 7.7
- **[The Ballad of Narayama](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-ballad-of-narayama-1958/)** (1958) — ★ 7.5
- **[Equinox Flower](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/equinox-flower-1958/)** (1958) — ★ 7.4
- **[The Woman in the Rumor](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-woman-in-the-rumor-1954/)** (1954) — ★ 7.3
- **[Miss Oyu](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/miss-oyu-1951/)** (1951) — ★ 7.2
- **[The Scent of Incense](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-scent-of-incense-1964/)** (1964) — ★ 7.2
- **[Flowing](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/flowing-1956/)** (1956) — ★ 7.2
- **[Utamaro and His Five Women](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/utamaro-and-his-five-women-1946/)** (1946) — ★ 7.2

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