Kenichi Horie is determined to challenge his family, the law and the nature crossing Read More »
Tag Archives: Kinuyo Tanaka
Flowing AKA Nagareru (1956) Mikio Naruse, Kinuyo Tanaka, Isuzu Yamada, Hideko Takamine
Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Read More »
Love Letter AKA Koibumi (1953) Kinuyo Tanaka, Masayuki Mori, Yoshiko Kuga, Jûkichi Uno
This valiant melodrama is the brilliant debut as a moviemaker of the great Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka Read More »
The Dancing Girl of Izu AKA Koi no hana saku Izu no odoriko (1933) Heinosuke Gosho, Kinuyo Tanaka, Den Ohinata, Tokuji Kobayashi
In this adaptation from Kawabata, a young student becomes friends with a brother Read More »
Girls of the Night AKA Onna bakari no yoru (1961) Kinuyo Tanaka, Hisako Hara, Akemi Kita, Chieko Seki
A prostitute tries to change her life after the enforcement of an anti-prostitution law. Read More »
Marriage AKA Kekkon (1947) Keisuke Kinoshita, Kinuyo Tanaka, Ken Uehara, Eijirô Tôno
In postwar Japan a young woman is unable to marry her sweetheart because her family’s in difficult circumstances and needs her income to keep afloat. Read More »
Women of the Night AKA Yoru no onnatachi (1948) Kenji Mizoguchi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Sanae Takasugi, Tomie Tsunoda
Fusako Owada, a young woman in postwar Japan, is the mistress of a notorious drug dealer. Read More »
The Woman of Rumour AKA Uwasa no onna (1954) Kenji Mizoguchi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Tomoemon Otani, Yoshiko Kuga
Hatsuko Umabuchi is a widow who runs a prosperous geisha house in present-day Kyoto. Read More »
The Eternal Breasts AKA Chibusa yo eien nare (1955) Kinuyo Tanaka, Yumeji Tsukioka, Ryôji Hayama, Junkichi Orimoto
Fumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man who shows a low self esteem Read More »
Equinox Flower AKA Higanbana (1958) Yasujirô Ozu, Shin Saburi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Ineko Arima
A business man is often approached by friends for advice and help regarding marriage as well as family Read More »