
Kenichi Horie is determined to challenge his family, the law and the nature crossing Read More »
Tag Archives: Kinuyo Tanaka
Flowing / 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 / 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 »
Girls of the Night / 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 »
The Woman of Rumour / 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 / 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 »
The Life of Oharu AKA Saikaku Ichidai Onna (1952) Kenji Mizoguchi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Tsukie Matsuura, Ichirô Sugai

A fifty-year-old prostitute, no longer able to attract men, looks back on her sad life. Read More »
Madame and Wife AKA Madamu to nyôbô (1931) Heinosuke Gosho, Atsushi Watanabe, Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Ichimura

A writer struggles to finish his story against many distractions, but the jazz party next door proves to be too much. Read More »
Sandakan 8 AKA Sandakan hachibanshokan bohkyo (1974) Kei Kumai, Komaki Kurihara, Yôko Takahashi, Kinuyo Tanaka

A journalist interviews an old woman who was forced into prostitution Read More »