Kinuyo Tanaka

Full filmography

• Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About (2022) as Self (archive footage)
• The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka (2009) as Self (archive footage)
• Lullaby of the Earth (1976)
• Cape of the North (1976) as Old Nun
• Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975) as Self
• Let's Go, Grandma! (1975) as Kiku Sasaki
• Sandakan No. 8 (1974) as Old Osaki
• Sanbaba (1974)
• Tora-san's Dream-Come-True (1972) as The Old Family Mistress
• Mominoki wa Nokotta (1970) as Tsuta
• Red Beard (1965) as Madame Yasumoto
• The Scent of Incense (1964) as Tsuna
• Kono sora no aru kagiri (1964)
• Alone Across the Pacific (1963) as Youth's Mother
• A Legend or Was It? (1963) as Shizuko Sonobe
• Bright Sea (1963) as Nobuko Yazaki
• Double Wedding (1963)
• A Wanderer's Notebook (1962) as Kishi, Fumiko's Mother
• Love Under the Crucifix (1962) Director
• Mama, I Need You! (1962)
• The Fencing Master (1962) as Oharu
• Girls of the Night (1961) Director
• Eternity of Love (1961) as Michi's Mother
• Her Brother (1960) as Mother
• The Wandering Princess (1960) Director
• The Three Treasures (1959) as Princess Yamato
• Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka (1959) as Myokan
• Hahakogusa (1959) as Shige Ozawa
• The Ballad of Narayama (1958) as Orin
• Equinox Flower (1958) as Kiyoko Hirayama
• The Eternal Rainbow (1958) as Fumi
• Sorrow Is Only for Women (1958)
• Geisha in the Old City (1957) as Oei
• On This Earth (1957) as Omitsu, Heiichiro's mother
• Stepbrothers (1957) as Rie
• Yellow Crow (1957) as Yukiko Matsumoto
• Women in Prison (1956) as Prison Warden
• Confession (1956)
• This Is Home (1956)
• How Sorrowful (1956)
• The Storm (1956)
• Flowing (1956) as Rika Yamanaka / Oharu
• Tsukiyo no kasa (1955)
• Forever a Woman (1955) as Neighbor's Wife
• Forever a Woman (1955) Director
• The Moon Has Risen (1955) as Yoneya
• The Moon Has Risen (1955) Director
• Shōnen shikeishū (1955)
• House of Many Pleasures (1955) as Oshige
• Sansho the Bailiff (1954) as Tamaki
• Five Sisters (1954)
• The Woman in the Rumor (1954) as Hatsuko Mabuchi
• An Heir's Place (1953) as Hisa Hosho
• Love Letter (1953) as Landlady
• Love Letter (1953) Director
• Ugetsu (1953) as Miyagi
• Where Chimneys Are Seen (1953) as Hiroko Ogata
• Brother and Sister (1953) Assistant Director
• Sincere Heart (1953) as Kuniko
• Himitsu (1952)
• The Life of Oharu (1952) as Oharu
• Mother (1952) as Masako Fukuhara
• Sisters of Nishijin (1952)
• The Ataka Family (1952) as Kuniko Ataka
• Ginza Cosmetics (1951) as Yukiko Tsuji
• Miss Oyu (1951) as Oyû Kayukawa
• The Lady of Musashino (1951) as Michiko Akiyama
• Story of Lightning (1951)
• The Inner Palace Conspiracy (1951) as Onaka
• The Munekata Sisters (1950) as Setsuko Munekata
• Wedding Ring (1950) as Noriko Kuki
• Flame of My Love (1949) as Eiko Hirayama
• Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 (1949) as Oiwa / Osode
• Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 (1949) as Oiwa / Osode
• Women of the Night (1948) as Fusako Owada
• A Hen in the Wind (1948) as Tokiko Amamiya
• Phoenix (1947) as Sayoko Aihara
• Marriage (1947) as Fumie Matsukawa
• The Love of the Actress Sumako (1947) as Sumako Matsui
• Utamaro and His Five Women (1946) as Okita
• Kanojo no hatsugen (1946)
• Victory of Women (1946) as Hiroko Hosokawa
• Victory Song (1945) as Woman who sings lullaby
• A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo (1945) as Okinu
• The Man Who Has Returned (1944)
• Miyamoto Musashi (1944) as Shinobu Nonomiya
• Army (1944) as Waka
• Kaisen no Zenya (1943)
• Air Raid of the Enemy Plane (1943) as Kiyo
• A Certain Woman (1942)
• Let's Go in Good Spirits (1941)
• Record of a Woman Doctor (1941)
• Ornamental Hairpin (1941) as Emi
• Flower (1941)
• Kinuyo's First Love (1940)
• Okinu and Banto (1940)
• Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru (1940) as Chiyo
• Osaka Woman (1940)
• Zoku aizen katsura (1939)
• Weeds with flowers (1939)
• Okayo's Preparedness (1939) as Okayo
• Spring Thunder (1939)
• The Tree of Love (1938) as Katsue Takaishi
• Mother and Child (1938) as Chieko
• Song of the Flower Basket (1937) as Yoko
• A Man's Recompense: Part 1 (1937)
• A Man's Recompense: Part 2 (1937)
• Lady Doctor Kinuyo (1937) as Kinuyo Yamaoka
• Banchō sarayashiki (1937)
• The New Road: Ryota (1936)
• The New Road: Akemi (1936)
• Men vs. Women (1936)
• An Innocent Maid (1935) as Oshige
• Burden of Life (1935) as Itsuko Kuriyama
• Okoto and Sasuke (1935) as Okoto
• My Elder Brother (1934) as Sumako
• Sakura Ondo (1934)
• Honeymoon (1934)
• Constellations on Earth, Part 2: Constellations (1934)
• Constellations on Earth, Part One: Earth Chapter (1934)
• Storm in the City (1934)
• The Genealogy of Women (1934) as Otsuta
• Mother of the East (1934) as Taeko
• Osayo Koi Sugata (1934) as Osayo
• That Night's Woman (1934)
• The Bride Talks in Her Sleep (1933) as Haruko, bride
• Dragnet Girl (1933) as Tokiko
• The Dancing Girl of Izu (1933) as Kaoru, a dancer
• The Road to Marriage (1933)
• Woman of Tokyo (1933) as Harue
• Sôbô (1933) as Yoshiko Chō
• Daphne (1933) as Tamayō (Geisha)
• Before the Wedding (1933) as Yukiko Takada
• The Cheerleading Captain's Love (1933) as Omitsu
• Clear and Cloudy (1933) as Fusako Kawahara
• Shine, Japanese Women (1932) as Shigeko
• Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? (1932) as Oshige
• The Loyal 47 Ronin (1932) as Yae
• The Golden Demon (1932) as Omiya
• The Sun Rises from the East (1932) as Miyoko
• My Brother's a Fool (1932)
• Victory or Defeat (1932)
• Storm Zone (1932)
• The Willows of Ginza (1932)
• Love in Tokyo (1932)
• Studio Romance: A Guide to Love (1932)
• ABC Lifeline (1931)
• The Neighbour's Wife and Mine (1931) as Wife of the Playwright
• Sisters: Part 1 (1931)
• Cry Cheerfully! (1931)
• Sisters: Part 2 (1931)
• Woman of Suffering (1931)
• Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2 (1931) as Mayumi
• Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1 (1931) as Mayumi
• The Tramp and His Daughter (1931)
• ABC Lifeline: Fujieda Chapter (1931)
• I Flunked, But... (1930) as Cafe's Waitress
• Marching On (1930) as Toshiko Yamamoto
• Mother, Don't Tarnish Your Name (1930)
• The Beating (1930)
• A Smiling Life (1930)
• The Great Ship (1930)
• Song of Youth (1930) as Kinuko Yamada
• Young Lady (1930) as Kinuko
• The Big City: Explosion (1930)
• The Tale of Kinuyo (1930) as Kinuyo
• Record of Love and Desire (1930)
• Where Do Women Go? (1930) as Omitsu
• Youth, Why Do You Cry? (1930) as Kozue Uesugi
• Triumphant Song of the Mountain (1929) as Yuki Matsuyama
• I Graduated, But... (1929) as Machiko Nomoto
• The Father and His Son (1929)
• The Blacksmith of the Forest (1929) as Omitsu
• Cheerful Song (1929) as Mamoko
• Echigo Lion (1929)
• The Model of New Women (1929)
• The Big City: Labor (1929) as Okimi (cleaning woman)
• The Village Where the Skylark Sings (1929)
• Him and Life (1929)
• The Age of Emotion (1928)
• Immortal Love (1928)
• If Only She... (1928)
• The Village Bride (1928)
• The Face of Humanity (1928)
• The Eternal Heart (1928)
• The Glory of the Shōwa Era (1928) as Yayoi Sakurai (Shōwa Chapter)
• Symphony of Youth (1928) as Kinuko Noguchi
• King of the Land (1928) as Namiko
• Thank You for Your Hard Work (1928)
• Iron Virgin (1928) as Namiko
• A Wife Quits (1928)
• Chronicles of a Sea Country (1928) as Oaki (Sister)
• Modern Warrior Training (1928)
• What a Handsome Man! (1928) as Shikanyu (geisha)
• Song of the Border Patrol (1927) as Tsutae
• Madame Pearl (1927)
• The Basement (1927)
• The Harakiri at Tennōji (1927)
• Lovers' Suicide at Kiso (1927)
• Sankichi the Flying Squirrel (1927) as Oshizu (Tazaemon's Daughter)
• An Embarrassing Dream (1927)
• Takada no Baba (1927)
• Yakko no Koman (1927)
• Night is a Trickster (1927)
• The Oath of a Thousand Kills (1927) as Kaōgi (Courtesan)
• Magic (1927)
• Secret Struggle (1927)
• Flashing Blade (1926)
• Oh! Carefree, Aren't You? (1926)
• Love and Courage (1926)
• Her (1926)
• Buried Youth (1926)
• Useless Button (1926)
• Young Master (1926) as Tamako (Geisha in training)
• Townspeople (1926)
• The Betrayed (1926) as O-Fumi
• The Cursed Sword (1926) as Owaka
• The Complete Story of Jirocho Shimizu, Part 2: Ashura's Revenge (1926)
• Torrent (1926)
• Troubled Days (1926) as Osaki (Reiko's Sister)
• Cry of the Raging Current (1925) as Okimi
• Love's Snare (1925) as Osato (Thread Shop Owner)
• The Killing of a Hundred Men at Isshinji Temple (1925) as Otami
• The Little Traveling Entertainer (1925) as Okiku
• Fallen Samurai (1925) as Omaki
• Brave Love (1925)
• No Need for Your Opinion (1925) as Daughter
• Nature Is the Judge (1925)
• Village Pasture (1924) as Oharu
• A Woman from the Genroku Era (1924)