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Kinuyo Tanaka

다나카 키누요 | کینو تاناکا | 田中 絹代

About the person
Career:

Acting

Date of birth:
1909-11-28
Place of birth:

Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan

Gender:

Female

Popularity:

1

Date of death

1977-03-21

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Biography

Kinuyo Tanaka (田中 絹代 Tanaka Kinuyo, 29 November 1909 – 21 March 1977) was a Japanese actress and director. Tanaka was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. She became a leading actress at seventeen years old, appearing in Heinosuke Gosho's An Embarrassing Dream in 1927. She proceeded to take leading parts in, among others, Yasujirō Ozu's I Graduated, But... in 1929, Gosho's Aiyoku no ki in 1930, and in 1931, Japan's first talkie, The Neighbor's Wife and Mine, directed by Gosho.

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