Kinuyo Tanaka Movies

Daigaku wa detakeredo

65/100

Younger Brother

71/100

Joyû Sumako no koi

71/100

The stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with the outspoken actress Sumako Matsui...

Legend of a Duel to the Death

72/100

A Tokyo family escaping the war relocates to a Hokkaido village; their daughter is set to marry the local leader's son, but her siblings disapprove, which eventually leads to a violent tragedy.

Where Chimneys Are Seen

76/100

The Neighbor's Wife and Mine

67/100

A writer struggles to finish his story against many distractions, but the jazz party next door proves to be too much.

Kita no misaki - Cap du nord

70/100

The humanistic story of conflict ranging from a nun's chaste commitment to god and her love for a man from Japan, the contrast between the rich and poor and the differences between the ... See full summary »

Sanjûsangen-dô, tôshiya monogatari

68/100

The Yotsuda Phantom

71/100

Iemon Tamiya is an impovershed masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely devoted to her husband

Josei no shôri

70/100

A socially committed film about the feudal state of many Japanese women in 1946. Hiroko Hosokawa, a female lawyer...

Fencing Master

70/100

The remake of a Akira Kurosawa script is based on the story of the actual figure Ichikawa Danpei who was a tateshi, or fencing instructor and choreographer, in Japan in the Taisho era at ... See full summary »

Shinshaku Yotsuya kaidan: kôhen

70/100

Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka

74/100

Phoenix

72/100

A young war widow remembers her short time with her husband.

The Scent of Incense

76/100

Marriage

72/100

Shindo: Zempen Akemi no maki

70/100

Aizen katsura

71/100

A young doctor, Kozo Tsumura (Uehara), falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi (Tanaka). But she's got a secret: she's a widow with a son...

Stepbrothers

77/100

Inazuma sôshi

67/100