Kinuyo tanaka biography of rory

Kinuyo TANAKA (December 29, 1909 - March 21, 1977) was a Japanese actress and film director in the Taisho and Showa periods.

She was a superstar who bolstered the Japanese cinema world from its dawning age as well as one of the greatest actresses represented in the history of Japanese movies.

She was a triple crown winner, with her films winning prizes from three major world film festivals (Cannes, Venice and Berlin) (see below).

Kinuyo tanaka biography of rory

She was also the second female movie director in Japan.

Biography and Personal Profile
From birth in Shimonoseki to the life in Osaka:
She was born in Maruyama-cho, Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, to father Kumekichi TANAKA and mother Yasu as the youngest of the four sons and four daughters.

Her mother Yasu was from the Kobayashi family, a merchant family of hereditary large landowners in Shimonoseki, and the Kumekichi served as head clerk. Kumekichi and Yasu married and went independent to deal in dry-goods and other ma