Kinuyo Tanaka Movie Trailers
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The Ballad of Narayama Trailer (1958)
01 June 1958
In a remote village where food is scarce, elders who reach the age of 70 are carried by their children to the top of a nearby mountain to die in solitude.
Equinox Flower Trailer (1958)
07 September 1958
Wataru's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares her love for a coworker and is adamant to live her own way, instead of agreeing to an arranged marriage.
The Golden Demon Trailer (1932)
14 January 1932
Kan’ichi Hazama and Omiya Shigisawa are engaged to be married, but Omiya breaks the engagement to marry a wealthy banker’s son.
The Scent of Incense Trailer (1964)
24 May 1964
After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her mother in a red-light district in Tokyo and her life deeply gets in trouble.
Lullaby of the Earth Trailer (1976)
12 June 1976
The story of an orphan girl, brought up in naive, rustic innocence by an elderly relative, who is suddenly exposed to the brutality, greed and deceptiveness of the outside world when her grandmother dies.
The Killing of a Hundred Men at Isshinji Temple Trailer (1925)
25 September 1925
Japanese film from 1925.
The Life of Oharu Trailer (1952)
17 April 1952
During the Edo Period, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.
Youth, Why Do You Cry? Trailer (1930)
15 November 1930
A modern girl suddenly intrudes into a widower's family home.
Love Under the Crucifix Trailer (1962)
03 June 1962
A tea master and his daughter Ogin are both Christians in feudal Japan. Ogin falls in love with a married feudal prince who shares her faith.
The Munekata Sisters Trailer (1950)
08 August 1950
Setsuko is in an unhappy marriage to Mimura, an unemployed, alcoholic engineer. She had always been in love with Hiroshi but both failed to propose when Hiroshi left for France a few years ago.
The Woman in the Rumor Trailer (1954)
20 June 1954
After living a traumatic experience in Tokyo, Yukiko returns to Kyoto, where Hatsuko, her mother, runs a brothel, which upsets Yukiko very much.
Girls of the Night Trailer (1961)
04 September 1961
In the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently released from one of Japan's new rehabilitation centers struggles to build a new life.
Dragnet Girl Trailer (1933)
27 April 1933
A gangster tries to find redemption with the inadvertent help of an innocent shop girl and his jealous girlfriend will do anything to keep him.
Women of the Night Trailer (1948)
26 May 1948
In early post-war Osaka, three women—war widow Fusako, her Korean expat sister Natsuko, and Kumiko, Fusako's sister-in-law—descend into prostitution, all for their individual reasons.
Okayo's Preparedness Trailer (1939)
01 April 1939
A young student of traditional dance falls in love with a handsome young man who visits the dance school in order to take photographs.
Ornamental Hairpin Trailer (1941)
26 August 1941
A Japanese mountain inn patron's foot is cut by an ornamental hairpin accidentally left behind by a former patron, leading to much curiosity among the other patrons regarding her identity.
Let's Go, Grandma! Trailer (1975)
12 July 1975
Let's Go, Grandma! plays like an exuberant, goofy update to Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story. Kinuyo Tanaka plays the titular Grandma, who, after selling her Hokkaido property, is apparently flush with cash but newly homeless.
I Flunked, But... Trailer (1930)
11 April 1930
After the plans of a group of college students to cheat on their final exams goes awry, they're left to reassess their lives and educations and get back on track.
Burden of Life Trailer (1935)
10 December 1935
A middle-aged father has just married off his third daughter, but still has his nine year old son to raise whom he resents as he was unwanted.
Osaka Woman Trailer (1940)
19 September 1940
When wealthy Ochika marries desolute Danpei, she devotes herself completely to him and takes over her business, to the point of sowing dissensions within the Jōruri troupe in which her husband plays.
A Wanderer's Notebook Trailer (1962)
29 September 1962
Based on the life and career of novelist Fumiko Hayashi, she bitterly struggles for literary recognition in the first half of the 20th-century – her affairs with feckless men, the jobs she took to survive (peddler, waitress, bar maid), and her arduous, often humiliating attempts to get published in a male-dominated culture.
A Hen in the Wind Trailer (1948)
17 September 1948
Tokiko patiently awaits her husband's return from WWII when her four-year old son falls ill. She takes him to the doctor but has no means of paying, so she resorts to prostitution.
Miyamoto Musashi Trailer (1944)
29 December 1944
Shinobu and her brother Genichiro plead with famous swordsman Musashi Miyamoto to teach them to avenge their father's death.
A Man's Recompense: Part 1 Trailer (1937)
13 August 1937
Sabu Toshinobu is an archaeologist who has taken a liking to Kinuyo Tanaka, the daughter of an archaeologist at an inn in Izu, where he is visiting to conduct an excavation.
Clear and Cloudy Trailer (1933)
04 May 1933
Japanese film from 1933, adapted from a story serialized in the entertainment magazine "Fuji."
The New Road: Akemi Trailer (1936)
30 November 1936
The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow aristocrat she thinks is a dullard.
The Wandering Princess Trailer (1960)
27 January 1960
Pu Zhe, younger brother of the Emperor of Manchukuo, marries Ryuko, daughter of an aristocratic family.
A Legend or Was It? Trailer (1963)
11 August 1963
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.
Victory Song Trailer (1945)
22 February 1945
An anthology of thirteen patriotic stories about Japanese citizens contributing to the war effort.
Forever a Woman Trailer (1955)
23 November 1955
Fumiko, mother of two and wife to an unfaithful man, shares her family life with her budding vocation as a poet.
Ginza Cosmetics Trailer (1951)
14 April 1951
A few days in the life of a quiet geisha, single mother of a smart young boy, in the lively Tokyo quarter of Ginza.
Flame of My Love Trailer (1949)
13 February 1949
In 1880s Japan, women's struggle for equality rages on. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo, where she helps the fledgling Liberal Party and falls in love with its leader Kentaro Omoi, just as the party is being disbanded by the government.
Army Trailer (1944)
07 December 1944
Though plagued by ill health all his life, a young Japanese man is obligated to fulfill his family's longstanding military tradition.
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 Trailer (1949)
16 July 1949
Part 2 starts where the first film ended, with Iemon disposing of the bodies of his wife and Kohei, marrying upward, and being blackmailed by the evil Naosuke.
The Neighbour's Wife and Mine Trailer (1931)
01 August 1931
A playwright moves to a rural neighborhood to avoid the distractions of the city, but he discovers there are plenty of ways to get sidetracked in his new home, too.
Brother and Sister Trailer (1953)
19 August 1953
The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal that will threaten the marriage prospects of the younger sister San, in her cash-strapped family.
Record of a Woman Doctor Trailer (1941)
23 November 1941
A group of female doctors travel to a remote village during their summer holiday to offer free medical care to villagers.
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 Trailer (1949)
05 July 1949
Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely devoted to her husband.
Love Letter Trailer (1953)
13 December 1953
Five years after the end of the Second World War, Reikichi, a repatriated veteran, translates love letters for Japanese women to American GIs, while searching for his lost love, Michiko.
Sincere Heart Trailer (1953)
29 January 1953
A young student falls for an invalid girl whom he can only see from afar.
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True Trailer (1972)
29 December 1972
When Tora-san returns to visit his family, he is surprised to find an arrogant professor occupying his room.
ABC Lifeline Trailer (1931)
11 December 1931
Japanese silent film directed by Yasujirô Shimazu, originally released as a two-part movie on December 11, 1931.
The Tree of Love Trailer (1938)
15 September 1938
A young doctor, Kozo Tsumura, falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi. But she's got a secret: she's a widow with a son.
Kinuyo's First Love Trailer (1940)
31 March 1940
Kinuyo is a daughter of rice cracker shop in downtown. She fell in love with her sister's boyfriend. It is a story whose theme is warm human relationships in a town of customs and manners.
The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka Trailer (2009)
17 October 2009
Compilation of film footage documenting Japanese film star Kinuyo Tanaka's goodwill tour of the U.S. in 1949.
The Fencing Master Trailer (1962)
30 September 1962
The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant.