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The Ballad of Narayama on DVD (1958)
Starring: Kinuyo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi, Yuko Mochizuki
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita
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Alongside contemporaries Akira Kurosawa and Yasujiro Ozu, director Keisuke Kinoshita is regarded as one of the greats in Japanese cinema. Combining Tabuchi theatre and masterful cinematic techniques, "Ballad Of Narayama" is a beautiful and meditative tale of love and humanity that explores ..read more »

66% from 255 members

Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Starring: Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyoko Kagawa
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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In mediaeval Japan a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.

82% from 169 members
Currently unavailable

Chikamatsu Monogatari / Uwasa No Onna (2 discs) (1954)
Starring: Kyoko Kagawa, Kazuo Hasegawa, Kinuyo Tanaka
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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Based on a centuries old tale with roots in real events, Chikamatsu Monogatari tells the hauntingly tragic story of a forbidden love affair between a merchant's wife, Osan (Kyoko Kagawa), and her husband's employee, Mohei (Kazuo Hasegawa), in an era when the punishment for adultery was crucifixion. ..read more »

74% from 305 members
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Sansho Dayu (1954)
Starring: Kinuyo Tanaka, Michiyo Kogure, Yoshiaki Hanayagi
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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'Sansho Dayu'follows an aristocratic woman, Tamaki (Tanaka Kinuyo) and her two children, Zushio (Hanayagi Yoshiaki) and Anju (Kagawa Kyoko), who are parted from Tamaki's husband when he finds himself in trouble with the feudal powers for treating peasants with kindness. When the children are ..read more »

79% from 243 members
Not available for rental

Gion Bayashi (1953)
Starring: Kinuyo Tanaka, Michiyo Kogure, Yoshiaki Hanayagi
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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'Gion Bayashi' (1953) is a drama set in the world of the courtesan. Eiko (Wakao Ayako) is a 16-year old orphan, while Miyoharu (Kogure Michiyo) is the geisha who agrees to be her mentor.

77% from 145 members
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Sansho Dayu & Gion Bayashi (2 discs) (1953)
Starring: Kinuyo Tanaka, Michiyo Kogure, Yoshiaki Hanayagi
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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Based on an ancient legend, as recounted by celebrated author Mori Ogai (in his short story of the same name, written in 1915), and adapted by Japanese director Mizoguchi Kenji, Sansho Dayu is both distinctively Japanese and as deeply affecting as a Greek tragedy. Described in its opening title as "..read more »

78% from 412 members
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Ugetsu Monogatari / Oyu-Sama (2 discs) (1953)
Starring: Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyo, Kinuyo Tanaka
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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Ugetsu Monogatar: Mizoguchi's Ugetsu Monogatari [Tales of the Rain and Moon] is a highly acclaimed masterwork of Japanese cinema. Based on a pair of 18th century ghost stories by Ueda Akinari. Amidst the pandemonium of civil war, potter Genjuro (Mori Masayuki) and samurai-aspirant Tobei (Ozawa ..read more »

74% from 1,022 member
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The Life Of Oharu on DVD (1952)
Starring: Kinuyo Tanaka, Toshiro Mifune
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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In 17th century Japan, Oharu (Kinuyo Tanaka) loses her honour when she is defiled by a samurai. Her father then forces her to become the mistress of a great lord. However, once she has provided a male heir, Oharu is thrown out of the palace and descends into a life of degradation and poverty.

70% from 1,420 member

The Mizoguchi Collection - Blu-ray - Uta... (1946)
Starring: Minosuke Bando, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kotaro Bando
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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Utamaro and His Five Women: (1946) offers a semi-autobiographical portrait of the Japanese artist, Kitagawa Utamaro. Utamaro (Minosuke Bandô), renowned for his portraits of women, finds many of his subjects in Tokyo's brothels. However, will his philandering ways lead him into trouble?

66% from 36 members

Mizoguchi Collection - Utamaro And His F... on DVD (1946)
Starring: Minosuke Bandô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kotaro Bando
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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Utamaro and His Five Women: (1946) offers a semi-autobiographical portrait of the Japanese artist, Kitagawa Utamaro. Utamaro (Minosuke Bandô), renowned for his portraits of women, finds many of his subjects in Tokyo's brothels. However, will his philandering ways lead him into trouble?

73% from 33 members

Equinox Flower / There Was A Father on DVD
Starring: Chishu Ryu, Kinuyo Tanaka, Shuji Sano
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
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Wataru Hirayama, is a father who believes in old-fashioned values and has his outwardly liberal views on marriage tested when his daughter tells him she wants a love-match. Outwitted and outplayed by his cunning female relatives Hirayama refuses to admit defeat.

75% from 53 members

Ozu - The Gangster Films on DVD
Starring: Tatsuo Saito, Chishu Ryu, Satoko Date
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
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Collection of three silents films directed by Yasujirô Ozu. In 'Walk Cheerfully' (1930) a thief attempts to reform for the sake of the woman he loves. In 'That Night's Wife' (1930) a father becomes a criminal in order to afford his sick daughter's medical treatment. In 'Dragnet Girl' (1933) a ..read more »

54% from 9 members

Equinox Flower / There Was A Father - Bl...
Starring: Chishu Ryu, Kinuyo Tanaka, Shuji Sano
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
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Includes the Yasujiro Ozu films Equinox Flowers and There Was a Father.

70% from 39 members

Kinuyo Tanaka facts

5 most recent films

The Ballad of Narayama - 3.5 stars
Sansho the Bailiff - 4.0 stars
Chikamatsu Monogatari / Uwasa No Onna - 3.5 stars
Sansho Dayu - 4.0 stars
Gion Bayashi - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Sansho the Bailiff - 4.0 stars
Sansho Dayu - 4.0 stars
Sansho Dayu & Gion Bayashi - 4.0 stars
Gion Bayashi - 4.0 stars
Chikamatsu Monogatari / Uwasa No Onna - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Ozu - The Gangster Films - 2.5 stars
The Mizoguchi Collection - Blu-ray - Utamaro And His Five Women - 3.5 stars
Equinox Flower / There Was A Father - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Mizoguchi Collection - Utamaro And His Five Women - 3.5 stars
The Ballad of Narayama - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Yoshiaki Hanayagi - 4 times - show films
Takeshi Sakamoto - 3 times - show films
Ayako Wakao - 3 times - show films
Chishu Ryu - 3 times - show films
Michiyo Kogure - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Kenji Mizoguchi - 13 times - show films
Yasujiro Ozu - 3 times - show films
Keisuke Kinoshita - 1 times - show films

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