Actress

Eiga joyu, feature film, 1987

DIRECTED BY: Kon Ichikawa

Actress

CAST:
Sayuri Yoshinaga (Kinuyo Tanaka),
Mitsuko Mori (majka),
Bunta Sugawara (Kenji Mizoguchi),
Koji Ishizaka (Shiro Kido)

SCRIPT:
Kon Ichikawa,
Shinya Hidaka,
Kaneto Shindô

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Yukio Isohata

Synopsis:
This is a biography of the Japanese actress and director Kinuyo Tanaka who began her career in the silent films era and worked all through the 1970s. This film covers her story until she made her film The Life of Oharu (1952) by the director Kenji Mizoguchi and offers a short overview of Japanese films.

color, 130 min