Kinuyo Tanaka Movies

Early silent film from Hiroshi Shimizu.

Japanese silent film from 1927.

Representing a destitute mother in an infanticide trial, a female lawyer attempts to convince a conservative prosecutor of the benefits of Japan's...

Japanese silent film from 1925 featuring Kinuyo Tanaka.

Silent jidaigeki released on New Year's Eve, 1926.

Japanese silent film from 1928.

Yasue (Todoroki) and Fumikichi (Oda), a married couple, have no children, but they take in children from other places and wind up raising three kids.

A feature-length work based on Kan Kikuchi’s newspaper novel, adapted for the screen by Kōgo Noda. With performances by stars such as...

Japanese silent film from 1930 with an acclaimed performance by Sumiko Kurishima.

Japanese silent film from 1930.

The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of alienation in the world of money, develops into a...

Japanese silent film from 1926.

Japanese silent film from 1929.

Japanese silent film from 1931.

Silent jidaigeki (Japanese samurai film) from 1927.

Japanese silent film from 1929.

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...