Kinuyo Tanaka Movies

  • 1941
    Ornamental Hairpin

    Ornamental Hairpin

    Ornamental Hairpin

    6.51941HD

    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...

    Ornamental Hairpin
  • 1957
    Stepbrothers

    Stepbrothers

    Stepbrothers

    71957HD

    In a military family, an illegitimate son is brutalized by his brothers. A patriarchal, feudalistic household where dissent is forbidden is used to...

    Stepbrothers
  • 1937
    Lady Doctor Kinuyo

    Lady Doctor Kinuyo

    Lady Doctor Kinuyo

    4.61937HD

    Kinuyo is a daughter of doctor of Chinese medicine, and Yasuo is a son of surgeon. Their families always fight like cat and dog. This relationship is...

    Lady Doctor Kinuyo
  • 1958
    The Eternal Rainbow

    The Eternal Rainbow

    The Eternal Rainbow

    6.31958HD

    Two men at an ironworks encounter roadblocks: the first does not have the grades to get a job, while the other finds himself falling for a co-worker.

    The Eternal Rainbow
  • 1961
    Girls of the Night

    Girls of the Night

    Girls of the Night

    6.91961HD

    In the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently released from one of Japan's new rehabilitation centers struggles to...

    Girls of the Night
  • 1957
    Geisha in the Old City

    Geisha in the Old City

    Geisha in the Old City

    01957HD

    Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, the drama, set in the brothels of Shimabara in post-war Kyoto, is a moving look at the lives of women of tenacity and...

    Geisha in the Old City
  • 1949
    Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

    Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

    Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

    6.71949HD

    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...

    Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
  • 1963
    Alone Across the Pacific

    Alone Across the Pacific

    Alone Across the Pacific

    6.91963HD

    Kenichi Horie is determined to challenge his family, the law and the nature crossing the Pacific to America in a small sailboat. Despite his careful...

    Alone Across the Pacific
  • 1934
    My Elder Brother

    My Elder Brother

    My Elder Brother

    61934HD

    Jyuta, an honest owner of a taxi company, has a younger half-brother who is involved in the yakuza world and doesn’t get along well with his...

    My Elder Brother
  • 1964
    The Scent of Incense

    The Scent of Incense

    The Scent of Incense

    7.21964HD

    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...

    The Scent of Incense
  • 1938
    The Tree of Love

    The Tree of Love

    The Tree of Love

    6.51938HD

    A young doctor, Kozo Tsumura, falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi. But she's got a secret: she's a widow with a son. Kozo and Katsue decide to run...

    The Tree of Love
  • 1931
    The Neighbour's Wife and Mine

    The Neighbour's Wife and Mine

    The Neighbour's Wife and Mine

    6.51931HD

    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...

    The Neighbour's Wife and Mine
  • 1962
    The Fencing Master

    The Fencing Master

    The Fencing Master

    5.51962HD

    The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Danpei Ichikawa lives...

    The Fencing Master
  • 1957
    Yellow Crow

    Yellow Crow

    Yellow Crow

    5.81957HD

    In this Golden Globe winner for Best Foreign-Language Film, director Heinosuke Gosho -- a master chronicler of Japanese middle-class life -- presents...

    Yellow Crow
  • 1942
    A Certain Woman

    A Certain Woman

    A Certain Woman

    01942HD

    Pretty Oshige is deceived by her first love. After this, she lives a hard lifestyle, working at a number of jobs. Her only pleasure is her nephew,...

    A Certain Woman
  • 1976
    Cape of the North

    Cape of the North

    Cape of the North

    01976HD

    A Swiss nun falls in love with a Japanese engineer.

    Cape of the North
  • 2022
    Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About

    Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About

    Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About

    02022HD

    This documentary composed of numerous testimonies and archives, filmed in Japan highlights the extraordinary career of the actress-director Kinuyo...

    Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About
  • 1953
    Sincere Heart

    Sincere Heart

    Sincere Heart

    6.3331953HD

    A young student falls into a hopeless romantic attraction to a sick girl, whom he can only see from afar.

    Sincere Heart
  • 1944
    Miyamoto Musashi

    Miyamoto Musashi

    Miyamoto Musashi

    6.11944HD

    The first of five Musashi series, Shinobu and her brother Genichiro plead with the famous swordsman Musashi Miyamoto to teach them swordsmanship to...

    Miyamoto Musashi
  • 1933
    The Bride Talks in Her Sleep

    The Bride Talks in Her Sleep

    The Bride Talks in Her Sleep

    01933HD

    This pair of gentle yet witty and inventive comedies from the director of The Neighbour's Wife and Mine typify both the formal experimentation of...

    The Bride Talks in Her Sleep