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Name: Kinuyo Tanaka  
   
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Date of Birth: 28th November 1910
   
Place of Birth: Yamaguchi, Japan
   
Profession: Actress
 
 
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Kinuyo Tanaka (田中絹代 Tanaka Kinuyo, 28 November 1910 - 21 March 1977) was a Japanese actress and director.

Tanaka was born in Yamaguchi, Japan. She became a leading actress at an early age, appearing in Yasujiro Ozu's I Graduated, But... in 1929. Two years later she appeared in Japan's first talkie, The Neighbor's Wife and Mine (1931), directed by Heinosuke Gosho.

She played the title role in Kenji Mizoguchi's The Life of Oharu (1952) and Noboru Yasumoto's mother in Akira Kurosawa's Red Beard (1965).

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