Forever Kinuyo Tanaka
July 8–August 28, 2022
Celebrated for her performances in films by iconic directors, Tanaka also made a significant contribution to the golden age of Japanese cinema as a director. This series features new restorations of all six of Tanaka’s films, along with works representative of the scope of her acting career.
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Kinuyo Tanaka
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The Wandering Princess
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Forever a Woman
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Love Under the Crucifix
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Girls of the Night
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The Moon Has Risen
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Films - Past
Films - Past
Events
Past Films
Love Letter
Kinuyo Tanaka
Japan, 19534K Digital Restoration
Friday, July 8 7 PMView DetailsBased on a popular novel by Fumio Niwa and set just after the end of the American occupation of Japan, Tanaka’s impressive directorial debut reveals the stigma suffered by women compelled to engage in transactional affairs through the eyes of the embittered male protagonist.
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Heinosuke Gosho
Japan, 1953Imported 35mm Print
Sunday, July 10 7 PMView DetailsSet against the backdrop of Tokyo’s growing industrialization during the 1950s, Ken Uehara and Kinuyo Tanaka portray a tabi salesman and his wife, whose lives are disrupted by the arrival of an abandoned baby on their tenement doorstep.
Dragnet Girl
Yasujiro Ozu
Japan, 1933Saturday, July 16 7 PMJudith Rosenberg on PianoView DetailsIn Ozu’s atmospheric American-style crime melodrama, Kinuyo Tanaka brings a wide range of moods and emotions to the role of a gangster’s moll trying to get herself and her lover/accomplice out of their murky world and into “a decent life.”
Shunkinsho: Okoto to Sasuke
Yasujiro Shimazu
Japan, 1935Imported 35mm Print
Thursday, July 21 7 PMView DetailsA high point of Kinuyo Tanaka’s early career was her haunting, restrained, delicately sensual portrayal of the blind koto teacher Okoto, who is worshiped by her male servant and disciple, Sasuke.
The Life of Oharu
Kenji Mizoguchi
Japan, 1952Saturday, July 23 7 PMView DetailsDistinguished by Kinuyo Tanaka’s iconic portrayal of a noblewoman’s harrowing fall from grace, The Life of Oharu was deemed by many critics to be among the greatest films of all time—even Mizoguchi himself considered it his masterpiece.
The Moon Has Risen
Kinuyo Tanaka
Japan, 19554K Digital Restoration
Thursday, July 28 7 PMIntroduced by Lili HinstinView DetailsWhen a childhood acquaintance arrives in the picturesque town of Nara to set up a telecommunications hub, the youngest of three sisters begins a relentless matchmaking campaign to bring him together with her disinterested sibling.
Forever a Woman
Kinuyo Tanaka
Japan, 19554K Digital Restoration
The Saturday, July 30 screening features an introduction by Lili Hinstin.
Saturday, July 30 7 PMIntroduced by Lili HinstinView DetailsIn this uncompromising account of a woman’s struggle for self-realization, Tanaka depicts the progress of poet Fumiko Nakajo from resigned submission to intellectual self-assurance, sexual fulfilment, and professional success as she battles breast cancer.
Girls of the Night
Kinuyo Tanaka
Japan, 19614K Digital Restoration
The Sunday, July 31 screening features an introduction by Lili Hinstin.
Sunday, July 31 7 PMIntroduced by Lili HinstinView DetailsFocused on the efforts of one young woman to build a new life in the wake of Japan’s 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, Girls of the Night offers a sharp critique of the mistreatment of sex workers in postwar occupied Japan.
Flowing
Mikio Naruse
Japan, 1956Imported 35mm Print
Saturday, August 6 7 PMView DetailsA trio of Japan’s finest actresses—Kinuyo Tanaka, Isuzu Yamada, and Hideko Takamine—is featured in this revealing picture of traditional geishas facing the decline of their way of life and the specter of prostitution in the mid-1950s.
The Life of Oharu
Kenji Mizoguchi
Japan, 1952Thursday, August 11 7 PMView DetailsDistinguished by Kinuyo Tanaka’s iconic portrayal of a noblewoman’s harrowing fall from grace, The Life of Oharu was deemed by many critics to be among the greatest films of all time—even Mizoguchi himself considered it his masterpiece.
The Wandering Princess
Kinuyo Tanaka
Japan, 19604K Digital Restoration
Sunday, August 14 7 PMView DetailsBased on the bestselling memoir of Saga Hiro, a Japanese noblewoman and wife to the brother of occupied Manchuria’s emperor, The Wandering Princess chronicles the geopolitical implications of Saga’s arranged marriage and the personal impact of the momentous historical events she survived.
Forever a Woman
Kinuyo Tanaka
Japan, 19554K Digital Restoration
The Saturday, July 30 screening features an introduction by Lili Hinstin.
Thursday, August 18 7:30 PMIntroduced by Lili HinstinView DetailsIn this uncompromising account of a woman’s struggle for self-realization, Tanaka depicts the progress of poet Fumiko Nakajo from resigned submission to intellectual self-assurance, sexual fulfilment, and professional success as she battles breast cancer.
Love Under the Crucifix
Kinuyo Tanaka
Japan, 19624K Digital Restoration
Sunday, August 21 7 PMView DetailsSet in the sixteenth century, Tanaka’s final film as director employs color and widescreen cinematography to tell the story of Gin, the daughter of a respected Christian tea master who charts a fateful path of resistance, claiming her right to love.
Let’s Go, Grandma!
Shigeyuki Yamane
Japan, 1975BAMPFA Collection
Thursday, August 25 7:30 PMView DetailsA charming discovery from the BAMPFA film vault,Yamane’s denunciation of hypocrisy and greed stars Kinuyo Tanaka as the titular Grandma, whose nuanced performance, amid a catalog of wacky visual effects, adds depth to this comedy.
Girls of the Night
Kinuyo Tanaka
Japan, 19614K Digital Restoration
The Sunday, July 31 screening features an introduction by Lili Hinstin.
Sunday, August 28 7 PMIntroduced by Lili HinstinView DetailsFocused on the efforts of one young woman to build a new life in the wake of Japan’s 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, Girls of the Night offers a sharp critique of the mistreatment of sex workers in postwar occupied Japan.
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