75 years ago:
Women of the Night (JP)
Original title: 夜の女たち
Fusako, a drug dealer's young mistress in postwar Japan, loses her tenuous grasp on life upon learning about her lover's affair.
1948-05-26
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/85844
#WomenoftheNight #KenjiMizoguchi #KinuyoTanaka #SadakoSawamura #TatsukoSakane #WomenInFilm #ClassicMovies

Film of the day: 流転の王妃 (THE WANDERING PRINCESS, dir Kinuyo Tanaka, 1960) Gloriously glossy melodrama of a woman buffeted by the winds of history, its narrative unevenness rescued by sumptuous colour and virtuoso staging on a par with the masters. #JapaneseCinema #melodrama #womanspicture #history #war #family #aristocracy #KinuyoTanaka

Film of the day: 乳房よ永遠なれ (FOREVER A WOMAN, dir Kinuyo Tanaka, 1955) Seldom has a classic three-handkerchief weepie been so daringly modern while avoiding all traps of excess and decorum, creating a truthful portrait of female resilience and defiance that transcends the confines of its genre. #melodrama #illness #weepie #JapaneseCinema #KinuyoTanaka

The daughter of a tonkatsu shop finds herself with an overabundance of suitors in Heinosuke Gosho’s generally cheerful yet occasionally dark melodrama, Song of the Flower Basket. https://wp.me/p1x9li-iTW

#JapaneseCinema #JapaneseFilm #Film #FilmReview #KinuyoTanaka #ShujiSano #ChishuRyu

86 years ago:
Joi Kinuyo sensei (JP)
Original title: 女医絹代先生
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 ancestral. Although Kinuyo and Yasuo love each other, they have different thoughts toward treatments.
1937-04-29
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/465244
#JoiKinuyosensei #KinuyoTanaka #ShinSaburi #ClassicFilm

Film of the day: 月は上りぬ (THE MOON HAS RISEN, dir Kinuyo Tanaka, 1955) Three sisters: exquisitely delicate romantic comedy of matchmaking from an original screenplay by Ozu, but given its own discreetly personal spin by its attentive director.
#Japanesecinema #KinuyoTanaka #comedy #romance #matchmaking

Film of the day: 恋文 (LOVE LETTER, dir Kinuyo Tanaka, 1953) The spoils of war: smart, tranquil melodrama of rekindled love in a society still reeling from WWII, lifting itself from the ground up.
#JapaneseCinema #KinuyoTanaka #drama #comedy #love #postwar

71 years ago:
The Life of Oharu (JP)
Original title: 西鶴一代女
In Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.
1952-04-17
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/43364
#TheLifeofOharu #KenjiMizoguchi #KinuyoTanaka #ToshirMifune #EitarShind #Movies

69 years ago:
Sansho the Bailiff (JP)
Original title: 山椒大夫
In medieval Japan, a woman and his children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years before.
1954-03-31
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/20532
#SanshotheBailiff #KenjiMizoguchi #KinuyoTanaka #KykoKagawa #EitarShind #ClassicFilm

70 years ago:
Where Chimneys Are Seen (JP)
Original title: 煙突の見える場所
Gosho’s most celebrated film both in Japan and the West, Where Chimneys Are Seen is perhaps the most compelling example of his concern for, and insights into, the everyday lives of lower-middle-class people. Based on Rinzo Shiina’s novel of the absurd, the film depicts the lives of two couples again...
1953-03-05
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/117779
#WhereChimneysAreSeen #KinuyoTanaka #HaruoTanaka #ClassicFilm #Movies #Film

It is here. A double-bill of Japanese cinema to start your year. Was busy watching Avatar 2 yesterday, hence being a day later than usual.
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RT @TimeForAFilm@twitter.com

Remembering Kinuyo Tanaka on her Birthday. #KinuyoTanaka

She was one of Japan's most popular actresses and was the second ever Japanese female director. She has over 250 film credits to her name.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/TimeForAFilm/status/1597548755129360384