Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About

Oct 18, 2022

0h 52m

★ 0.0

Overview

This documentary composed of numerous testimonies and archives, filmed in Japan highlights the extraordinary career of the actress-director Kinuyo Tanaka and her singular ambition to impose a female point of view on cinema, reflecting her own vision of the world.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Carlotta Films

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Self (archive footage)

Kinuyo Tanaka

Self

Kyōko Kagawa

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Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About

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