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Sumie Tanaka

Writer, Additional Credits
Born April 11, 1908Died March 1, 2000 (91 years)
Sumie Tanaka (田中澄江, Tanaka Sumie, 11 April 1908 — 1 March 2000) was a Japanese screenwriter and playwright. An outspoken feminist, her stories often focused on women struggling with familial and societal expectations. She was a long-time collaborator of film director Mikio Naruse and wrote screenplays for Japan's first major female director Kinuyo Tanaka.

Known For

  • Late Chrysanthemums
  • Flowing
  • Repast
  • Lightning
  • Forever a Woman
  • A Wanderer's Notebook
  • Girls of the Night
  • The Littlest Warrior
  • Little Peach
  • River of the Night
  • Boyhood
  • Dancing Girl
  • Bibô ni tsumi ari
  • Woman Unveiled

Filmography

1962
A Wanderer's Notebook · as Screenplay
1961
Girls of the Night · as Screenplay
1961
1959
Bibô ni tsumi ari · as Screenplay
1958
Little Peach · as Screenplay
1958
Woman Unveiled · as Screenplay
1957
Night Butterflies · as Screenplay
1957
Dancing Girl · as Screenplay
1956
1956
River of the Night · as Screenplay
1956
Family of Sorrow · as Screenplay
1955
Forever a Woman · as Screenplay
1952
Lightning · as Screenplay
1951
Repast · as Screenplay
1951
Dispersed Clouds · as Screenplay
1951
Boyhood · as Screenplay

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