Sumie Tanaka

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Female

Birthday 1908-04-11

Deathday 2000-03-01 (91 years old)

Place of Birth Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Sumie Tanaka

Biography

Sumie Tanaka (田中澄江, Tanaka Sumie, 11 April 1908 — 1 March 2000) was a Japanese screenwriter and playwright with a feminist agenda. 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

Writer

1980
Twenty-Four Eyes

as Screenplay

1970
Niji

as Writer

1967
Journey

as Screenplay

1964
Eddy Currents of Life

as Screenplay

1964
Uzushio

as Screenplay

1962
A Wanderer's Notebook

as Screenplay

1961
Girls of the Night

as Screenplay

1961
1960
The Izu Dancer

as Screenplay

1959
Beauty the Enemy

as Screenplay

1958
Woman Unveiled

as Screenplay

1958
Little Peach

as Screenplay

1957
Night Butterflies

as Screenplay

1957
Dancing Girl

as Screenplay

1956
Flowing

as Writer

1956
Night River

as Screenplay

1956
Women in Prison

as Writer

1955
Forever a Woman

as Screenplay

1954
Late Chrysanthemums

as Adaptation

1953
Aiyoku no sabaki

as Screenplay

1953
An Heir's Place

as Writer

1952
Lightning

as Screenplay

1951
Repast

as Screenplay

1951
Boyhood

as Screenplay

1951
Home Sweet Home

as Original Story

1951
Home Sweet Home

as Screenplay

1951
Dispersed Clouds

as Screenplay