8.4
8.4
Letter from the Mountain
2002
as Oume
Tanie Kitabayashi
Acting
Born:May 21, 1911
Died:April 27, 2010(aged 98)
Birthplace:Tokyo, Japan
Nationality:Japan
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CommunityBiography
Tanie Kitabayashi (北林谷栄, Kitabayashi Tanie, May 21, 1911 – April 27, 2010) was a Japanese actress and voice actress. Born Reiko Ando in Tokyo, she began as a stage actress. Early in her career, she became well known for portraying older women. Kitabayashi was a founding member of the famed Mingei Theatre, founded in 1950. In 1960, she won best actress awards at the 10th Blue Ribbon Awards and at the Mainichi Film Awards for Kiku to Isamu. She also won the Japan Academy Prize for best actress in Rainbow Kids (1991), a film that also earned her honors from the Mainichi Film Awards and from Kinema Junpo. She died on April 27, 2010, of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital. She was 98.
Filmography (136 movies)
8.3
8.3
Thousand Cranes
1969
as Toyo
8.1
8.1
My Neighbor Totoro
1988
as Granny (voice)
8.0
8.0
Miniature
1953
8.0
8.0
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983
8.0
8.0
The Third Will
1963
as Kimie
7.8
7.8
Bad Girl
1963
7.6
7.6
Foundry Town
1962
as Ume
7.5
7.5
Terror in the Streets
1970
as Shino
7.5
7.5
Rikyu
1989
as Mother
7.2
7.2
The Insect Woman
1963
as Madam
7.2
7.2
A Story from Echigo
1964
7.2
7.2
All My Children
1963
as Fusakichi's mother
7.1
7.1
Children of Hiroshima
1952
as Otoyo
7.1
7.1
Conflagration
1958
as Aki, Goichi's mother
7.0
7.0
Intentions of Murder
1964
as Kinu Takahashi
7.0
7.0
Love is Lost
1956
as Nobuyo
7.0
7.0
Bonchi
1960
7.0
7.0
The Maid's Kid
1955
7.0
7.0
The Greatest Challenge of All
1967
7.0
7.0
Gazing at Love and Death
1964
6.9
6.9
Scandal
1950
as Yasu Hiruta
6.9
6.9
Stakeout
1958
6.8
6.8
Our Town
1956
as Otaka
6.8
6.8
The Heart
1955
as Hioki's mother
6.8
6.8
Tale of Japanese Burglars
1965
as Hayashida's mother
6.8
6.8
The Wolves
1955
6.6
6.6
Darkness at Noon
1956
as Satoe Miyazaki
6.5
6.5
Summer Storm
1956
as Mitsu Asai
6.5
6.5
The Sun's Burial
1960
as Chika
6.4
6.4
Rainbow Kids
1991
as Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa
6.3
6.3
Amagi Pass
1983
as Tea house's old woman
6.3
6.3
The Incident
1978
as Kane Shinozaki
6.3
6.3
Nomugi Pass
1979
6.3
6.3
Wrath of Daimajin
1966
as Old Woman Kane
6.2
6.2
Only on Mondays
1964
as Yuka's mother
6.2
6.2
Odd Obsession
1959
as Hana
6.2
6.2
Learn from Experience, Part Two
1937
6.2
6.2
Writhing Tongue
1980
as Akira's mother
6.1
6.1
Station
1981
as Masayo Mikami
6.0
6.0
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955
6.0
6.0
The Three Undelivered Letters
1979
6.0
6.0
Song of Love
1967
as Orin
6.0
6.0
But the Flesh is Weak
1957
as Doctor
6.0
6.0
Hole in One
1957
as Suga Akabane
6.0
6.0
A Hole of My Own Making
1955
6.0
6.0
Heat Wave Island
1969
5.8
5.8
Twilight of the Cockroaches
1987
as Torah (voice)
5.8
5.8
The Human Bullet
1968
5.8
5.8
Apart from Life
1970
as Matsuko Fukuji
5.7
5.7
Resurrection
2003
as Saki Naito
5.7
5.7
Never Give Up
1978
as Kiyo Matsushita
5.7
5.7
A Billionaire
1954
5.7
5.7
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
1959
as Grandma Shigeko
5.7
5.7
Patience Has An End
1971
5.5
5.5
White Beast
1950
5.4
5.4
Koibito
1951
as Mrs. Saeki
5.3
5.3
A Japanese Tragedy
1953
as Ichizo's wife
5.2
5.2
The Burmese Harp
1985
as Old Woman
5.0
5.0
The Human Wall
1959
5.0
5.0
River Without a Bridge
1969
4.7
4.7
White Snake Enchantment
1983
as Tane
2.5
2.5
Love: Starting on a Journey
1985
A Windmill, Tulips and Love
1966
Haze of Love
1985
Enraptured
1961
The Shadow of Fear
1956
Blind Devotion
1961
as Saoko
Before Dawn
1953
as Ofuki
The Young and Bad
1962
Beauty and the Thief
1952
as Mrs. Inokuma
Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte
1972
as Moko's mother
The Street Without Sun
1954
as Aunt of Matsutaro
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
1952
as Fusako Kawai
Our Teacher
1983
The Sea of Eden
1976
Welcome, My Baby
1964
as Yuki Nishizaka
Chance Meeting
1958
as Tetsu Koyanagi
The Start of Life
1965
as Tomi Ishiguro
Ningen Gari
1962
Oh, My Comrade!
1970
as Harumi
Marriageable Age
1961
Ghost Story of Youth
1955
as Nanny at Okumura's
Nippon no obaachan
1962
as Kumi
The Bitch
1951
as Tami
Tomoshibi
1954
Saigo no sentō-ki
1956
A Woman Called En
1971
Jigoku no hatoba
1956
The Final Winner?
1968
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
Shiawase wa doko ni
1956
as Kane
The Wild Daisy
1977
as Tamiko's Grandmother
Children of Izu
1962
Actress
1956
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
1953
My Voiceless Friends
1972
Jūdai no yūwaku
1953
Yokubo
1953
Beyond the Green Hills
1963
as Shiraki, Teacher
Become a Mother, Become a Woman
1952
as Hide
River Without a Bridge Part 2
1970
Red Bud and White Flower
1962
Farewell to Spring
1952
as Old woman
Victory or Defeat
1954
男の哀愁
1951
The Dawn of Judo
1955
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950
The Golden Bat Shows Up
1972
The Grave Tells All
1960
Sisters
1955
Musume no boken
1958
Dolls floating down the river
1962
as Fuku
Blood and Sea
1965
Asu no hanayome
1962
Ashita au hito
1962
The Possessed
1976
Kobayashi Takiji
1974
Journey to the North
1967
as Hana Kanai
限りなき情熱
1951
Pure Land, Poisoned Sea
1970
as Goze / Narrator (voice)
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 3 - The Mysterious Haunted Mansion
1971
The Valley Between Love and Death
1954
as Tetsu Ishida
Dangerous Women
1985
as Mrs. Kinumura
Shokei zen'ya
1961
Daybreak Chorus
1963
as Old Woman
Dorei kōjō
1968
How Sorrowful
1956
The Little Hero
1970
The Long Death
1964
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
1953
as Ohana
The Motherless
1955
Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to
1952
as Aunt Otora
Gassan
1979
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