Sumie Tanaka

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Known Credits

27

Gender

Female

Birthday

1908-04-11

Deathday

2000-03-01 (91 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As

  • Sumie Tsujimura

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

Repast
7.5%

Repast

Nov 23, 1951

Late Chrysanthemums
7.3%

Late Chrysanthemums

Jun 15, 1954

Flowing
7.1%

Flowing

Nov 20, 1956

Lightning
7.2%

Lightning

Oct 9, 1952

Forever a Woman
7.5%

Forever a Woman

Nov 23, 1955

Girls of the Night
6.9%

Girls of the Night

Sep 4, 1961

Little Peach
5.8%

Little Peach

May 13, 1958

A Wanderer's Notebook
7.2%

A Wanderer's Notebook

Sep 29, 1962

Night River
6.2%

Night River

Sep 12, 1956

Boyhood
6.7%

Boyhood

May 12, 1951

The Orphan Brother
6.1%

The Orphan Brother

Jul 19, 1961

Home Sweet Home
6.8%

Home Sweet Home

Mar 21, 1951

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Writing

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
The Orphan Brother as Writer
1960
The Izu Dancer as Screenplay
1959
Beauty the Enemy as Screenplay
1958
Little Peach as Screenplay
1958
Woman Unveiled 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
An Heir's Place as Writer
1953
Aiyoku no sabaki as Screenplay
1952
Lightning as Screenplay
1951
Repast as Screenplay
1951
Dispersed Clouds as Screenplay
1951
Boyhood as Screenplay
1951
Home Sweet Home as Original Story
1951
Home Sweet Home as Screenplay
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