Sumie Tanaka
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.
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Movies (31)
Twenty-Four Eyes
1980 · Screenplay
The Journey
1967 · Screenplay
Eddy Currents of Life
1964 · Screenplay
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962 · Screenplay
Girls of the Night
1961 · Screenplay
The Orphan Brother
1961 · Writer
Onna no hashi
1961 · Writer
The Izu Dancer
1960 · Screenplay
Beauty the Enemy
1959 · Screenplay
A Woman's Heart
1959 · Adaptation
Little Peach
1958 · Screenplay
Woman Unveiled
1958 · Screenplay
Seagull of the Night
1957 · Screenplay
Night Butterflies
1957 · Screenplay
Dancing Girl
1957 · Screenplay
Flowing
1956 · Screenplay
Undercurrent
1956 · Screenplay
Women in Prison
1956 · Writer
This Is Home
1956 · Screenplay
Forever a Woman
1955 · Screenplay
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
1955 · Novel, Screenplay
Late Chrysanthemums
1954 · Adaptation
An Heir's Place
1953 · Writer
Aiyoku no sabaki
1953 · Screenplay
Yōsei wa hana no nioi gasuru
1953 · Adaptation
Lightning
1952 · Screenplay
Red Fan
1952 · Screenplay
Repast
1951 · Screenplay
Dispersed Clouds
1951 · Screenplay
Boyhood
1951 · Screenplay
Home Sweet Home
1951 · Original Story, Screenplay
