About

Known credits:
20
Birthday:
1886-11-03
Place of birth:
Chūō, Tokyo, Japan
Website:
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Eizo Tanaka

Overview

Tanaka initially trained as a stage actor in the shingeki movement under Kaoru Osanai, but eventually joined the Nikkatsu film studio in 1917. He debuted as a director in 1918 but mostly had to work with shinpa stories, not the shingeki techniques he was used to although two early films, The Living Corpse (Ikeru shikabane) and The Cherry Orchard (Sakura no sono) were based on Tolstoy and Chekhov respectively.[3] Working in parallel with the Pure Film Movement, Tanaka made two films, Kyōya eirimise (1922) and Dokuro no mai (1923), based on his own screenplays, that were highly praised for their cinematic technique.[1] He remained a rather conservative filmmaker and still used oyama (male actors) in female roles, including in his masterpiece Kyōya eirimise, a melodrama about a merchant's destructive love for a geisha. He used actresses for the first time in Dokuro no mai, a story of a monk reminiscing about his youth and early loves.

Known for

Acting
1953 The Wild Geese Actor Zenkichi 59
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1953 Tower of Lilies Actor 59
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1950 Till We Meet Again Actor 59
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1950 Street of Violence Actor Hardware dealer 58
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1949 Stray Dog Actor Old Doctor 64
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1949 The Blue Mountains: Part I Actor Principal Takeda 59
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1949 A Woman's Life Actor N/A
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Directing
1932 Namiko Directing Director N/A
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1923 Skull Dance Directing Director N/A
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1922 The Lapel Shop Directing Director N/A
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1921 Woman in the Stream Directing Director N/A
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1921 Scent of the White Lily Directing Director N/A
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1921 Before the Morning Sun Shines Directing Director 59
Average
1918 The Living Corpse Directing Director N/A
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1918 Akatsuki Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1927 Five Women Around Him Writing Screenplay N/A
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1927 Five Women Around Him Writing Original Story N/A
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1926 A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring Writing Screenplay N/A
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1923 Skull Dance Writing Screenplay N/A
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1922 The Lapel Shop Writing Writer N/A
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