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Sumie Tanaka
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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 wi…
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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.
Filmography
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1980
Twenty-Four Eyes
Movie Screenplay
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1970
Niji
TV show Writer
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1967
The Journey
Movie Screenplay
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1964
Eddy Currents of Life
Movie Screenplay
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1964
Uzushio
TV show Screenplay
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1962
A Wanderer's Notebook
Movie Screenplay
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1961
Girls of the Night
Movie Screenplay
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1961
The Orphan Brother
Movie Writer
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1961
Onna no hashi
Movie Writer
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1960
The Izu Dancer
Movie Screenplay
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1959
Beauty the Enemy
Movie Screenplay
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1959
A Woman's Heart
Movie Adaptation
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1958
Little Peach
Movie Screenplay
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1958
Woman Unveiled
Movie Screenplay
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1957
Seagull of the Night
Movie Screenplay
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1957
Night Butterflies
Movie Screenplay
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1957
Dancing Girl
Movie Screenplay
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1956
Flowing
Movie Screenplay
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1956
Undercurrent
Movie Screenplay
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1956
Women in Prison
Movie Writer
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1956
This Is Home
Movie Screenplay
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1955
Forever a Woman
Movie Screenplay
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1955
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
Movie Novel
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1954
Late Chrysanthemums
Movie Adaptation
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1953
An Heir's Place
Movie Writer
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1953
Aiyoku no sabaki
Movie Screenplay
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1953
Yōsei wa hana no nioi gasuru
Movie Adaptation
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1952
Lightning
Movie Screenplay
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1952
Red Fan
Movie Screenplay
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1951
Repast
Movie Screenplay
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1951
Dispersed Clouds
Movie Screenplay
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1951
Boyhood
Movie Screenplay
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1951
Home Sweet Home
Movie Original Story
