Tanie Kitabayashi
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
Yomigaeri
as Saki Naito
Yomigaeri
as Saki Naito
Rainbow Kids
as Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa
Rainbow Kids
as Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa
Rikyu
as Mother
Rikyu
as Mother
Twilight of the Cockroaches
as Torah (voice)
Twilight of the Cockroaches
as Torah (voice)
Haze of Love
Haze of Love
Tora-san's Song of Love
Tora-san's Song of Love
Call from Darkness
as Sukeno
Call from Darkness
as Sukeno
Writhing Tongue
as Akira's mother
Writhing Tongue
as Akira's mother
Nomugi Pass
Nomugi Pass
Never Give Up
as Kiyo Matsushita
Never Give Up
as Kiyo Matsushita
The Incident
as Kane Shinozaki
The Incident
as Kane Shinozaki
Proof of the Man
Proof of the Man
The Possessed
The Possessed
The Sea of Eden
The Sea of Eden
Kobayashi Takiji
Kobayashi Takiji
Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte
as Moko's mother
Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte
as Moko's mother
My Voiceless Friends
My Voiceless Friends
Umarekawatta Tamegorō
as Uma Ōnuma
Umarekawatta Tamegorō
as Uma Ōnuma
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 3 - The Mysterious Haunted Mansion
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 3 - The Mysterious Haunted Mansion
Patience Has An End
Patience Has An End
A Woman Called En
A Woman Called En
The Little Hero
The Little Hero
Oh, My Comrade!
as Harumi
Oh, My Comrade!
as Harumi
Terror in the Streets
as Shino
Terror in the Streets
as Shino
River Without a Bridge Part 2
River Without a Bridge Part 2
Apart from Life
as Matsuko Fukuji
Apart from Life
as Matsuko Fukuji
Heat Wave Island
Heat Wave Island
Thousand Cranes
as Toyo
Thousand Cranes
as Toyo
River Without a Bridge
River Without a Bridge
The Final Winner?
The Final Winner?
The Sands of Kurobe
The Sands of Kurobe
Slave Factory
Slave Factory
The Last Lady
as Tsuru
The Last Lady
as Tsuru
Song of Love
as Orin
Song of Love
as Orin
Wrath of Daimajin
as Old Woman Kane
Wrath of Daimajin
as Old Woman Kane
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
Blood and Sea
Blood and Sea
A Chain of Islands
as Kikuko Sasaki
A Chain of Islands
as Kikuko Sasaki
Tale of Japanese Burglars
as Hayashida's mother
Tale of Japanese Burglars
as Hayashida's mother
The Start of Life
as Tomi Ishiguro
The Start of Life
as Tomi Ishiguro
Ane to imôto
as Itoko
Ane to imôto
as Itoko
Gazing at Love and Death
Gazing at Love and Death
Intentions of Murder
as Kinu Takahashi
Intentions of Murder
as Kinu Takahashi
A Story from Echigo
A Story from Echigo
Welcome, My Baby
as Yuki Nishizaka
Welcome, My Baby
as Yuki Nishizaka
The Insect Woman
as Madam
The Insect Woman
as Madam
The Third Will
as Kimie
The Third Will
as Kimie
Bad Girl
Bad Girl
All My Children
as Fusakichi's mother
All My Children
as Fusakichi's mother
Beyond the Green Hills
as Shiraki, Teacher
Beyond the Green Hills
as Shiraki, Teacher
Children of Izu
Children of Izu
Asu no hanayome
Asu no hanayome
The Young and Bad
The Young and Bad
Red Bud and White Flower
Red Bud and White Flower
Foundry Town
as Ume
Foundry Town
as Ume
Dolls floating down the river
as Fuku
Dolls floating down the river
as Fuku
Ningen Gari
Ningen Gari
Nippon no obaachan
as Kumi
Nippon no obaachan
as Kumi
Buddha
as Sumi
Buddha
as Sumi
Enraptured
Enraptured
The Famous Wanderer
The Famous Wanderer
Blind Devotion
as Saoko
Blind Devotion
as Saoko
Marriageable Age
Marriageable Age
Yakuza sensei
Yakuza sensei
The Sun's Burial
as Chika
The Sun's Burial
as Chika
The Grave Tells All
The Grave Tells All
My Second Brother
My Second Brother
The Human Wall
The Human Wall
Odd Obsession
as Hana
Odd Obsession
as Hana
Paper Pigeon
as Yuki Kashiwabara
Paper Pigeon
as Yuki Kashiwabara
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
as Grandma Shigeko
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
as Grandma Shigeko
Musume no boken
Musume no boken
Stakeout
Stakeout
Chance Meeting
as Tetsu Koyanagi
Chance Meeting
as Tetsu Koyanagi
Hole in One
as Suga Akabane
Hole in One
as Suga Akabane
Actress
Actress
Saigo no sentō-ki
Saigo no sentō-ki
The Shadow of Fear
The Shadow of Fear
How Sorrowful
How Sorrowful
Our Town
as Otaka
Our Town
as Otaka
Hana no unga
Hana no unga
Darkness at Noon
as Satoe Miyazaki
Darkness at Noon
as Satoe Miyazaki
Jigoku no hatoba
Jigoku no hatoba
Love is Lost
as Nobuyo
Love is Lost
as Nobuyo
The Motherless
The Motherless
Youth
Youth
The Dawn of Judo
The Dawn of Judo
A Hole of My Own Making
A Hole of My Own Making
The Heart
as Hioki's mother
The Heart
as Hioki's mother
The Wolves
The Wolves
The Maid's Kid
The Maid's Kid
Sisters
Sisters
A Girl Who Delivers Happiness
A Girl Who Delivers Happiness
A Billionaire
A Billionaire
The Valley Between Love and Death
as Tetsu Ishida
The Valley Between Love and Death
as Tetsu Ishida
The Street Without Sun
as Aunt of Matsutaro
The Street Without Sun
as Aunt of Matsutaro
Tomoshibi
Tomoshibi
Before Dawn
as Ofuki
Before Dawn
as Ofuki
A Japanese Tragedy
as Ichizo's wife
A Japanese Tragedy
as Ichizo's wife
Desire
Desire
Miniature
Miniature
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
as Ohana
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
as Ohana
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to
as Aunt Otora
Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to
as Aunt Otora
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
as Fusako Kawai
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
as Fusako Kawai
Children of Hiroshima
as Otoyo
Children of Hiroshima
as Otoyo
Farewell to Spring
as Old woman
Farewell to Spring
as Old woman
限りなき情熱
限りなき情熱
White Beast
White Beast
Scandal
as Yasu Hiruta
Scandal
as Yasu Hiruta
Learn from Experience, Part Two
Learn from Experience, Part Two