Kinuyo Tanaka, a Woman We Talk About

October. 18,2022      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

This documentary composed of numerous testimonies and archives, filmed in Japan highlights the extraordinary career of the actress-director Kinuyo Tanaka and her singular ambition to impose a female point of view on cinema, reflecting her own vision of the world.

Kinuyo Tanaka as  self (archive footage)

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