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Tanie Kitabayashi

Tanie Kitabayashi

Acting

Born: May 21, 1911Tokyo, Japan

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.

Known For
Filmography
Resurrection

Resurrection

Saki Naito

2003
Letter from the Mountain

Letter from the Mountain

Oume

2002
Rainbow Kids

Rainbow Kids

Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa

1991
Rikyu

Rikyu

Mother

1989
My Neighbor Totoro

My Neighbor Totoro

Granny (voice)

1988
Yamada Village Waltz

Yamada Village Waltz

1988
Twilight of the Cockroaches

Twilight of the Cockroaches

Torah (voice)

1987
The Burmese Harp

The Burmese Harp

Old Woman

1985
Love: Starting on a Journey

Love: Starting on a Journey

1985

Haze of Love

1985
Dangerous Women

Dangerous Women

Mrs. Kinumura

1985
White Snake Enchantment

White Snake Enchantment

Tane

1983
Our Teacher

Our Teacher

1983
Tora-san's Song of Love

Tora-san's Song of Love

1983
Amagi Pass

Amagi Pass

Tea house's old woman

1983
Suspicion

Suspicion

Harue Shirakawa

1982
Station

Station

Masayo Mikami

1981
Call from Darkness

Call from Darkness

Sukeno

1981
Kanebo Human Special: Pediatric Ward - Her devoted love saved Taro's soul

Kanebo Human Special: Pediatric Ward - Her devoted love saved Taro's soul

1980
Writhing Tongue

Writhing Tongue

Akira's mother

1980
Gassan

Gassan

1979
The Three Undelivered Letters

The Three Undelivered Letters

1979
Nomugi Pass

Nomugi Pass

1979
Never Give Up

Never Give Up

Kiyo Matsushita

1978
The Incident

The Incident

Kane Shinozaki

1978
Proof of the Man

Proof of the Man

1977
The Wild Daisy

The Wild Daisy

Tamiko's Grandmother

1977
The Possessed

The Possessed

1976
The Sea of Eden

The Sea of Eden

1976
Kobayashi Takiji

Kobayashi Takiji

1974
Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte

Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte

Moko's mother

1972
Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here

Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here

1972
My Voiceless Friends

My Voiceless Friends

1972
Price of Life

Price of Life

Tome

1971
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 3 - The Mysterious Haunted Mansion

Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 3 - The Mysterious Haunted Mansion

1971
Patience Has An End

Patience Has An End

1971
A Woman Called En

A Woman Called En

1971
Pure Land, Poisoned Sea

Pure Land, Poisoned Sea

Goze / Narrator (voice)

1970

The Little Hero

1970
Oh, My Comrade!

Oh, My Comrade!

Harumi

1970
Terror in the Streets

Terror in the Streets

Shino

1970
River Without a Bridge Part 2

River Without a Bridge Part 2

1970
Apart from Life

Apart from Life

Matsuko Fukuji

1970
Heat Wave Island

Heat Wave Island

1969
Thousand Cranes

Thousand Cranes

Toyo

1969
River Without a Bridge

River Without a Bridge

1969
The Human Bullet

The Human Bullet

1968
The Final Winner?

The Final Winner?

1968
The Sands of Kurobe

The Sands of Kurobe

1968
Dorei kōjō

Dorei kōjō

1968
The Greatest Challenge of All

The Greatest Challenge of All

1967
Song of Love

Song of Love

Orin

1967
Journey to the North

Journey to the North

Hana Kanai

1967
Wrath of Daimajin

Wrath of Daimajin

Old Woman Kane

1966

A Windmill, Tulips and Love

1966
Blood and Sea

Blood and Sea

1965
A Chain of Islands

A Chain of Islands

Kikuko Sasaki

1965
Tale of Japanese Burglars

Tale of Japanese Burglars

Hayashida's mother

1965
The Start of Life

The Start of Life

Tomi Ishiguro

1965
Gazing at Love and Death

Gazing at Love and Death

1964
Intentions of Murder

Intentions of Murder

Kinu Takahashi

1964
A Story from Echigo

A Story from Echigo

1964
The Long Death

The Long Death

1964
Only on Mondays

Only on Mondays

Yuka's mother

1964
Welcome, My Baby

Welcome, My Baby

Yuki Nishizaka

1964
Daybreak Chorus

Daybreak Chorus

Old Woman

1963
The Insect Woman

The Insect Woman

Madam

1963
The Third Will

The Third Will

Kimie

1963
Bad Girl

Bad Girl

1963
All My Children

All My Children

Fusakichi's mother

1963
Beyond the Green Hills

Beyond the Green Hills

Shiraki, Teacher

1963
Children of Izu

Children of Izu

1962
Ashita au hito

Ashita au hito

1962
The Young and Bad

The Young and Bad

1962
Asu no hanayome

Asu no hanayome

1962
Red Bud and White Flower

Red Bud and White Flower

1962
Foundry Town

Foundry Town

Ume

1962
Dolls floating down the river

Dolls floating down the river

Fuku

1962
Ningen Gari

Ningen Gari

1962
Nippon no obaachan

Nippon no obaachan

Kumi

1962
Buddha

Buddha

Sumi

1961
A Good Man, A Good Day

A Good Man, A Good Day

1961

Enraptured

1961
でかんしょ風来坊

でかんしょ風来坊

1961
Blind Devotion

Blind Devotion

Saoko

1961
Shokei zen'ya

Shokei zen'ya

1961
Marriageable Age

Marriageable Age

1961
Yakuza sensei

Yakuza sensei

1960
The Sun's Burial

The Sun's Burial

Chika

1960
Bonchi

Bonchi

1960
The Grave Tells All

The Grave Tells All

1960
My Second Brother

My Second Brother

1959
The Human Wall

The Human Wall

1959
Odd Obsession

Odd Obsession

Hana

1959
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

Grandma Shigeko

1959
Musume no boken

Musume no boken

1958
Conflagration

Conflagration

Aki, Goichi's mother

1958
Chance Meeting

Chance Meeting

Tetsu Koyanagi

1958
Stakeout

Stakeout

1958

Omoni to shounen

1958
But the Flesh is Weak

But the Flesh is Weak

Doctor

1957
Hole in One

Hole in One

Suga Akabane

1957
Actress

Actress

1956
Saigo no sentō-ki

Saigo no sentō-ki

1956
Summer Storm

Summer Storm

Mitsu Asai

1956
The Shadow of Fear

The Shadow of Fear

1956

How Sorrowful

1956
Our Town

Our Town

Otaka

1956
Shiawase wa doko ni

Shiawase wa doko ni

Kane

1956
Darkness at Noon

Darkness at Noon

Satoe Miyazaki

1956
Jigoku no hatoba

Jigoku no hatoba

1956
Love is Lost

Love is Lost

Nobuyo

1956
The Burmese Harp

The Burmese Harp

1956

The Motherless

1955
Policeman's Diary, Part 2

Policeman's Diary, Part 2

1955
A Hole of My Own Making

A Hole of My Own Making

1955
The Dawn of Judo

The Dawn of Judo

1955
The Heart

The Heart

Hioki's mother

1955
The Wolves

The Wolves

1955
The Maid's Kid

The Maid's Kid

1955
Ghost Story of Youth

Ghost Story of Youth

Nanny at Okumura's

1955
Sisters

Sisters

1955
Victory or Defeat

Victory or Defeat

1954
A Billionaire

A Billionaire

1954
The Valley Between Love and Death

The Valley Between Love and Death

Tetsu Ishida

1954
The Street Without Sun

The Street Without Sun

Aunt of Matsutaro

1954
Tomoshibi

Tomoshibi

1954
Jūdai no yūwaku

Jūdai no yūwaku

1953
Before Dawn

Before Dawn

Ofuki

1953
A Japanese Tragedy

A Japanese Tragedy

Ichizo's wife

1953
Yokubo

Yokubo

1953
Miniature

Miniature

1953
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land

A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land

Ohana

1953
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu

1953
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu

1952

Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to

Aunt Otora

1952
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete

Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete

Fusako Kawai

1952
Beauty and the Thief

Beauty and the Thief

Mrs. Inokuma

1952
Children of Hiroshima

Children of Hiroshima

Otoyo

1952
Farewell to Spring

Farewell to Spring

Old woman

1952
Become a Mother, Become a Woman

Become a Mother, Become a Woman

Hide

1952
The Bitch

The Bitch

Tami

1951
限りなき情熱

限りなき情熱

1951
男の哀愁

男の哀愁

1951
Koibito

Koibito

Mrs. Saeki

1951
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom

Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom

1950
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil

Les Miserables I: God and the Devil

1950
White Beast

White Beast

1950
Scandal

Scandal

Yasu Hiruta

1950
Learn from Experience, Part Two

Learn from Experience, Part Two

1937