Sumie Tanaka

    Known For

    Writing

    Birthday

    April 11, 1908

    Day of Death

    March 1, 2000 (91 years old)

    Place of Birth

    Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

    Sumie Tanaka

    Biography

    Sumie Tanaka (田中澄江, Tanaka Sumie, 11 April 1908 — 1 March 2000) was a Japanese screenwriter and playwright with a feminist agenda. She was a long-time collaborator of film director Mikio Naruse and wrote screenplays for Japan's first major female director Kinuyo Tanaka.

    Known For

    • Repast

      Repast

      1951

    • Late Chrysanthemums

      Late Chrysanthemums

      1954

    • Flowing

      Flowing

      1956

    • Lightning

      Lightning

      1952

    • Forever a Woman

      Forever a Woman

      1955

    • Girls of the Night

      Girls of the Night

      1961

    • Little Peach

      Little Peach

      1958

    • A Wanderer's Notebook

      A Wanderer's Notebook

      1962

    • Night River

      Night River

      1956

    • Boyhood

      Boyhood

      1951

    • The Orphan Brother

      The Orphan Brother

      1961

    • Home Sweet Home

      Home Sweet Home

      1951

    • Night Butterflies

      Night Butterflies

      1957

    • Dispersed Clouds

      Dispersed Clouds

      1951

    • Woman Unveiled

      Woman Unveiled

      1958