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Eizō Tanaka

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Also known as Eizo Tanaka, Eizou Tanaka

Japanese film director and actor (1886–1968)

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Born
1886
Works
4

Top works

  • Kare o meguru 5-nin no onna
  • Kaminingyō haru no sasayaki
  • Joyū mandan
  • Meiji Taishō shingeki shi shiryō

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Film & TV

Chūō, Tokyo, Japan

Tanaka initially trained as a stage actor in the shingeki movement under Kaoru Osanai, but eventually joined the Nikkatsu film studio in 1917. He debuted as a director in 1918 but mostly had to work with shinpa stories, not the shingeki techniques he was used to although two early films, The Living Corpse (Ikeru shikabane) and The Cherry Orchard (Sakura no sono) were based on Tolstoy and Chekhov…

Known for

  • A Trumpet Boy1955
  • The Wild Geese — Zenkichi1953
  • Tower of Lilies1953
  • Town of Violence — Hardware dealer1950
  • Till We Meet Again1950
  • Stray Dog — Old Doctor1949
  • The Blue Mountains: Part I — Principal Takeda1949
  • A Woman's Life1949

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Empire of Japan
Place of birth
Tokyo
Place of death
Tokyo
Occupation
screenwriter
Languages spoken
Japanese
Image
Gan (1953) 5.jpg
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date of death
1968-06-13
date of birth
1886-11-03
name in kana
たなか えいぞう
Commons category
Eizō Tanaka
name in native language
田中栄三
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